Burt Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Driving back from the south today, I notice that it's now 50 mph limit from Ballasalla right through to fort north. Is this permanent or just while something gets done? Next thing is an all island limit you know. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Chutney Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Good, 70mph all island would be great imo, but its a subject gone over and over and until some sense arrives nothing will change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted April 18, 2012 Share Posted April 18, 2012 Similarly there's 50 now for Cross Four Ways through to Alexandra Bridge, and also all the way along the straight what I've forgotten the name of on the S100 course, and presumably all the way from Bypass to at least Gansey, didn't go any further than that though so not sure how long that one goes on for. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Deano_iom Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 They did that last year before the TT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Slim Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Next thing is an all island limit you know. Fingers crossed. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
manshimajin Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Driving back from the south today, I notice that it's now 50 mph limit from Ballasalla right through to fort north. Is this permanent or just while something gets done? Next thing is an all island limit you know. The derestricted section on the road to Douglas from Castletown makes little sense anyway. Good change. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JumpUp Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 they do it because this is the time when TT season builds up and we have a lot of foreign riders who do not know the roads (as well as the little roads off these roads) and are more at risk of having an accident than us more experienced locals; makes a lot of sense really. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Manx Way Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 TEMPORARY speed limits are in place this week to control traffic while sections of the black and white kerb edges around the TT and Southern 100 course are repainted ready for this year’s races. Glad it's only temporary http://www.iomtoday.co.im/news/isle-of-man-news/curb-your-speed-for-painting-race-kerbs-1-4459443 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
x-in-man Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 yeah, no chance of anybody breaking any records this TT this year if it was going to stay. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirstabby Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 These speed limits are fucking evil, thank christ they're only temporary. The mad dash on the straight to ballabeg was already starting to be my welcome home. And anyone who thinks that there should be an island-wide speed limit of less than the speed of sound is a luddite. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moghrey Mie Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 they do it because this is the time when TT season builds up and we have a lot of foreign riders who do not know the roads (as well as the little roads off these roads) and are more at risk of having an accident than us more experienced locals; makes a lot of sense really. I'm not sure what 40 MPH or 50MPH mean to European riders who have been brought up totally on the metric system. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thesultanofsheight Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Next thing is an all island limit you know. Fingers crossed. Yes and we could all just injject Prozac into our eyeballs and drive around at 25mph wearing trilby hats. We have great roads why should they be restricted to bike riders and rally drivers who we pay to come here and do stuff that we would get arrested for? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Passing Time Posted April 19, 2012 Share Posted April 19, 2012 Next thing is an all island limit you know. Fingers crossed. Yes and we could all just injject Prozac into our eyeballs and drive around at 25mph wearing trilby hats. We have great roads why should they be restricted to bike riders and rally drivers who we pay to come here and do stuff that we would get arrested for? Great roads......are you mad. We have some of the worst roads in Europe Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sirstabby Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 Next thing is an all island limit you know. Fingers crossed. Yes and we could all just injject Prozac into our eyeballs and drive around at 25mph wearing trilby hats. We have great roads why should they be restricted to bike riders and rally drivers who we pay to come here and do stuff that we would get arrested for? Great roads......are you mad. We have some of the worst roads in Europe That is UTTER nonsense if you are a driver. If what you want from a road is utter uniformity, a surface glass-smooth, and mile long stretches as straight as tom cruise is bent then yeah, we have crappy roads. But for a proper driving enthusiast - these roads are wonderful. Potholes are a slight problem but otherwise, they are a dream. Honstly. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeliX Posted April 20, 2012 Share Posted April 20, 2012 they do it because this is the time when TT season builds up and we have a lot of foreign riders who do not know the roads (as well as the little roads off these roads) and are more at risk of having an accident than us more experienced locals; makes a lot of sense really. I'm not sure what 40 MPH or 50MPH mean to European riders who have been brought up totally on the metric system. I'd worry about anybody who didn't at least know the major speed limits in both systems... The ones I carry in my head are: 50kph = 30mph 80kph = 50mph 100kph = 62mph From the 30 + 50 you can work out 40 should be ~65kmh, and if you're doing over 100kmh you're breaking any speed limit that exists so it's no longer important what your actual speed is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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