What is the weirdest thing you ever saw whilst out driving?

Stroke Politics

Pulling into Mother Hubbards in Moyvalley one frosty January morning after leaving Lucan at 7.45am, a man driving a Ford Escort van pulled up beside me wearing nothing but his jocks. Puts on a hi-viz vest and tracksuit bottoms and orders a full Irish.....

TAPlank

This happened to me many years ago as I was driving from Ballymun town towards the junction at the end of Ballymun Avenue. A couple in the car behind were having the mother of all rows, arms waving, fists flying and things coming out of their windows. I told my passenger what I was seeing and he turned around to look, just then we stopped at the traffic lights and the other driver leaped from his car and ran to mine, pulling open the my door and launching into a tirade of profanity, spits and threats. I was so taken aback that I could not say anything - which was just as well I think. It happened so quick that it did not even frighten me.
He gave up when the lights turned green and other motorists started hooting at him. Never saw such naked fury before or since, a nutter if ever there was one.

L1011

I overtook an M50 maintenance van on the A55 in the UK; and I saw a Dorset council van in Cork last weekend. If it was in Dublin I'd suspect we'd done a swap deal!

finishedart

Recently school bus in hard shoulder on N11. Boys standing in a line relieving themselves onto the grass, the girls all heading into the bushes. Priceless.

Griffen262

A big dog sitting on a mans lap, him teaching it how to drive in Lemybrien on the N25 last year...saw the paws on the steering wheel

A bit like this....Wait until he gets the provisional.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=10MOOTUBDSg


They really are mans best friend...Will always have designated driver tho.


:pac:........G

_Kaiser_

Stuck in traffic a few months back when a car comes flying (in reverse gear) the wrong way up a one way street then proceeds to plough into a pole at the edge of the road! :eek:

Middle-aged woman gets out in pajamas, walks around to the back of the car with a "oh I'm in shit" look as she surveys the damage. Stands there for a minute, then she gets back in and drives down the road she had just come up.

Oh how I laughed! Guy behind me in a Transit was in tears laughing too!

TAPlank

Was heading out of Dublin and stopped at the Newlands Cross traffic lights about 3 cars back, then heard an unusual noise and a Lada (they were common enough then) doing at least 40mph shot past on my left, heading for the slip road into the Belgard road, it overshot its turn, bounced over a concrete kerb and continued to make a left turn before stopping about 20 yards up the Belgard road. I could then see that the left rear halfshaft complete with wheel and brake drum was sticking out about 18 inches. This had caused complete brake failure and serious steering problems. 4 people got out, all looking very scared.

Breezer

Stopped at a red light on Dame St in Dublin about a year ago, I glance in the rear view mirror to see the driver of the car behind me get out and walk up to my car window. He proceeds to knock on my car's roof just above the window on the driver's side, points at the red light, gives me an enormous grin, then walks away and gets back into his car.

This one isn't as weird but it makes you think: another time, not long after I'd learned to drive and started taking the car into the city centre regularly enough at night, I realised I should probably be locking the doors, so I did. Within about two minutes, stopped at a light on Pearse St, a guy (pissed out of his mind) walked up to the car and tried to get in. Two minutes later, stopped at the lights on the south quays at O'Connell Bridge, another guy did exactly the same thing.

DWCommuter

Late addition to this thread.

I guess drivers found this weird to look at. Taken from a coffee shop window in Naas a good while back.

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L1011

Thats sited in the grounds of the Kilashee House Hotel now apparently Derek. My brother texted me when he saw it.

TAPlank

Around 6.30 to 7.00 am I was driving along Main Street, Rathcoole, Co. Dublin. It was mid summer and full daylight. In the middle of the street there was an open manhole with a man wearing a bowler hat looking out of it, I was close enough to see his eyes following me as I drove past. looking back in my mirror I dould see very bright lights shining towards me. I told tthis to mant people who did not believe me, then long afterwards there was a TV advert for Wavin pipes that shoowed a bowler hatted man peering out of a manhole. I guess that was what I saw.