Post bad driving that you have witnessed

johnnyrotten

We all see it on a daily basis. Terrible driving.
For example today a taxi was driving straight at me on the wrong side of the road. The muppet was on the phone and only realised when i blw my horn at him... he swerved out of my way.

What are your expierences

fletch

http://shítedrivers.com/

SV

I was driving along there the other day..Going through a roundabout, just coming up to the third exit and some muppet pulls out in front of me and stalls..thanks god it was just a flat roundabout and I could go onto it or I would have been straight into the back of them..

A little obervation wouldn't kill ye? Not to mention learning to drive competently.

Hotwheels

Claregalway today...
Usual backed up traffic, lots of Gobsh1ts driving along the hard shoulder trying to take the shortcut, one guy in a BMW passed doing about 80Kmph...
Its only been about two weeks since a woman out for a walk was killed as she walked along the hard shoulder about 500M from where I was stopped today :mad:

An Advensis D4D behind me went for the shortcut, but I was back behind it again by the time I came to Fahy's Garage...so twas not really a time saver:rolleyes:

Seth Brundle

I was driving my taxi today (minding my own business whilst talking to one of the lads) when some fella coming towards me had the nerve to honk their horn at me for no reason! Seemed to think he owned the road.

littlejukka

how were you talking to one of the lads?

johnnyrotten

Also the amount of people habitually braking red lights is unreal.

johnnyrotten

kbannon wrote:

I was driving my taxi today (minding my own business whilst talking to one of the lads) when some fella coming towards me had the nerve to honk their horn at me for no reason! Seemed to think he owned the road.

kbannon = mod for "Leaning to drive"

Back to topic.....

shayser

Don't know whether I should have reported this or not.

Today, I was in a line cars traveling out of town in a 60kph zone, moving in or around the speed limit. There were two cars in front of me, the one directly in front of me was a mini-type car with L-plates. We moved into an 80kph zone, straight road, could see maybe up to 1000m ahead. A few hundred metres into the 80 zone we were still going at 60km/ph so I checked ahead, indicated, checked mirrors, checked ahead again and pulled out to overtake. When I was fully out and approx level with the back of the car in front, it pulled out in front of me. Everything from this point on was instinct. I braked, sounded the horn and pulled as much as I could to the right, it seemed, instantaenously. Then, the big shock. I noticed a woman walking on the right-hand side of the road. There was no footpath just grass verge. I missed her by inches, if even that. Jesus, she came that close to dying today. I looked in my side mirror and then my rear-view mirror to double-check I had not actually hit her. She was still standing there, thank god.

Now, I looked ahead and saw that the other car had continued on it's merry way and was quite a distance ahead. It was obviously travelling above the limit as I was now doing the limit and the distance between us was increasing. About 3 or 4km later I came up behind the car and put my hazards on. I pointed to the left a few times, indicating to the driver to pull over, which they did. I pulled in behind and got out. Went to the drivers door and the window was down. It was a young woman, maybe 18-20. I lit on her, telling her that because of her actions a woman could have been seriously injured or killed. She was very cheeky, saying I should take more care with my driving, was driving too hard, she did check her mirrors etc etc. She started her windows closing so I said to her that I had her reg and would be reporting her for dangerous driving.

On the return journey, I spotted the woman who I had nearly hit. I pulled over and asked her if she was ok. She said she was grand, that this sort of thing was a regular occurrance for her when walking on this road. I reminded her that she was close to getting killed and asked her did she want the other driver reported for dangerous driving. She said no.

(Nearly finished, swear). Later, I went into work and spoke to a colleague. Basically he said to forget about it, that the gardai would not be bothered unless there was an actual accident.

So I did leave it. Maybe it feels more serious when I was involved myself. Can't help feeling though that this person needed a proper ticking off, at least.

MagicMarker

shayser wrote:

Don't know whether I should have reported this or not.

