At last!!!!

Some people really, honestly, believe lane choice is simply a matter of personal preference.

Delighted to see this...even if the pictures in the first and third tweet are exactly the same, describing different offences. Car in Pic 1 does not look like an Audi A4 either

Bake 'em away toys!

A couple of cars on the M50 full time would be self financing.

I think the boost in garda numbers over the next few years will see a crackdown on alot of driving offences.

Down my direction in cork city traffic corp are a rare site these days, i remember about 10 years ago they would be plaguing junctions every morning catching people on phones etc.

Have been doing a fair bit of motorway driving recently, the speed limit seems optional to a good 60/70% of the drivers, for the first time in a long time i seen an unmarked BMW Garda car chasing down the worst offenders............ Unfortunatly the garda pulled him into the hard shoulder on the side of the motorway and both of them left the arse of the car hanging out into the driving lane, very dangerous.

colm_mcm wrote: »

A lot of cars would be afraid to pass a squad car, even within the speed limit.

Good to see this being enforced, but like national slow down day - shouldn't they always have done this?

This does my nut in.

I came upon 30 or so cars in a line on the M8 southbound behind a marked squad car doing 100kmph near Cashel. I cruised by at 120 and with that the whole line decided it was ok to pass the squad car and jumped out. Guards must have been wetting themselves.

Same thing with Garda escorts for money vans on N5 between mullingar and Longford doing 80kmph. Overtook the lot in steps on clear run. I was the only one.

fullstop wrote: »

Came up behind someone doing just under the speed limit on the N7 inbound last week just after Naas. He passed a few cars, there was a big gap and he still sat in lane 3, eventually passed another car or 2 a minute or so later. At this point there was a big gap in lane 2. After another 30 seconds or so without pulling over, I flashed the lights at him at which point he put on the hazards and floored it the whole way to Green Isle hotel (from 60 to ~80mph), all the time in lane 3. The mentality of these people beggars belief, can't bear to have someone pass them.

That is every single morning but it usually starts at about junction 10.

In all fairness driving on motorways should be part of a driving exam. I'd rather people learn how to drive on a motorway rather than reversing around corners lol...

the 2nd car is being done for dangerous driving?:eek:

paulmclaughlin wrote: »

Good stuff, learner driver's aren't meant to be on the motorway, let alone unaccompanied.

The N7 isn't a motorway.

I think I witnessed AGS attempting to pull over someone doing this on the M50 last night. The middle lane moron came to a stop - in the middle lane. I will post the dashcam footage later on. Most of the other cars around had the usual blue-light-panic-attack too!

yop wrote: »

Happy days!

Time they tackle the muppets who travel at 50 kmph now on single lane 100kmph roads! Some Yaris drivers!

Hey! :pac:

about bloody time that they started stopping/fining these stupid drivers . One day last week i was traveling up the N7 and just before Rathcoole there were 8 cars in the middle lane and none in lane 1 or 3 . This lane hogging is a regular occurance and hopefully the hoggers will get to hear about it and MOVE OVER !!

Currently in Germany and its frankly the most relaxing thing I've ever done. A motorway cruise is a joy because even north of 200km/h, people move out of your way in time and in a prompt fashion. And with no limit, you can concentrate on actually driving.

Also, I have to say, the 'rescue alley' concept is fantastic and people actually take note of it. Basically, if there is an accident, the emergency services straddle lane 2 and 3, meaning traffic in 3 will move left and traffic in 2 move right. Creates a virtual fourth lane. A concept I can only imagine going to the dogs in Ireland.

On topic however, I regularly see Traffic Corp, marked and unmarked, cruising in lane 2 or 3. So while welcomed, this is an issue that needs more than a few retweets.

I don't drive the M7/M8 or M50 very often, but the few times I did there were a few hoggers, but it wasn't too bad - at least compared with the N25 in Cork, where the leftmost lane(s) was apparently paved with landmines. You will regularly meet even tractors (which should really be banned from all dual carriageways) doing 30 km/h in the middle lane.

Jumping from slip roads directly into the rightmost lane without looking is also the norm, as is driving unbelievably slow - when you see lorries having to move to overtake cars, there's something really wrong with the driving standards.

markpb wrote: »

Do you mean you were between the protection and the target from time to time (i.e. between an AGS car and Army truck or between Army truck and cash-in-transit van)? I'd have no problem overtaking a Garda car under normal circumstances but I'm not sure I'd put myself in the middle of an CIT convoy.

No worries about this as they no longer escourt money transitions.

Deleted User wrote: »

I find things easier to understand and remember if there are good reasons behind them. Surely there's a better reason than "that's the way it is". What's the point in putting all the traffic into one lane? I'm genuinely curious as a new driver.

It keeps the overtaking lanes clear for you know, overtaking.