Aware of speed changes, but ...

01 September 2004: Nearly nine out of ten motorists are aware of the impending change in speed limits from mph to km/h, according to a recent RAC Ireland survey.

However, when asked to convert 70kmph into mph, only 15 percent of motorists got close to the correct answer (43.5mph).

There were some widely diverging answers to this question with the lowest figure being 30mph and three motorists who believed that 70kmph is equivalent to more than 100mph…!

More than 400 motorists were interviewed for this survey which was conducted by RAC Ireland in Dublin and the surrounding areas.

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