Today, I was in a line cars traveling out of town in a 60kph zone, moving in or around the speed limit. There were two cars in front of me, the one directly in front of me was a mini-type car with L-plates. We moved into an 80kph zone, straight road, could see maybe up to 1000m ahead. A few hundred metres into the 80 zone we were still going at 60km/ph so I checked ahead, indicated, checked mirrors, checked ahead again and pulled out to overtake. When I was fully out and approx level with the back of the car in front, it pulled out in front of me. Everything from this point on was instinct. I braked, sounded the horn and pulled as much as I could to the right, it seemed, instantaenously. Then, the big shock. I noticed a woman walking on the right-hand side of the road. There was no footpath just grass verge. I missed her by inches, if even that. Jesus, she came that close to dying today. I looked in my side mirror and then my rear-view mirror to double-check I had not actually hit her. She was still standing there, thank god.

Now, I looked ahead and saw that the other car had continued on it's merry way and was quite a distance ahead. It was obviously travelling above the limit as I was now doing the limit and the distance between us was increasing. About 3 or 4km later I came up behind the car and put my hazards on. I pointed to the left a few times, indicating to the driver to pull over, which they did. I pulled in behind and got out. Went to the drivers door and the window was down. It was a young woman, maybe 18-20. I lit on her, telling her that because of her actions a woman could have been seriously injured or killed. She was very cheeky, saying I should take more care with my driving, was driving too hard, she did check her mirrors etc etc. She started her windows closing so I said to her that I had her reg and would be reporting her for dangerous driving.

On the return journey, I spotted the woman who I had nearly hit. I pulled over and asked her if she was ok. She said she was grand, that this sort of thing was a regular occurrance for her when walking on this road. I reminded her that she was close to getting killed and asked her did she want the other driver reported for dangerous driving. She said no.

(Nearly finished, swear). Later, I went into work and spoke to a colleague. Basically he said to forget about it, that the gardai would not be bothered unless there was an actual accident.

So I did leave it. Maybe it feels more serious when I was involved myself. Can't help feeling though that this person needed a proper ticking off, at least.

ah sure report it for the laugh

johnnyrotten

MagicMarker wrote:

ah sure report it for the laugh

Laugh?

Seriously though that is typical of the attitude today.:mad:

littlejukka

shayser, it sounds like you were in the wrong there. if you're not in a position to respond safely to a hazard like that you should not be overtaking.

mikemac

shayser wrote:

About 3 or 4km later I came up behind the car and put my hazards on. I pointed to the left a few times, indicating to the driver to pull over, which they did. I pulled in behind and got out. Went to the drivers door and the window was down.

Hmmm....I'm not going to comment on the actual driving.
All I'll post is I'd never pull over for some random punter. How did that girl know you weren't going to smash her car with a crow bar in a road rage incident?

Of course you wouldn't have done this, but unless there's a flashing light and a siren behind me, I wouldn't pull over for anyone.

I suppse it's good to warn people of punctures or maybe a door was open and someone losing stock from a van but if there was an incident and people were blowing horns but no actual collision then people shouldn't pull in for others

MagicMarker

johnnyrotten wrote:

Laugh?

Seriously though that is typical of the attitude today.:mad:

You're the one on here complaining about it but at the same time you're gonna do fúck all about it.

Typical! Light a candle while you're at it.

MarkR

littlejukka wrote:

shayser, it sounds like you were in the wrong there. if you're not in a position to respond safely to a hazard like that you should not be overtaking.

Sorry, and what is the correct procedure for when you're overtaking and someone swerves into you? My car doesn't have the facility to take off vertically. Maybe his concentration wasn't 100% if he didn't see the pedestrian on the other side of the road. Without being there you can't really say that he over reacted to a hazard.

stratos

The one that gets me and i see it every day. A country road, pedestrians walking on your right. The car coming towards you just comes right out over the centre of the road towards you, a head on collision is avoided by millimetres and a near miss to a pedestrian.

If I see a pedestrian on my side of the road and an oncoming car i will hang way back untill the oncoming car is gone. The gold cup of this is it's ok to pass a pedestrian on a blind bend. why can people not hang back and clear the bend when line of site through the bend is achieved.

AAAAAAAAggghh it's so annoying why do people think their silly schedules are more important than a life. At the very least it's frightening for the pedestrians.

MR DAZ

On the way home yesterday

I travel the limerick to mallow road daily , and as most people wil have heard by now, there was a serious accident just past o rourkes cross.

Well we (myself and the missus) were stopped 5 cars from the front..All the cars had to stop to let the firebirgade past.

