2 cars caught driving on hard shoulder M50..

copacetic · 03-05-2006 1:29pm #1

today. I was delighted, two guys went flying by me between
tallaght and ballymount. As they round the bend they both see a motorbike cop standing about 200 yards ahead in the hard shoulder waiting on them. One guys pulls in and stops, jumps out puts the bonnet up and pretends there is something wrong with the car! Hilarious! The other pulls back into the inside lane. He got waved in by the cop and pretty sure they both got penalty points. Cheered me right up!!

crosstownk · 03-05-2006 1:37pm

Good to see a bit of enforcement! A pity there's not a lot more of it. People who use the hard shoulder annoy me. The hard shoulder is only for emergencies and not for some muppet who is late for work and/or in a hurry.

tabatha · 03-05-2006 1:39pm

im delighted, thats always happening there!

Kersh · 03-05-2006 1:47pm

Haha, that wrecks my head - hope the cop lifted them out of it.

Bluehair · 03-05-2006 3:14pm

"do ya not hear it Garda? I'm sure there's a funny noise coming from the engine..."

spockety · 03-05-2006 3:45pm

Best thing to do is lift the bonnet, whip out the rotor arm, and let the cop try to start the car for ya

crosstownk · 03-05-2006 3:55pm

spockety wrote:

Best thing to do is lift the bonnet, whip out the rotor arm, and let the cop try to start the car for ya

Good idea - unless you've got a diesel or a petrol engine with distributorless ignition.........:D

jhegarty · 03-05-2006 5:03pm

crosstownk wrote:

some muppet who is late for work and/or in a hurry.

no, he is just more imporant than us little people...

Henry Ford III · 03-05-2006 7:28pm

I was driving at the end of the M7 a week or two ago, and traffic was dreadful due to an earlier crash.

I reckon 20+ vehicles passed me on the hard shoulder, including L platers and a feckin' tractor!!!!!!!!!!!!!

2 cars caught driving on hard shoulder M50..

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