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| From | JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> |
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| Subject | Re: OT: Metric distance and speed limit signs in Ireland |
| Date | Tue, 24 Jun 2025 15:37:32 +0100 |
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On 24/06/2025 03:12 PM, NY wrote: > Wikipedia says that speed limit signs in Ireland were changed from mph > to km/hr in 2005. > > I'm puzzled. I can remember driving in Ireland (Dublin to Wexford) in > the mid 1990s and facing the "5/8" (*) problem of working out how long > it will take to travel 47 miles at 60 km/hr. I *thought* it was that > some "distance to places along this road" type signs were still in miles > while speed limit signs were in km/hr. I'm wondering whether it was the > opposite way round: that distance signs were changed first and speed > signs were changed later. > > I remember my host in Dublin (I was there on business) telling me that > Irish cars were unique in Europe: RHD but speedo in km and km/hr (with > smaller mph figures) and so could not use UK-spec cars. I presume the > biggest market for that spec is Australia and New Zealand. > > > (*) Approximate conversion factor 1 km is approx 5/8 mile. Can't modern European cars be adjusted to display either mph or km/h? Mine certainly can (if I wanted to!) and so could the one I had before it (the older one stretching back to 2006 when it was purchased new).
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OT: Metric distance and speed limit signs in Ireland NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-06-24 15:12 +0100
Re: OT: Metric distance and speed limit signs in Ireland JNugent <JNugent73@mail.com> - 2025-06-24 15:37 +0100
Re: OT: Metric distance and speed limit signs in Ireland NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-06-24 15:58 +0100
Re: OT: Metric distance and speed limit signs in Ireland Nick Finnigan <nix@genie.co.uk> - 2025-06-24 16:03 +0100
Re: OT: Metric distance and speed limit signs in Ireland NY <me@privacy.net> - 2025-06-24 17:32 +0100
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