Anyway the whole way home there was a smart car behind me, left hand drive and what i assume was a middle aged irish man (irish reg aswell)

Well he tried a few times to pass me as in he pulled out but didnt have enough power to get past.

Anyway back to accident, when the traffic was asked to pull over to let the firebirgade past he waited until it arrives and then tailgates up to the accident and drives on about his way skipping the whole cue of traffic. Everybody could tell it was a serious accident...i just thought it was fcuking disgrace!

Seth Brundle

littlejukka wrote:

how were you talking to one of the lads?

quote=johnnyrotten]kbannon = mod for "Leaning to drive"

Back to topic.....[/quote]

MarkR wrote:

Sorry, and what is the correct procedure for when you're overtaking and someone swerves into you? My car doesn't have the facility to take off vertically. Maybe his concentration wasn't 100% if he didn't see the pedestrian on the other side of the road. Without being there you can't really say that he over reacted to a hazard.

Brake?
They shouldn't have pulled out but in fairness, it would have been you that hit her because you swerved into her.

johnnyrotten

Coming home from school run this morning. A car was turning right. Theres an Articulated Truck behind the car. The Truck driver loses patience and drives up onto grass verge to undertake the car!

johnnyrotten

Unbelivable amount of people driving on M50 this evening in very heavy rain with no headlights on . Tailgating Gobsites too

_Kaiser_

Today:

1. As above, idiots this morning driving in heavy rain, on an N-road, with no lights (or with only parking lights - I mean, why bother at all??). Surprisingly bus and truck drivers were amongst this lot and I'd have expected them to know better!


2. The middle-aged black woman who pulls into the garage I've stopped in for lunch with her hazards already on. Leaves the car parked smack in the middle of the forecourt and walks into the shop.

Comes out a few minutes later, pulls off (hazards still on), nearly backs into me (leaving behind her) when she realises the nose of her L-plated 95 Primera is too far out in oncoming traffic (cue loud, long blast of the horn from me), then drives on about 2 miles (hazards STILL on).

Next she blocks the line of traffic as she belatedly decides to try and get into the right-turn filter lane (halfway across the junction at this stage), THEN changes her mind and drives straight (yes hazards STILL on!) until the next junction where we parted company.

I haven't seen anything as bad as THAT in a long time! And with all due respect to the PC-folk who patrol this board *sigh*, 9 times out of 10 it IS a woman behind the wheel in my experience! :rolleyes:

Standard Toaster

Kaiser2000 wrote:

I haven't seen anything as bad as THAT in a long time! And with all due respect to the PC-folk who patrol this board *sigh*, 9 times out of 10 it IS a woman behind the wheel in my experience!

Seen a Ban Garda driving up prospect road today on the mobile.

MagicMarker

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Today:

1. As above, idiots this morning driving in heavy rain, on an N-road, with no lights (or with only parking lights - I mean, why bother at all??). Surprisingly bus and truck drivers were amongst this lot and I'd have expected them to know better!


2. The middle-aged black woman who pulls into the garage I've stopped in for lunch with her hazards already on. Leaves the car parked smack in the middle of the forecourt and walks into the shop.

Comes out a few minutes later, pulls off (hazards still on), nearly backs into me (leaving behind her) when she realises the nose of her L-plated 95 Primera is too far out in oncoming traffic (cue loud, long blast of the horn from me), then drives on about 2 miles (hazards STILL on).

Next she blocks the line of traffic as she belatedly decides to try and get into the right-turn filter lane (halfway across the junction at this stage), THEN changes her mind and drives straight (yes hazards STILL on!) until the next junction where we parted company.

I haven't seen anything as bad as THAT in a long time! And with all due respect to the PC-folk who patrol this board *sigh*, 9 times out of 10 it IS a woman behind the wheel in my experience! :rolleyes:

I still don't see why people need to point out the fact that people are black in their posts. Why not just ''middle aged woman''?

_Kaiser_

MagicMarker wrote:

I still don't see why people need to point out the fact that people are black in their posts. Why not just ''middle aged woman''?

With all due respect, you're an example of what I was referring to in my post about PC-ness.

