Surface water on M7/M9 N&

red menace · 06-09-2010 07:07PM #1

Just drove up from Kilkenny, surface water everywhere
some deep puddles and lots of lunatics

high heels · 06-09-2010 07:16PM

OK

Random · 06-09-2010 07:17PM

you'd be better off telling aaroadwatch.ie

sentient_6 · 06-09-2010 07:21PM

Was on the N7/M7 earlier leaving the city. Mental! Water cleared up a bit after newbridge though i thought. & i wont bitch about half the cars with no lights, other half with fulls & fogs blaring.

:rolleyes:

_Kaiser_ · 06-09-2010 07:29PM

Yep.. amount of clowns on the N/M3 this evening with no/minimal lights on in very poor visibility was ridiculous.

TheBazman · 06-09-2010 07:33PM

N7 from Newlands to Naas this evening was a disaster. I was passing a van near Citywest when it must have driven into some serious surface water - absolute zero visibility for around 3 seconds. Got the fright of my life but luckily there was a good amount of space in front and behind me.

GTE · 06-09-2010 07:36PM

high heels wrote: »

OK

Well he is highlighting a problem with the newer motorways that have very bad drainage that can cause some very dodgy moments. In the very heavy rain that we had today I can only imagine how much worse the problem is.

A few months ago the motorway from Galway was saturated when I was heading home. Just great big puddles and no place for the water to go, quickly anyway.

Blue Punto · 06-09-2010 08:22PM

On the M7 tonight and conditions were poor .

In the flow of traffic in the outside lane and left about 4/5 car lenghts between myself and the car in front but had a guy behind me in a blue 01 Astra that was sitting that close I couldnt see his bonnet.He then tried to go past on the left but just got caught in slower traffic

Bloody Idiot

.Longshanks. · 06-09-2010 08:41PM

Sur the council have it under control...didn't you see the electronic billboards saying "road liable to flooding" :rolleyes:

Gotta love the Irish way to solve a problem

red menace · 06-09-2010 08:50PM

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

Sur the council have it under control...didn't you see the electronic billboards saying "road liable to flooding" :rolleyes:

Gotta love the Irish way to solve a problem

at least the sign was right for once

testicle · 06-09-2010 08:59PM

red menace wrote: »

Just drove up from Kilkenny, surface water everywhere
some deep puddles and lots of lunatics

Tipp were drowning Cats yesterday, some of the water is still on the roads.

tossy · 06-09-2010 09:04PM

kev_Longshanks100 wrote: »

Sur the council have it under control...didn't you see the electronic billboards saying "road liable to flooding" :rolleyes:

Gotta love the Irish way to solve a problem

I agree total disgrace! A 3 lane "motorway" (another joke) that is prone to flooding,sure did ya not see the signs? top o the morning to ya! :rolleyes:

slimjimmc · 06-09-2010 09:36PM

tossy wrote: »

I agree total disgrace! A 3 lane "motorway" (another joke) that is prone to flooding,sure did ya not see the signs? top o the morning to ya! :rolleyes:

Joke: When's a motorway not a motorway, when it's a dual carriageway of course.
but yeah there are quite a few bad spots on the N7 where even a shower tends to flood one or two lanes or even all three when very heavy. Though to be fair I haven't come across any standing water on any sections of the M7 or M9 motorways, just loads of spray.

Surface water on M7/M9 N&

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