The motorists confessional

Dartz

With the reaction I see on these board to Piotrek's videos, a driver who made an honest and easy mistake in the snow, or the recent thread about the M50 Lane hogger, I can't help but notice how quick people are to call each other idiots.

And yet I wonder if those who insist on pontificating are so innocent themselves? So then, the firm veign of 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone', let me be the first to admit to:

Egregious speeding on the M50
Overloading a vehicle with passengers regularly.
Flashing brakelights at tailgaters
Putting a heavy steel toolbox on the parcel shelf..
I borrowed my Fathers Kawasaki Zr7... and crashed it.... and never told him it was me. He still thinks some equipment in the shed had fallen on it.

I freely admit to this. I freely admit I was wrong. I don't need ten of you to jump in here and announce "Oh lol Idiot reported to Gard's" before jumping in their car and speeding off home on a cloud of smugness.

So then, my idea as follows is such.
We confess before the Altar of the Automotive Gods our own vehicular sins, behind the anonymous veil of the internet. Because truthg be told, none of us are as innocent as we think.

And I'll probably get banned or warned for this, but what the hell...It seemed like a good idea at the time

r3nu4l

Dartz wrote: »

let me be the first to admit to:

Egregious speeding on the M50
Overloading a vehicle with passengers regularly.
Flashing brakelights at tailgaters
Putting a heavy steel toolbox on the parcel shelf..

You are evil and will go to hell

I freely admit to breaking speed limits on Motorways and duel or triple carriageway A roads regularly.

I have also undertaken on said roads but not quick 'in and out' jobs, more like move to left lane drive past car on rght, carry on in left lane for 200 m or so then pull back into overtaking lane to do more overtaking. - Is that really undertaking? I'm not so sure.

I also frequently drive with only one hand on the wheel.

/I'm such a rebel!

Savman

ah here, if we're playing this game I could lose what little boards cred I have left!

Savman

r3nu4l wrote: »

I also frequently drive with only one hand on the wheel.

10 to 2 man, 10 to 2 :pac:

Stephen

I let the wheel spin around back to its natural position rather than feeding it through my hands like a retard. Quick, lock me up.

stealthyspeeder

I consider myself a good driver for the most part (but then again we all do!) Main offence I would be guilty of is speed. However, I am a danger to mororcylists!

On Friday on the M50 there was a MASSIVE que of traffic for the N4 exit, but due to the courtesy and lienance and consideration of rush hour M50 trafffic I was in the middle lane when the que started, I didnt want to be aggresive and barge across cutting people up, instead I opted to look for a gap in the que as it slowly moved! (terrible driving practice, im well aware!) I checked my mirrors and nothing behind me, then saw a female driving pruning herself in her mirror as the traffic moved on, I went heavy on the brakes and turned in easily making the gap without cutting her up and in no danger of hittin the Nice Scooby in front of her. Last thing I was expecting that instance was a fecking scooter giving it the beans while jumping up the que he had been sitting in when I had checked my mirrors! as I turn in, all I hear is the scooters tyres screeching and him missing my rear end by cm's! I felt so bad, he stalled his engine, cursed me while he restarted it and I sat there in shame wondering if I would ever be able to get on my high horse to talk about other peoples driving ever again!

Drummerboy08

Im a fcuker for the oul speed disease. Not mental speeds, but say when i drive home to Wexford, i'd do 120kmph down the N11. I have also never sticked to the 60kmph limit on the works section of the M50.

I also ran a red light on my driving test the first time round, and argued with him when he pointed it out. Im still convinced it had just gone amber when i went thru it.:o

Anything else illegal i've done? Em. Well when i had a Type R Civic..............;)

This feels so refreshing to release it all!

Saab Ed

I drove an un-registered van in excess of the limit to set of a speed camera....Can you just see the faces in the speed camera office

robtri

Speed is my confession......
have a very heavy right foot, in the right car.... I won't metion the top speed I got done for just before the penalty points came into force,

Mr Benevolent

Best Motor thread ever.

Stevie Dakota

I spent a bit long in the bus lane this morning with the left indicator on, is there anything worse!

DubTony

I'm a speed demon as well. I started driving at 17 and actually remember being shocked the first time i was ever overtaken. I was 23.
20 years later I still can't / don't / won't slow down. I got done as well just before the penalty points came in. I was doing 53mph on that 30mph stretch on Tallaght Bypass just outside Templeogue village (you all know the one) at 11 at night.

Only 2 points though. 111K on the N3 while I daydreamed past a speed camera :rolleyes:

One of these days I'll slow down. In every other aspect of driving I am the best driver on the road ... any road ... anywhere.

aoibhebree

Great idea for a thread

I'm quite a good girl really when it comes to driving. The only thing I can think of is that I occasionally text when stopped in traffic. God I'm a drysh1te!

rain on

I'm pretty bad for speeding, and I have no guilt at all about undertaking on dual carriageways. I don't think I ever put both hands on the wheel except when cornering. And since I passed my driving test I coast like a mo fo

Drummerboy08

Some other bits coming back to me.

