New year brings new speeds

Cars with metric-only (kilometre) speedometers will go on sale in Ireland from next month, Minister for Transport Martin Cullen has announced.

Cars with metric-only (kilometre) speedometers will go on sale in Ireland from next month, Minister for Transport Martin Cullen has announced. The country is due to change to metric speeds and speed limits on January 20, 2005.

“The House of the Oireachtas is currently debating the Road Traffic Bill which is the enabling legislation for the changeover to km/h,” Cullen said. The changeover is being overseen by a board comprising Department of Transport ...