Not allowed drive through M50 road works?

fletch · 18-10-2006 2:04pm #1

Just curious is there anything to stop you driving through the road works on the M50? Sitting in the traffic the other day I was tempted to blast up through the works!

DaDa · 18-10-2006 2:05pm

yesterday afternoon?

fletch · 18-10-2006 2:08pm

Well not yesterday afternoon (I heard the traffic reports so sat in work til after 7) traffic started at Tallaght so I rat-raced it home...but on a few occasions I've been tempted.....

R.O.R · 18-10-2006 2:23pm

Was sorely tempted to follow one of the Motorway Maintenance pick-ups up the grass on the central reservation last week - until I saw how bouncy it was.

Avoided last night's mess by going for the East Link - took me 3 1/2 hours to get home so I think I'll stick to a stopped M50 rather than an even worse alternative.

seamus · 18-10-2006 2:29pm

I could very much be wrong here, but because part of the roadworks is still a public roadway, then you technically may drive on it.

That's not to say however that you're exempt from a dangerous driving conviction for this action, or trespassing for driving a few mm off of the old roadway

drdre · 18-10-2006 2:42pm

why what was wrong with the m50 yesterday?

fletch · 18-10-2006 2:45pm

drdre wrote:

why what was wrong with the m50 yesterday?

Yesterday was particularly bad from what I heard....there was a spit of rain and suddenly people lost all ability to drive

Gary ITR · 18-10-2006 2:55pm

I went from Blanch to tallaght yesterday at 5 and it was grand, Navan rd was jammed but other than that all was well

fletch · 18-10-2006 2:58pm

Onkle51 wrote:

I went from Blanch to tallaght yesterday at 5 and it was grand, Navan rd was jammed but other than that all was well

Ah yeh Southbound is grand in the evenings.....Northbound was backed up to Leopardstown! :eek:

R.O.R · 18-10-2006 3:06pm

fletch wrote:

Ah yeh Southbound is grand in the evenings.....Northbound was backed up to Leopardstown! :eek:

Actually - it was back to Cornellscourt (speeling?), either then next junction or the one after that from Leopardstown. :eek: :eek: :eek:

Gatster · 18-10-2006 3:47pm

Someone crashed last night and everyone Northbound gawked at it. I left work in Loughlinstown at 1640 and got to Sandyford where the queue started. I jibbed off up past Lamb Doyles then through the estates to the Firhouse slip - weirdly there was no one at the toll itself. Was home in Swords by 1805, they were quoting 90 mins from Tallaght to Lucan at 1700...

Carnage, and it's only getting worse, three lanes or not.

Back to the post though, I think I saw someone doing this this morning. A silver Rover 45 Saloon went flying up the otherside of the barrier and just emerged further up. It was about 0650, there were very few workmen about, but it could have been an employee of the works

Not allowed drive through M50 road works?

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