When i was younger, i took Mammy's car for a spin into town, with no insurance of course.:o

I owe Eflow about €500 at this stage.

I have NO penalty points on my licence. :cool:

When i collected a Navara last week, i got a pleasant surprise when i remembered they were rear wheel drive, so i got her sideways around every corner in Ballymount.. (Sorry to the woman standing at the bus stop)

What else was there. The port road in Waterford brings back fond memories..:rolleyes:

Ah. To be young again.

Saab Ed

I once set the cruise control to its maximum on a laguna diesel ( at 4.30am on an empty road) which for what its worth is 200kph but she ran outta guts at 186.

stealthyspeeder

Well if were coming completely clean.........

Never even had the notion to pay for e-flow

155 mph (yes mph) on a motorway

flick fag butts out the window

Snow = me handbraking everywhere

Wet empty carpark = me handbraking

Traffic light Grand prix with my mate in his astra VXR

Undertaking (not the rapid lane changing kind but they stay in the left lane for a while kind!)

Clamp removal

no points on license (wiggled out of a few after being pulled over)

now I think thats everything!

Voodoomelon

I rarely speed as i like to keep it in and around the limit (keeps the car cleaner too!), but I like putting the boot flat to the kickdown the odd time coming out of the Drogheda tolls on the M1 heading to Dundalk, its on a lovely slope and a lovely straight. Only up to the limit though.

Very guilty of the one hand on the wheel malark. Very handy on the horn if anyone fs up close to me too!

Orla K

I'm only driving about month(prov licence) but I do go for spins in the car on my own. Other than that, not really, since I'm on my own I'm careful to drive right but I have gone a little too fast coming into the speed limits but I slow down much to the annoyance of the people behind me. Also when someone steps out in front of the car, I frighten them by not slowing(unless unavoidable) I just go around them, this only happens at 20m/hr through town.

Drummerboy08

OH oh oh one more one more!

I once got a Citroen C1 up to 165kmph on the Gorey Bypass comin back from a gig one night. That was scary.:eek:

I suppose i should really think about taking an advanced driving course to try iron out these bad habits. Or maybe see a pyhsiatrist.



I love this thread. Now that you all now how i drive, i can never ever go into a thread like the M50 Lane hogger again.

FredH3as

sliproad surfing ftw....

stealthyspeeder

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

I love this thread. Now that you all now how i drive, i can never ever go into a thread like the M50 Lane hogger again.

+1

Im seriously considering selling my high horse!

Mr Benevolent

Not a road thing, but I failed my B theory test once and didn't turn up due to hangover induced disability the other 3 times. I still haven't got the damned thing and I'm 29!

Stevie Dakota

I'm disappointed so many of you are hooligans!

Mr Benevolent

I'm disappointed so many of you are hooligans!

Meh. You're the one hogging the bus lane

stealthyspeeder

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

I'm disappointed so many of you are hooligans!

Im dissappointed there is an incorrect user of bus lanes among us!!:D lol

Drummerboy08

Stevie Dakota wrote: »

I'm disappointed so many of you are hooligans!

The stables are over there

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Check your high horse in for the day and come join us! Its great.

Stevie Dakota

Voodoomelon

Orla K wrote: »

I'm only driving about month(prov licence) but I do go for spins in the car on my own. Other than that, not really, since I'm on my own I'm careful to drive right but I have gone a little too fast coming into the speed limits but I slow down much to the annoyance of the people behind me. Also when someone steps out in front of the car, I frighten them by not slowing(unless unavoidable) I just go around them, this only happens at 20m/hr through town.

That reminds me, I do the same thing. I also do the same if a car pulls out infront of me, I often let the car continue to drift right up behind them to let them know what an arse they were.

B00MSTICK

I break the speed limit everyday not by much mind.

I mumble obscenities to myself when someone pulls out in front of me/cuts me off etc. I'm too nice to beep! Whats worse is they never acknowlege/aren't aware of whats happening!

I've driven to the max speed/restricted limit a few times on the Galway to Shannon DC

eringobragh

:cool:

Serial speeder: I'm abit 'creative' with the speedlimit

Bus Lanes: I occassionally use them to my advantage

Illegal Right turns (ie. no turn right 16:00-19:00): ...F**k that!


NO points touch wood.

stesaurus

This thread will get destroyed when the 'usual suspects' arrive.

Ok so in the meantime, forgive me motors forum for I have sinned...

