Donegal lunacy continues

furtzy

Was in Donegal for the long weekend and was down the local pub in Gweedore standing oustside when a Toyota Yaris pulls up.....and 7 teenagers get out and the driver then pulls off. 8 people in a Yaris :eek: In the wake of what happened in Inishowen recently this beggars belief. What can be done to get through to people down there. Also the amount of kids out on public roads on quads was ridiculous

robtri

furtzy wrote: »

Was in Donegal for the long weekend and was down the local pub in Gweedore standing oustside when a Toyota Yaris pulls up.....and 7 teenagers get out and the driver then pulls off. 8 people in a Yaris :eek: In the wake of what happened in Inishowen recently this beggars belief. What can be done to get through to people down there. Also the amount of kids out on public roads on quads was ridiculous

would hardly say its just a donegal thing now is it....
this is problematic everywhere, especially in areas of the country with no public transport

Slidey

Well I drove to Buncrana and back (from Sligo) at the weekend and didn't see one driver put a foot wrong.

padunne

Iv done it myself twice. Its hard when your the driver to leave a girl on her own outside a nightclub or pub with no way home. I do honestly believe it comes down to lack of other transport and drivers not willing or being able to say no. Most times il make two trips but if its only for one extra person i doubt i would.
I find it hard to believe that everyone has not been in an overcrowded car at some stage be it on night out or gaa match or something.

MidlandsM

To balance this, I was in Laois at the weekend outside a shop and I saw an old VW van pull up outside the pub nextdoor and approx 8 lads get out of the back as well as the front passenger and driver - thats 10 in a small car/van.

It's going on everywhere.

djimi

padunne wrote: »

Iv done it myself twice. Its hard when your the driver to leave a girl on her own outside a nightclub or pub with no way home. I do honestly believe it comes down to lack of other transport and drivers not willing or being able to say no. Most times il make two trips but if its only for one extra person i doubt i would.
I find it hard to believe that everyone has not been in an overcrowded car at some stage be it on night out or gaa match or something.

Its even harder to explain to the guards/your insurance company in the event of a crash why you had more people in the car than you have seatbelts.

Getting people home is not your responsibility. Your number 1 responsibility is the safety of the people in the car. I have had to tell my friends countless times to find their own way home because I dont have room in the car. I have 4 seats in my car and I will not take more than that, no matter how much people whinge and complain.

Saab Ed

MidlandsM wrote: »

It's going on everywhere.

Please take this the way its ment as it im not trying to insult anyone , anywhere here , its going on in the country , its not a Dublin problem.

Now you could say to me that as a person who grew up in Dublin , everything was right on our doorstep. Not true , we all still had to find a taxi or minibus home from where ever we went out. Unless local services and community representitives get their heads out of their holes and arrange proper transport for people to get home from nights out , this stuff is always gonna happen. And saying that its easy to do that in Dublin or that it cost a fortune , well it cost me 25 quid to get home in a taxi from Dublin city to where my parents lived. Had to pay it , infact it still costs me a tenner to get home from a night out where I live now in the country and thats only 3 miles. Its about choices and people have to make them

Mycroft H

robtri wrote: »

would hardly say its just a donegal thing now is it....
this is problematic everywhere, especially in areas of the country with no public transport

Thats a really, really bad excuse.


Just because there is no public transport, it does not justify doing something extremely dangerous and stupid.

Irish people need to loose the "it will be grand" attitude and gain some common ****ing sense.

djimi

Saab Ed wrote: »

Please take this the way its ment as it im not trying to insult anyone , anywhere here , its going on in the country , its not a Dublin problem.

Now you could say to me that as a person who grew up in Dublin , everything was right on our doorstep. Not true , we all still had to find a taxi or minibus home from where ever we went out. Unless local services and community representitives get their heads out of their holes and arrange proper transport for people to get home from nights out , this stuff is always gonna happen. And saying that its easy to do that in Dublin or that it cost a fortune , well it cost me 25 quid to get home in a taxi from Dublin city to where my parents lived. Had to pay it , infact it still costs me a tenner to get home from a night out where I live now in the country and thats only 3 miles. Its about choices and people have to make them

Its probably more likely that youll be caught doing it in Dublin, hence the reason less people would take a chance.

Eric Cartman

djimi wrote: »

Its probably more likely that youll be caught doing it in Dublin, hence the reason less people would take a chance.

but its also more likely youll live in dublin, 8 lads in a van on the m50 - 99 times out of 100 it wont end badly, 8 lads in a van in donegal round backroads - its 50/50

jimmycrackcorm

Toyota would say that the Yaris has a lot more space than it appears to have.

Packing people into a car is not the real issue as having a crash where 5 are killed is just as bad as having 7 or 8 killed. The real culprit is dangerous driving.

djimi

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Toyota would say that the Yaris has a lot more space than it appears to have.

Packing people into a car is not the real issue as having a crash where 5 are killed is just as bad as having 7 or 8 killed. The real culprit is dangerous driving.

More people in car = more disruption in the car, less visibility in the car, car overly weighed down meaning less stopping power and probably reduced turning ability. Dangerous driving plays a part, but overloading your car is asking for trouble regardless of how you drive.

daveharnett

jimmycrackcorm wrote: »

Packing people into a car is not the real issue as having a crash where 5 are killed is just as bad as having 7 or 8 killed.

Wha?

A: Tell that to the families of victims 6,7 and 8.
B: The extra distraction and load makes a crash more likely.
C: The unrestrained passengers make any crash much more likely to be fatal, both for themselves and for any restrained passengers.

corktina

we've all done it...we all got away with it.... its mainly a problem when mixed with dangerous or over-exuberant driving or if something goes wrong. Very hard to condemn youngsters doing what I did myself (and not just as a youngster!)

spiggotpaddy

back in the seventies people used to cram kids in like sardines.
especially in summer, going to the beach
seems crazy but it was the norm.

opinion guy

Have to say a couple of times in the past people have pressured me into taking more people in the car than there are seats. And then given me attitude when I refused. In fact one group I almost fell out with altogether over something like this.
Does my head in

Eric Cartman

opinion guy wrote: »

Have to say a couple of times in the past people have pressured me into taking more people in the car than there are seats. And then given me attitude when I refused. In fact one group I almost fell out with altogether over something like this.
Does my head in

people who dont have cars or have alcohol in them very rarely understand the concept of laws or safety , i just tell them to **** off unless they give me whatever the taxi fare would be

Ghost Train

Clowns

-Corkie-

spiggotpaddy wrote: »

back in the seventies people used to cram kids in like sardines.
especially in summer, going to the beach
seems crazy but it was the norm.

I had a new corolla van when I was young. It was 1.8 diesel model.(92) I had 13 crammed into one night after the nite club. The worst thing was if some buck left of a rasper of a fart....