Bizarre/Illegal things on motorways

Amtmann · 23-08-2010 8:15pm #1

This chap was on the M8 Cashel Bypass today. He even turned around and obliged when I snapped a photo of him. I phoned him into the Guards naturally.

Edited photo below...

L1011 · 23-08-2010 8:17pm

I've given up phoning in cyclists on the Glanmire BP, the Guards in Glanmire seem to think its not a motorway

liammur · 23-08-2010 8:27pm

Furet wrote: »

This chap was on the M8 Cashel Bypass today. He even turned around and obliged when I snapped a photo of him. I phoned him into the Guards naturally.

These guys shouldn't be allowed on any road imo. Very dangerous and there must be an element of cruelty involved. I'm not sure however if it's a good idea to put his photo up on the internet if you didn't receive permission.

Amtmann · 23-08-2010 8:29pm

liammur wrote: »

These guys shouldn't be allowed on any road imo. Very dangerous and there must be an element of cruelty involved. I'm not sure however if it's a good idea to put his photo up on the internet if you didn't receive permission.

Good point. How do you blur out a face?

liammur · 23-08-2010 8:31pm

Furet wrote: »

Good point. How do you blur out a face?

Put a black line along his face just to make him unrecognisable,

amacachi · 23-08-2010 8:31pm

Photoshop, blue tool. Or use MS Paint and put another colour over it.

Amtmann · 23-08-2010 8:36pm

Done.

Amtmann · 23-08-2010 8:41pm

liammur wrote: »

These guys shouldn't be allowed on any road imo. Very dangerous and there must be an element of cruelty involved.

He was a danger to himself, his child, and everyone one else on the road. I encountered him on the off-ramp, so I slowed right down (almost at the end point and nothing behind me) and snapped the image. Parked up a few minutes later and on the phone to the Guards, he pulled up alongside me and gave me the finger.

L1011 · 23-08-2010 10:25pm

You're allowed phone the Guards while driving irrespective of handsfree kit or not, Furet.

Robbo · 24-08-2010 10:41am

Last Thursday, M18 around Ennis, heading to Galway around 11pm. It was chucking it down and gusting heavily. Cyclist on the hard shoulder with only one of those small flashing red lights on his backpack as his sole source of illumination.

Before on the M6, I saw a double decker bus with what looked like a hen party aboard pulled up at about 10:30 pm in the hard shoulder. Between the edge of the hard shoulder and the grass verge were 3 women in a line, trou dropped, having a slash.

I've also seen plenty of Fastrac's pulling enormous trailers but apparently this is OK because they can do 75 km/h...

wellbutty · 24-08-2010 11:04am

Just the ones I can think of, all on the M9:

an MPV parked up under a bridge, with all its occupants enjoying a sheltered picnic while watching the rain

about 10 people running down the embankment towards the road...back to their bus after a piss break

from a standing start (in a Micra) on the hard shoulder, someone first gearing onto the slow lane instead of building up their speed first

ForiegnNational · 24-08-2010 1:14pm

Robbo wrote: »

I've also seen plenty of Fastrac's pulling enormous trailers but apparently this is OK because they can do 75 km/h...

The problem is not the tractors, so much as the huge loads of straw, hay and excavators these tractors are used to pull. Surely like caravan's, there is a maximum speed that you are allowed to tow such trailers, and if so, is this level below the minimum speed allowed on motorways?

BigMoose · 24-08-2010 2:46pm

wellbutty wrote:

from a standing start (in a Micra) on the hard shoulder, someone first gearing onto the slow lane instead of building up their speed first

I've seen this a few times on the M11 too. Amazing how people just indicate right and pull out from stationary.

wellbutty · 24-08-2010 4:23pm

Not sure about other parts of the country but in Waterford, we recently got a safety leaflet in the door, making motorists aware of cyclists, cyclists rights, etc. This was endorsed by groups like the RSA.

With the motorway building boom over in a few months, some form of education must take place on how to use them. People whove never driven on a motorway before are dicing with people doing 120kmh while they figure out how it works...S C A R Y

zuroph · 24-08-2010 4:27pm

met an elderly lady walking a child alongside the centre embankment of the nenagh to birdhill motorway stretch. Could not believe my eyes.

eden_my_ass · 24-08-2010 4:31pm

Furet wrote: »

This chap was on the M8 Cashel Bypass today. He even turned around and obliged when I snapped a photo of him. I phoned him into the Guards naturally.

Edited photo below...