I posted it simply in the interest of accuracy/completeness with no further thought behind it than that, yet you are ironically the one who draws specific attention to it. Perhaps I shouldn't have said middle aged either (ageist?) or even mentioned she was a woman (sexist?). Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the L-plate either (discriminatory?) Or the fact it was a Primera (bias?)

See what I'm getting at? Where does one draw the line?

"A person was seen driving a car in a manner that could be considered to be erratic" - doesn't quite express it the same way does it?

Not having a go at you specifically, but PC-ness for the sake of it just annoys me, when it's the driver in question's stupidity/lack of skill behind the wheel that's the issue (which you completely ignored in your comment, as often happens in these cases).

_Kaiser_

The_Edge wrote:

Seen a Ban Garda driving up prospect road today on the mobile.

Sadly this is totally legal apparently as they're exempt from most of the traffic laws (and their radio equipment is supposedly so unreliable).

Although I agree completely with you. I'm not sure how a technicality like this makes them somehow better able to drive and talk than the rest of us who face points/fines for doing the same. :rolleyes:

Standard Toaster

^^^

RobAMerc

Comming down the M1 a few weeks ago I saw a car pull out from the hard shoulder directly into the overtaking lane without even having attempted to come up to speed on the hard shoulder or the inside lane before merging!

redman

I bet you we will all post similar stories in another 10 years and will be ranting and raving during all this period.

Nothing will change until enforcement is truly applied at least to UK level.
Which means more specific Traffic Core Gardaí needed to patrol and lookout for bad driving.
Which also means not having them catching people doing 10km over the speed limit as they come through the underpass at the Montrose.
Which means more funding from the government and real leadership.

Tea drinker

redman wrote:

Which also means not having them catching people doing 10km over the speed limit as they come through the underpass at the Montrose.

Ah yes, the much maligned BRIDGE gaurds, protecting our nations infrastructure.

DBK

On way into work this morning I was in a right turning lane when the car in the straight lane to the left, ahead of me, was swerving across both lanes. I took my time passing him and looked in his window. A$$hole was reading what looked like a report down his mobile and not watching the road at all. Felt like beating the $hit out of him. But that would make ME the bad person

Yesterday, while out on a run as I was about to run across a pedestrian crossing with lights, I checked the lights for road users which were red. A woman was driving towards the lights at speed so I slowed down just in case. Dunno why. She drove straight through the red light missing me by inches. Man, if I only had superpowers I'd beat that bitch with her car.

oleras

I observed this monday evening.

heading out the dual carriageway from limerick-patrickswell, came upon a toyota hiace pulling a horse box, he was going about 65mph, thought to myself, he is going a bit fast pulling a loaded horse box, as i overtook him, you know when something catches your eye ? i was sure someone was looking at me from the horsebox ! I dropped back a bit to have another look inside the horsebox and sure enough a 10-12 year old boy was looking out back at me...........shocking !

Drax

Kaiser2000 wrote:

Comes out a few minutes later, pulls off (hazards still on), nearly backs into me (leaving behind her) when she realises the nose of her L-plated 95 Primera is too far out in oncoming traffic (cue loud, long blast of the horn from me), then drives on about 2 miles (hazards STILL on).

Yesterday I witnessed a car driving up the M1 for a couple of miles with hazards on. Regular motorway speed also. No sign of pulling in. Black man driving.

cornbb

oleras wrote:

I observed this monday evening.

heading out the dual carriageway from limerick-patrickswell, came upon a toyota hiace pulling a horse box, he was going about 65mph, thought to myself, he is going a bit fast pulling a loaded horse box, as i overtook him, you know when something catches your eye ? i was sure someone was looking at me from the horsebox ! I dropped back a bit to have another look inside the horsebox and sure enough a 10-12 year old boy was looking out back at me...........shocking !

That reminds me - i was driving a rural road in north Clare recently when I came across a pickup truck. There was a dog standing on the rear of the vehicle tied up with a leash. And it was one of those pickups where the flat part at the rear is covered, so there were no walls to the sides or rear to stop it from falling off. Poor creature was going nuts running back and forth. This was all happening at 80kph or thereabouts. Shocking :mad:

the_syco

ZOMG!

middle-aged

Agist!

black

Racist!

woman

Sexist!

