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Cake day: July 5th, 2023

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  • The article literally states that Ireland’s department of transport lowered the default rural road limits for the country in February, that’s exactly the sort of thing I had in mind.

    No. The article states that URBAN is speed limit is set at 30km/h. RURAL road is already limited to 60km/h.

    By rural they are talking about roads that are not within limits of cities. Note that town/city limits are much more defined in Europe. Usually the last house at the edge of town defines the end of the urban area and the beginning of the rural area.


  • It’s different in Europe. When they say “rural”, they mean any small town not adjacent to a city or other conurbation.

    The density of small towns that have hundreds of years of history but are only 5-10km apart from the next 3-4 towns surrounding it are in a stark contrast to the 20-50km distances between North American towns. And rural farms are relatively rare. Farmers generally still live in the small town and then drive their tractor out to the fields.