Red Cow interchange damaged my car

Mark Wynne

Hi

I was travelling home along the N7 towards Newlands cross when suddenly came to a series of extreme dips in the road, I hit the first dip which was like hitting a large traffic calming ramp but then hit the second dip which deployed the driver’s side impact airbag from my seat, I was lucky all the airbags did not deploy and I did not cause a series accident.

Now the repairs are to cost in the region of €2000, has anybody else damaged there car on this piece of road??

Mark
:mad:

Run_to_da_hills

What speed were you doing????? :eek:

Mark Wynne

I was doing about 45 kph, didnt realize they were there until the last second!!! My guess is that the first dip amplified the effect of the second triggering the airbag.

Apparently on Today FM this morning they received a couple of txt's with people reporting the same issue. In one womans case all her airbags were deployed and crashed into the car in front. Another man wrecked his front bumber and axle????

Tefral

Tore my front bumper and cracked it from the same issue... have seen some other people nearly crashing into people breaking suddenly and hard there too... its a joke

Mark Wynne

What can I do??? We are paying road tax for this cr@p! 2k is a lot of money especially in a recession

Tefral

Well the best thing to do is go out and take photographs of the area, take photographs of the damage to the car and also make a photocopy of the estimate you recieved that says you have to cough up 2k.

then bundle this into an envelope and send to the relevant department within the council for compensation.

Its worth ringing up and findout out a particular name to send it to. Also be wary, they will try fob you off sayuing its the contractors fault etc etc... stick with it and dont let it go....

I know a few people that got money back for broken alloys, bumpers etc from the council, but it takes persistance

Run_to_da_hills

You would want to act quick. as soon as there is wind of it the section will be repaired asap.

murphaph

Exactly. I'd be out there tonight when it's quiet taking pics with the flash on then early morning. There's no time when you'll have daylight and a quiet Red Cow at this time of year. DOCUMENT IT fast!

Sponge Bob

The road has collapsed there, I was through it today . It does not look like a patch job...more a lane closure job.

Get onto the local Guards to demand that a traffic car is permanently emplaced to slow the traffic down (to 20kph or so) and report the damage to your car to them while you are at it .

also ring AA Roadwatch and report the road collapse .

donvito99

I heard about this this morning on AAroadwatch. They said that a large hole had appeared in the road.

Sponge Bob

I reckon its an underground stream eating away at it underneath from the look of it so prepare for land closures and contraflows while they drill test holes . and rebuild from way down .

2 week job minimum .....and an emergency EIS could be required if they are very unlucky .

AlekSmart

Hopefully "They" will be UNlucky.
I think there is already a thread concerning the state of this new section on another motor-cycle related site...(Think it`s bad on four wheels?-Give it a whirl on two !!)

Somewhere on one of those vast self-aggrandizing NDP-T21 EU funding noticeboards which adorn the M50 "Works" one may come across the name of some so-called professional engineer who is RESPONSIBLE for these works....That most un-Irish of concepts,Responsibility.

Find out the name,send the Bills,along with a Solicitors letter and as much evidence as can be recorded to the INDIVIDUAL and then wait for a response.....:eek:

Mark Wynne

Okay guys went back to the scene last night and that piece of the road was down to one lane because they were working on it!!!! Would this be evidence enough??