=-=

Yes, I'm taking the piss:D

OldmanMondeo

Seen this a lot recently, people u-turning or reverseing on Dual carraigways / motorways so they can use the off ramp the just missed. The last 2 times I seen this happen was on the N4 & N6 where there was another exit no more than a mile away.

Jomcc

Here are the results of Bridge Strike in Portlaoise this morning.
What hope would a pedestrian have? This truck was obviously going at some speed to rip top of trailer.
I have many similar photos of Strikes on same bridge over past 2 years.
Absolutely Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone will be killed.

RobAMerc

Jomcc wrote:

Here are the results of Bridge Strike in Portlaoise this morning.
What hope would a pedestrian have? This truck was obviously going at some speed to rip top of trailer.
I have many similar photos of Strikes on same bridge over past 2 years.
Absolutely Crazy!!!!!!!!!!!! Someone will be killed.

to be fair the tops of those trucks are made of very light aluminium or they'd fall over at every bend. I imagine at 3 miles per hour a truck could do that damage if he didn't hit the brakes.

He was a stupid tit though to not know the height of his truck.

Jomcc

RobAMerc wrote:

to be fair the tops of those trucks are made of very light aluminium or they'd fall over at every bend. I imagine at 3 miles per hour a truck could do that damage if he didn't hit the brakes.

He was a stupid tit though to not know the height of his truck.

I know that it would not take much to "bend back" top of curtain sider. I've seen quite a few "bent back". What made me think this was travelling at speed was the fact that it was completely ripped off and quite a lot of the load was on pavement. If moving slowly the trailer would still be in sh1t but woulld be more or less intact.

I can somewhat understand a truck scraping a bridge but hitting it at this speed is in excusable.
Put it this way, if I was 6'2" and was approaching a doorway which was in or around the same height as me, I wouldn't be running. I'd be very careful not to hit my head.
Hitting the bridge is one thing. Demolishing the trailer and leaving the load on pathway is a completely different thing!!!!!!!!

Fey!

I know that this is OT, but those pics remind me of a cop asking a trucker who was stuck under a bridge
"Are you stuck there?",
to which the trucker replied
"No; I was delivering this bridge and my truck broke down!!!"

franksm

I see a particular type of bad driving on the new Ongar link road (between Ongar and Blanchardstown) every single time I use it - no exaggeration: people overtaking in the bus lane, at speed.

The speed limit on that road is 50kph (kinda ridiculous as it's a good quality road with great visibility), but you'll always get some aggressive maneuveurs in the bus lane - average speed there would be about 80kph.

Would love to see the speed limit raised to 60kph on that road, and have some speed cameras installed !

Seth Brundle

RobAMerc wrote:

He was a stupid tit though to not know the height of his truck.

I don't know what its like now, but there was a time where the council resurfaced that road several times increasing the road level but didn't change the sign - this caused several bridge strikes

MarkR

In limerick today got stuck at two consecutive lights by stupid women stopping while the light was green (blocking everyone else in the line of traffic behind them) to let people out / chat. Just as well my car doesn't have machine guns.

angeldelight

I'm so sick of other drivers already and I've only been driving a few months. The one that annoys me the most is when I'm going at or just slightly under the speed limit and I have people right up behind me, flashing lights or sounding their horn to get me to speed up. No it's not going to happen... Yes maybe it shouldn't be 50 kph on that stretch of road but it is, so deal with it. Annoys me so much, and I know they think it's only cause I'm a learner driver

wet-paint

That's why I leave the L plates off my car. Honestly, I had them up for a hwile, and they work the opposite of how they're intended to.

littlejukka

i was coming on to the roundabout in douglas over the weekend only to find myself stuck behind a woman who stopped dead in the outside lane of the roundabout, without indicating, to let out a couple of passengers. i stood on the horn as i weaved past and the look of horror on her face at my imposition was comical. people really are stupid.

Nephew

I wish I had my camera with me this evening while I was sitting in traffic at the Red Cow. The lights were red and some dickhead on a green motorcycle floored it up to the white line and began to rev the hell out of his bike causing his back tyre to cover the area around him in smoke. He did this for 15 seconds then he proceeded to look left and right to consume the awe that all the people in cars had for him.

