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TomTom Congestion Index

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  • 10-07-2012 2:29pm
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    ballooba
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    TomTom has published a congestion index which lists Dublin as the 6th most congested city in Europe. I noticed that the most congested day was March 28th and I wondered was this the day of the major floods in the city which reaked travel chaos. It turns out that we were actually in the midst of a mini heat wave that day. Which begs the question: Do irish drives turn into even bigger halfwits when we have good weather? Gawking at young ones in revealing clothing or just sunbathing in the car?
    http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/395792-tomtom.html#document/p3


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    ballooba
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    I thought of that OSI, but I also thought that extra commuter car traffic and the slowdown in commuter car traffic due to rain would be worse than people heading to the beach etc. I also thought they would be more inclined to go for a walk outside on a sunny wednesday evening in March than drive to the beach etc.

    Anecdotally, I do notice that Irish drivers turn into halfwits when it's sunny. It used to be rainy days that caused the problems when I lived in the tropics. It's what you're used to I suppose.


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    ThisRegard
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    I would imagine it's simply due to people rushing out of the office/work as soon as possible in order to enjoy the rest of the day leading to a more concentrated rush hour than normal.


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    Big Nasty
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    I've no problem admitting that I'm guilty of slowing down to watch the ladies during fine weather. :cool:


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    carbon nanotube
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    ballooba wrote: »
    TomTom has published a congestion index which lists Dublin as the 6th most congested city in Europe. I noticed that the most congested day was March 28th and I wondered was this the day of the major floods in the city which reaked travel chaos. It turns out that we were actually in the midst of a mini heat wave that day. Which begs the question: Do irish drives turn into even bigger halfwits when we have good weather? Gawking at young ones in revealing clothing or just sunbathing in the car?
    http://www.documentcloud.org/documents/395792-tomtom.html#document/p3


    I think Irish drivers are bad hail or shine and it doesn't help congestion.


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    MugMugs
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    MCMLXXV wrote: »
    I've no problem admitting that I'm guilty of slowing down to watch the ladies during fine weather. :cool:

    You've got a reason to slow down. They'd be quicker to look back at your motor than any of ours.


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