Stay Safe

cson

Just after doing a 2 hour round trip there from Portumna to Limerick. It is nasty out there; I was on skates for a good bit of the trip. So just to warn any motoring boardsie's; only travel if you absolutely have to. I'd also like to say there are some amount of idiots out there, some the ****e acting I saw was crazy - overtaking around bends, taking 10+ cars into oncoming traffic, the usual fog light ****e. Some people have no respect for the conditions out there or for other road users. I mean does it take wrapping your car before some people learn to cop on or what?

colm_mcm

+1.

Was pretty hairy earlier on, back end was a bit twitchy. Stay in folks!

drunkmonkey

colm_mcm wrote: »

back end was a bit twitchy.

it's some crack, I was sideways all evening:)

teednab-el

colm_mcm wrote: »

+1.

Was pretty hairy earlier on, back end was a bit twitchy. Stay in folks!

Pretty hairy out there alright, felt car skeeting at times on the road. ASR light flashing constantly on the dashboard.

colm_mcm

DM I think this thread is about you

EPM

Outside my friends place in carrigtwohil last night a navara hit a ditch and roll down the road. There was nothing left. Had a good look at the wreck today. If there was a kid in the baby seat on the back seat they were a goner for sure. Made for a very sedate spin to waterford this evening for me. It's worth slowing it down for the sake of a few minutes

congo_90

Ah how i love the snowy icy conditions.
Nothing heighens your driving experience quite like it and watching the *oh sh|t* moments!

On a side note it is still very dangerous out there and if you don't need to travel then don't!

I'm 'off the road' after slipping badly on ice walking home from the pub few nights ago :rolleyes:

Mc Love

Just a few weeks ago, hit a nasty spot of black ice on roundabout at the back of Dublin Airport - scared the beejesus out of me!

SV

I've already hopped the car off a curb.. Nasty bang. Just cosmetic damage though.. But aye.. The jeep here on site (untouched roads) is crazy.. Constantly sideways.

kingtut

It is such a shame that even though the weather is appalling that people will not cope the f*ck on when driving!

It is cold and icy! A few obvious tips:

1)Put your god damn lights on! (check that none of your bulbs have blown and carry spares) I don't care how bright it is, it makes you easier to see from a distance!
2) Reduce your speed by going down through the gears.
3) Use your indicators! (applies to all weather conditions - they are not ornaments!!!)
4) Have emergency equipment in your car, high vis jacket, torch, warning triangle etc.
5) You are not the only person on the road! Cope on and STOP dangerously over taking!! Kill yourself if you want but not other road users or your passengers!
6) Do not overtake unless their is an overtaking lane!

Better to arrive late and alive than not arriving at all!

F*ck it, this list could go on forever, why bother with it when no matter what advice people give some idiot will still go out and get someone killed or seriously injured :mad:

I wonder how many road deaths we will hear about on the news tomorrow and I wonder how many crashed cars I'll see in the morning on the way to work. :mad::mad::mad:

Mc Love

You should also be well below the speed limit. Its mental the amount of people still going nuts!

congo_90

There is a road entering my estate well known to those who live in it as a bad stretch. It's not gritted, it's poorly lit with a traffic calming thingy at the end of a bend. It's poorly designed and catches many many motorists off gard who either approach at speed or misjudge the traffic calming, hit the brakes and slide off into the wall.

kingtut

sparkysrovers wrote: »

You should also be well below the speed limit. Its mental the amount of people still going nuts!

Exactly! As I said in my post my list could go on and on, people never bother listening though :mad: so this Christmas all I hope is that no-one I know is killed this Christmas at the ends of an idiotic driver (or by their own driving!).

samsemtex

Yes drive careful and all that but please do not be a complete burden to other road users! Was stuck behind a ford focus on the way home from limerick to Mitchelstown. She was going so slow it was ridiculous. I reset the avg speed and between Caherconlish and Knocklong she averaged 10mph. Then she had the bright idea of slowing to a crawl going up a hump bridge and nearly sliding back down it into the 200+ cars she had behind her. 10mph! WTF? I eventually got passed her on a safe stretch.

Go slow but not so slow that you could run faster! Iat that speed it would have taken me three hours to get home!

And that road was not covered in ice for the vast majority of it before anyone accuses me of being a reckless gob****e.

ninty9er

cson wrote: »

Just after doing a 2 hour round trip there from Portumna to Limerick. It is nasty out there; I was on skates for a good bit of the trip. So just to warn any motoring boardsie's; only travel if you absolutely have to. I'd also like to say there are some amount of idiots out there, some the ****e acting I saw was crazy - overtaking around bends, taking 10+ cars into oncoming traffic, the usual fog light ****e. Some people have no respect for the conditions out there or for other road users. I mean does it take wrapping your car before some people learn to cop on or what?

Are you after my job :P:P

It's fairly hairy out there, especially on local roads, got a lot of ABS feedback coming from the shop this evening at about 20mph coming to ramps.

Take care

Vain

I drove from Limerick to Tralee today and had fools passing out, and on the Abbyfeale to CastleIsland road it was really foggy and people had no lights on, you could out see about 20ft in front of you can cars coming out of no where with no lights on.

People please drive with your lights on its alot easier to see you coming even in daylight;)

tommmy1979

Edit: Sorry, didn't realise how off topic that was.. stay safe everyone

kingtut

tommmy1979 wrote: »

Looking forward to some sideways action on my way to work tomorrow:D

You still talking about driving? :pac:

tommmy1979

The fact of the matter is there will be much fewer deaths in the coming week because of the ice.. people do slow down and 99% of the accidents will be small fender benders, people bouncing off kerbs etc

Bogger77

Traveled from just south of Athlone to Cork city, vast sections of the N62 in Tipp un-gritted, with sheets of ice, and remains of snow on the road! Roscrea to Templemore was a mix Black ice/white ice/snow,only Templemore town seemed to have been treated. of Same last Friday Night/Sat morning, zero gritting along the N62

Mr.Boots

As i posted yerterday...spun the jeep the other morning...full 360...was going slow so no damage done.
Its crazy that the council STILL HAVNT gritted the roads around me...
Please take it easy out there.

yoursaviour1989

Nearly wrote myself off coming home at 4a.m Saturday morning, completley lost control around a bend, van coming the opposite direction had to swerve on to the grass to avoid me. If anyone on here happens to be the guy driving a transit van (i think) van on the Mount Temple road in Athlone at that time, Sir I salute you!

drunkmonkey

tommmy1979 wrote: »

99% of the accidents will be small fender benders, people bouncing off kerbs etc

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6qH0TpDdBjQ

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