Matt Simis

Guy drove a bit too far out on the road at the small cross junction outside Intel in Leixlip today in an old 3 Series, Im behind him waiting to move. I had never driven that exact route before, so didnt notice anything odd till his Reverse lights flick on and he starts reversing quite quickly. I could see him looking left and right at the road, but not in his mirror. I let a bit of a horn blow (not holding it down or anything) purely to remind him Im there in my bright yellow I-dont-blend-in-at-all auto..

He then jams on and sits there refusing to make "mirror-eye" contact. When he gets his chance to move, he leans up against his driver mirror shaking his fist at me! I guess he felt pretty stupid, but I wasnt even that bothered at his reversing, it was an honest mistake. Not everyone is out to judge!!

Mind you I then met him driving the opposite direction as I drove into Tescos Maynooth and I swear he was giving me the evil eye out that window again.

equaliser

Easy to cutout tailgaters, I just touch the brake pedal (without actually braking) every now and then so the brake lights flash. Most tailgaters get the picture (and assume that you are an erratic driver and should be given a bit of space), but not all.

Em

Niall1234

1. Driving home in thick fog this morning. At least half of the cars coming against me didn't even have their dims on, don't mind having their fog lights on. The majority who didn't have the lights on as always were women.

2. A tractor held me up for 15 miles, ignoring 4 laybyes to allow a tailback of 10 cars to pass. I eventually got past. I should have got past earlier but I was worried of having a head on with a women who didn't have her lights on and would be not visible. The guy in the tractor should be flogged and thought the rules of the road.

timmywex

shayser wrote:

Don't know whether I should have reported this or not.

Today, I was in a line cars traveling out of town in a 60kph zone, moving in or around the speed limit. There were two cars in front of me, the one directly in front of me was a mini-type car with L-plates. We moved into an 80kph zone, straight road, could see maybe up to 1000m ahead. A few hundred metres into the 80 zone we were still going at 60km/ph so I checked ahead, indicated, checked mirrors, checked ahead again and pulled out to overtake. When I was fully out and approx level with the back of the car in front, it pulled out in front of me. Everything from this point on was instinct. I braked, sounded the horn and pulled as much as I could to the right, it seemed, instantaenously. Then, the big shock. I noticed a woman walking on the right-hand side of the road. There was no footpath just grass verge. I missed her by inches, if even that. Jesus, she came that close to dying today. I looked in my side mirror and then my rear-view mirror to double-check I had not actually hit her. She was still standing there, thank god.

Now, I looked ahead and saw that the other car had continued on it's merry way and was quite a distance ahead. It was obviously travelling above the limit as I was now doing the limit and the distance between us was increasing. About 3 or 4km later I came up behind the car and put my hazards on. I pointed to the left a few times, indicating to the driver to pull over, which they did. I pulled in behind and got out. Went to the drivers door and the window was down. It was a young woman, maybe 18-20. I lit on her, telling her that because of her actions a woman could have been seriously injured or killed. She was very cheeky, saying I should take more care with my driving, was driving too hard, she did check her mirrors etc etc. She started her windows closing so I said to her that I had her reg and would be reporting her for dangerous driving.

On the return journey, I spotted the woman who I had nearly hit. I pulled over and asked her if she was ok. She said she was grand, that this sort of thing was a regular occurrance for her when walking on this road. I reminded her that she was close to getting killed and asked her did she want the other driver reported for dangerous driving. She said no.

(Nearly finished, swear). Later, I went into work and spoke to a colleague. Basically he said to forget about it, that the gardai would not be bothered unless there was an actual accident.

So I did leave it. Maybe it feels more serious when I was involved myself. Can't help feeling though that this person needed a proper ticking off, at least.

although this seems like careless driving, it often happens, and i have sen it happen many times where an accident aoocured as a result of it, and have been at these accidents in a professional role, the posters care was probably in the blind spot of the other car and she then pulled out unaware, some past expirience, the it is actually seen as beign mutual fault

afatbollix

was waking down thomas street last night, there was a fight in a pub that had just come onto the street.. one of the men ran to there car pissed drunk... and drove off through a red light and down the wrong side of the road.. then by the off chance a un marked garda car pulls up at the light that he broke... i walked over and told them. on came the blue lights and pulled him over.... im glad i got at least one drunk off the road...