A Continental Tyres traffic speeding survey along the Dublin city centre quays found that less than 10 percent of motorists were obeying the 30km/h speed limit that was introduced by Dublin City Council in 2010.
Carried out with the help of Tele-Traffic - a supplier of laser speedgun technology - the survey found that just 9 vehicles out of 100 were travelling at 30km/h or less. The highest speed recorded in the survey - which covered all vehicle types including cars, motor bikes, vans, trucks and buses - was a van travelling at 58km/h, nearly twice the permitted speed.
Continental Tyres suggests that the high number of speeding vehicles could be down to the fact that drivers might not have known they were driving in a 30km/h speed limit area, as the sigage is poor. While lauding the safety motivation behind the introduction of the 30km/h limit, Continental Tyres feels that the lack of speed limit signage is an issue that needs to be addressed.
The 30km/h speed limit zone comprises a large section of Dublin city centre including the quays between Ormond and Eden Quays north of the Liffey and Wellington and Burgh Quays on the southern side.