Éamon Ó Cuív (Galway West, Fianna Fail) | Oireachtas source

I accept the mathematical formula put forward by the Deputy. I am interested in statistics to show the number of impacts at more than 30 km/h where people are complying with the speed limit of 50 km/h. I ask this because most people brake before an impact. We must be realistic about this. Are there statistics to show whether there is flagrant or increased disobedience with regard to speed limits when they are set too low? If they are set at levels people consider to be reasonable, depending on the road type, is it more likely there will be greater compliance? Finally, of the fatalities or serious accidents in urban areas, how many were caused by people who were exceeding the existing speed limit? In other words, I refer to cases where the problem was not the speed limit but the exceeding of it.

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