'Unrealistic' speed limit on R147

Dear sir - I wonder how Minister Varadkar is getting along with his promised review of speed limits around the country? Probably the vast majority of motorists, if asked, would have no problem listing numerous examples of anomalies known to them. The main issue I have in this regard is the unrealistic 60kmh limit on the 2km stretch of the R147 from the Fairyhouse roundabout to the Dunboyne turn-off just before Clonee. (This is "co-incidentally" located along side the M3 where drivers on the R147 can cast an envious glance at drivers on the (tolled) motorway travelling legally at 120kmh). Anyway, from what I can see, 95 per cent of drivers ignore the limit, with the "normal" speed on this road more like 80 or 90kmh. I use this road as part of my regular commute to work and, reluctantly, I do not exceed the legal limit. The annoying thing is not so much the limit itself but the fact that I seem to be the only one adhering to it. Ironically, this creates the potential for more dangerous situations. Sometimes drivers will persist with the idiotic practice of tail-gating, or will 'undertake' on the bus lane. The odd time, I witness cars overtaking me, with varying degrees of proficiency, albeit over continuous double white lines. So effectively, life would be easier if I also broke the rules but of course I would probably be the very one who ends up with blue flashing lights in my rear-view mirror! Anyway, regardless of what the minister comes up with, it will still involve fixed limits and they have their own limitations, so to speak. They take no account of driving conditions, driver experience, the condition and safety features of the car. So maybe the best I can hope for is the removal of the 60km signs and their replacement with 80km signs. Or, alternating with the real thing, how about the occasional deployment of a full colour life-sized fibreglass cut-out of a motor-cycle policeman, complete with those blue flashing lights, parked up halfway along that infernal stretch of road. Such an apparition in the distance would soften the cough of most speed merchants, I would suggest. That way, my fellow drivers would more likely travel at the same speed as me instead of me contemplating travelling at the same speed as them! Yours, John Reilly Maelduin, Dunshaughlin.