I have flashed at other drivers
I speed on the M50 roadworks sections
I drive with one hand
I always accelerate from lights up to the limit as quick as possible
I don't check my lights and tyres before each trip
I began driving on a provisional unaccompanied
I've used the mobile while driving
I've drove while tired and on long trips I don't take breaks
I've put my car into the redline every good chance I get
I go through red lights at nightime when there really should be no need for them to be on
I've lied on previous insurance about my address, feckin rednecks getting things cheaper:D

I think I'll stop there. That's prolly given enough to get me hanged

AAARON

hello my name is john .............................

and i am a speeder .........

not proud i need help

:pac::pac::pac::D

AAARON

AAARON wrote: »

hello my name is john .............................

and i am a speeder .........

not proud i need help

:pac::pac::pac::D

oh oh oh and i saved 1000e lying about my address to insureance i am proud of that

Drummerboy08

s.welstead wrote: »

This thread will get destroyed when the 'usual suspects' arrive.

Ok so in the meantime, forgive me motors forum for I have sinned...

I have flashed at other drivers YES
I speed on the M50 roadworks sections YES
I drive with one hand YES
I always accelerate from lights up to the limit as quick as possible YES
I don't check my lights and tyres before each trip YES
I began driving on a provisional unaccompanied NO
I've used the mobile while driving YES
I've drove while tired and on long trips I don't take breaks YES
I've put my car into the redline every good chance I get YES
I go through red lights at nightime when there really should be no need for them to be on YES
I've lied on previous insurance about my address, feckin rednecks getting things cheaper:D YES

I think I'll stop there. That's prolly given enough to get me hanged

*If you answer yes to all of the above you really shouldnt have a licence*

See how i put no in there?....:D

stesaurus

Drummerboy08 wrote: »

*If you answer yes to all of the above you really shouldnt have a licence*

See how i put no in there?....:D

oh oh oh I forgot I have zero points!!!!! So I'll have my license for a while yet!!!

Mr Benevolent

I'll confess on behalf on someone I know who doesn't use the internet (my dad).

Drive at 80kph on the M1 (drives me mad this one)
Speed varies by 20kph over a minute (ditto)
Ever gear change is accompanied by whiplash-inducing jerks forward and backward (ditto again)

And my brother:

Thinks he's a natural driver, without any evidence. I suggested going to Mondello to use the skidpan, and the response was 'Nah, I know all that stuff instinctively'.

KTRIC

I don't know what a tracker mortgage is !!!


And I've been stealing pencils from the stationary cuboard in work.

The Real B-man

I slam on when i have tailgators up my arse :P
I flash my full Beam HIDS when ppl flash me they are correctly alligned!
I Drive with one Hand

Zube

Bless me, boardsies, for I have sinned...

Speeding, mostly, habitual speeding. I hate having to undertake, but sometimes you just have to get on with it.

Pedro K

I occasionally go a little bit over the speed limit. Especially on the road works section of the M50.
Undertaking as well. but as previously mentioned. Not eh fast in out kind of thing. The 'disguised' undertaking.

Em... one or two others....

mikemac

6.5km commute to work

I spend more time in the bus lane then I do in the driving lane.
And sometimes I shamelessly go down the bus lane and then skip to the top of traffic queues. Not barging in now but I can nearly always get to the top.:o

And then down the next bus lane, never once been fined or pulled by the gardai.
Oh, I'll be caught one day,

*this post just jinxed me I reckon, I'll get penalty points for sure tonight!*

S.I.R

Dartz wrote: »

With the reaction I see on these board to Piotrek's videos, a driver who made an honest and easy mistake in the snow, or the recent thread about the M50 Lane hogger, I can't help but notice how quick people are to call each other idiots.

And yet I wonder if those who insist on pontificating are so innocent themselves? So then, the firm veign of 'Let he who is without sin cast the first stone', let me be the first to admit to:

Egregious speeding on the M50
Overloading a vehicle with passengers regularly.
Flashing brakelights at tailgaters
Putting a heavy steel toolbox on the parcel shelf..
I borrowed my Fathers Kawasaki Zr7... and crashed it.... and never told him it was me. He still thinks some equipment in the shed had fallen on it.

I freely admit to this. I freely admit I was wrong. I don't need ten of you to jump in here and announce "Oh lol Idiot reported to Gard's" before jumping in their car and speeding off home on a cloud of smugness.

So then, my idea as follows is such.
We confess before the Altar of the Automotive Gods our own vehicular sins, behind the anonymous veil of the internet. Because truthg be told, none of us are as innocent as we think.

And I'll probably get banned or warned for this, but what the hell...It seemed like a good idea at the time

Well ive never Driven on motorways by myself either, slip streaming behind trucks in the lashing rain with bald front tyres... :rolleyes:

shakenbake

I tail gated and flashed an ambulance out of the way, [it was on an emergency call] on the m50 about 10yrs ago and, overtook it at speed to get to work on time. I recieved a verbal warning for punctulaity the day before hand from work.