I believe that gentleman belongs to a secret society who are far above and beyond the law, and now he knows what you look like. Beware the sound of a clip-clop in the dead of night

BigMoose · 24-08-2010 4:44pm

Another common thing that really annoys me on motorways is when people potter down the slip road at <50km/h then either panic at the bottom when they cant merge with people doing 120 or indicate and join the main carriageway at 50 and then speed up to 120. Perhaps this isn't bizarre or illegal, but not sure we need an "annoying people/things on motorways" thread

eden_my_ass · 24-08-2010 4:47pm

BigMoose wrote: »

Another common thing that really annoys me on motorways is when people potter down the slip road at <50km/h then either panic at the bottom when they cant merge with people doing 120 or indicate and join the main carriageway at 50 and then speed up to 120. Perhaps this isn't bizarre or illegal, but not sure we need an "annoying people/things on motorways" thread

Or they can do what a girl did in front of me joining a 120km/h stretch from Midleton to Cork off the roundabout from Cobh....stop dead. Yup, she stopped at the bottom of the slip (which had a long feeder lane for merging), forcing two of us to overtake her while joining the relatively quiet road, and she eventually joined in when it suited her to catch up with the world.

Stonewolf · 24-08-2010 5:28pm

BigMoose wrote: »

Another common thing that really annoys me on motorways is when people potter down the slip road at <50km/h then either panic at the bottom when they cant merge with people doing 120 or indicate and join the main carriageway at 50 and then speed up to 120. Perhaps this isn't bizarre or illegal, but not sure we need an "annoying people/things on motorways" thread

I come across this a lot, the solution is to slow to a crawl so you can put space between you and them and then once they've merged floor it onto the motorway.

Empire o de Sun · 24-08-2010 7:38pm

There is a guy who regularly cycles the M2, often saw him there when I used to travel to Meath. He has all the gear too, so he is no amateur, well probably :rolleyes:

Empire o de Sun · 24-08-2010 7:40pm

My early memory of the M1 (airport motorway) opening, is see two people with picnic chairs on the side of the motorway

Carawaystick · 25-08-2010 12:11am

traffic lights on Motorways

Everything else is just ignorance.
Lights are your taxes paying for incompetence.

Empire o de Sun · 25-08-2010 12:00pm

It is called lazy engineering

hi5 · 25-08-2010 12:13pm

Tailgating.
No one around as far as the eye can see(M9,Waterford section),doing about 100 kph in the left lane,then someone moving faster comes up behind you and just sits there,they wont overtake,happens regularly

Now I dont mind if they keep their distance but not on my tail:mad:

wayne0308 · 25-08-2010 12:25pm

I seen a guy on a mountain bike on the hard shoulder of the M50 on Monday morning taking cover under one of the overpasses to keep in out of the rain as it was lashing at the time. Do the Gardai monitor the motorways using cameras and keep an eye out for that kind of thing?

The worst thing I've seen so far was seen from the seat of a bus on the M50. I was looking out the window and we were driving along side a car. The guy had his laptop on his lap typing something and was driving at the same time. Didn't have time to react and the get a pic and the reg plate sadly.

25-08-2010 1:43pm

Carawaystick wrote: »

traffic lights on Motorways

Everything else is just ignorance.
Lights are your taxes paying for incompetence.

Where are there traffic lights on a Motorway? I thought one of the requirements for motorway classification was no traffic lights?

Empire o de Sun · 25-08-2010 3:33pm

28064212 wrote: »

Where are there traffic lights on a Motorway? I thought one of the requirements for motorway classification was no traffic lights?

The original M50 M1 interchange.

celticbest · 25-08-2010 3:53pm

I have regularly seen cyclists and pedestrians on the M1 but have never seen a Guard at the same time......it's like they turn a blind eye.

Road-Hog · 25-08-2010 4:40pm

liammur wrote: »

These guys shouldn't be allowed on any road imo. Very dangerous and there must be an element of cruelty involved. I'm not sure however if it's a good idea to put his photo up on the internet if you didn't receive permission.

Seeking permission to put up on internet........are you serious, I would imagine that this individual wouldn't have a clue what the internet is let alone be bothered by having a picture posted . Same individual probably drives around without tax/insurance/no seat belt or child seats, parks where he likes etc..........and is never prosecuted....

limklad · 25-08-2010 6:49pm

Furet wrote: »

Good point. How do you blur out a face?

Paint.net is free and easy to blur out or edit images.

veryangryman · 25-08-2010 8:56pm

Road-Hog wrote: »

Seeking permission to put up on internet........are you serious, I would imagine that this individual wouldn't have a clue what the internet is let alone be bothered by having a picture posted . Same individual probably drives around without tax/insurance/no seat belt or child seats, parks where he likes etc..........and is never prosecuted....

I agree with you somewhat, but what if your wrong? I wouldnt fancy being sued by said individual and having to share a courtroom with the ramifications from such lowlifes.

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