Road rules / 🇮🇪 speed
A speed limit sign shows the:
✓ ANSWER
Maximum legal speed, which may still be too fast for the conditions
A speed limit is a legal maximum, not a target, and you must drive slower when conditions require.
All the options
- ✓Maximum legal speed, which may still be too fast for the conditions
- ✗Recommended cruising speed for all conditions
- ✗Minimum speed you must maintain
- ✗Average speed you should keep to
Test yourself on this and 170+ more
Related questions
Unless signs show otherwise, the default speed limit in a built-up area is:The general speed limit on a regional road (R road) is:The general speed limit on a national road (N road) is:Where are 30 km/h special speed limit zones most commonly found?Since February 2025, the default speed limit on local rural roads (L roads) is:How do you apply the two-second rule when following another vehicle?