Drummerboy08

shakenbake wrote: »

I tail gated and flashed an ambulance out of the way, [it was on an emergency call] on the m50 about 10yrs ago and, overtook it at speed to get to work on time. I recieved a verbal warning for punctulaity the day before hand from work.

I hope he wasnt lane hogging....:D

jim o doom

I regularily break the speed limit and have a tendancy to be a bog standard "aggressive motorcyclist".

The only stupidity in other drivers that REALLY annoys me is (a) people who endanger my life due to being too stupid or lazy to look at the damn road or (b)people INTENTIONALLY driving slowly in the fast lane (-they should be shot).

I make mistakes, everyone makes mistakes - I allow for this; but try not to endanger someone elses life with stupidity

BoardsRanger

stealthyspeeder wrote: »

Snow = me handbraking everywhere

Wet empty carpark = me handbraking

Haha - had some fun a few weeks back in the snow alright!

Myself, rallied a rental car around the grand prix circuit at Albert Park in Melbourne a few days before the race started (without any license).

Drove my first car without any tax or L-plates for 9 months in and out of dublin. Closest i came to getting caught one day was when there was a checkpoint on a one way street up ahead. I pulled in and parked and waited till both Guards were dealing with people and i drove straight past with a big on my face.

Also, i should have 2 points for speeding but i .. emm got a friend to get me off :cool:

De Hipster

shakenbake wrote: »

I tail gated and flashed an ambulance out of the way, [it was on an emergency call] on the m50 about 10yrs ago and, overtook it at speed to get to work on time. I recieved a verbal warning for punctulaity the day before hand from work.

That's classic aggressive road-hog behaviour! Brilliant*

I am habitually guilty of:

• Speeding (generally 10% plus 10%)
• Undertaking (the mannerly understated kind)
• General aggressive driving style usually engaged
• Tailgating ridiculously slow overtaking lane hoggers in an attempt to intimidate into the 'correct' lane
• Amber gambling
• Parking commercial vehicle in a loading bay (while NOT loading/off-loading)
• Many other 'minor' offences which I'm sure I will recall as the thread progresses...

*obviously not condoning this behaviour on regular basis, but if they were going too damn slow...


additional:

[*]used to regularly 'rally' rental cars in low gears across mountain roads...for personal entertainment/enjoyment (Sorry Windsor!)

Victor_M

Sure seeing as were all coming clean

Speeding - All of the time when kids aren't in the car
Aggressive driving - I have the common courtesy to have the car in gear and the hand brake off when the lights go green, every one else should too, they get a beep if they don't
Regular user of the horn followed by hand gestures out the window to the roundabout geniuses that enter a roundabout in one lane and exit from a different one without realising they have changed lanes.
Possibly the least patient driver on the roads today, traffic of any sort gets me in bad humour as it impairs my ability to get from a-b quickly
That's about it.
Oh and I used to launch off the M50 toll booths like a horse from a trap.

I never speed on Sunny days either (not that that's too much of an issue in this country) as there is a ~1000% higher chance of a speed check due to the guards out sunning themselves.

I can hear the clippty clop of the high horse brigade circling this thread

Mr Benevolent

I can hear the clippty clop of the high horse brigade circling this thread

Nah, it's reached critical mass and they'd be shouted down. On with the show!

(I'm still waiting for the mods' confessions )

seandepaul

I'm afraid I needed a new username for this post as too many people know me by my boards username in real-life

I'll start at the beginning -

1. Got a motorbike at 16 and drove around the country without tax, insurance or a license

2. Have driven at 125mph on a motorbike and around 130mph in a car

3. Have driven (during the night) at a constant rate of about 120mph on the M1 (that the one to Belfast?)

4. Underpass frequently (the polite way)

5. Speed frequently but only in the 100/120kph zones (purely because the cops sit in the 50/60 zones to increase revenue)

6. Drive with one hand... Drive whilst eating/drinking (non-alcoholic)... Drive whilst on the phone

7. Never let someone cut in in front of me when taking off at the lights

8. Regularly red-lined my 2 previous cars

9. Have been known to take a trip to the Port Road

10. Drive with foglights on if I feel like it

11. Sail close to the wind with amber lights

12. Change lanes incessantly when coming home from work just to get there 2 minutes quicker

13. Driven when way too tired without a rest

14. Think nothing of borrowing friends cars (with permission) and driving them even though I don't think I've insurance on them

15. 0 Points on my license - No car crashes bar one in a car park and one next door to my house (both settled by other parties insurance) - Touch wood this will continue!!!

Probably many more but just can't remember them

Great thread BTW