30km/h only manages to drive me to distraction

A PROPOSAL to introduce a 30 kilometre-an-hour speed limit on Cork city’s main street is not only dumb, it is potentially dangerous.

It follows the introduction on Monday of a similar speed limit in Dublin and on the first day of its operation there it succeeded only in infuriating motorists and bringing the streets of the capital to a standstill.

Many saw it as a revenue-raising exercise as they watched gardaí along the quays in Dublin from 7am handing out penalty points and €80 fines.