Accident Black Spot Signs

Ice cubed

Do these signs still exist or are they a relic of past road safety information?

I don't recall seeing one in ages.

KeithM89_old

Ice cubed wrote: »

I don't recall seeing one in ages.

Thats not a bad thing....

Ice cubed

KeithM89 wrote: »

Thats not a bad thing....

It might indicate there are no more dangerous bends along our by ways, but I think this isn't the case.

Oh_Noes

KeithM89 wrote: »

Thats not a bad thing....

He didn't see them because he was texting on his phone.

Dunjohn

There was always one on the Coast Road between Ballina and Enniscrone, I remember it from my childhood. I was back there in the summer and noticed it gone.

Of course, that particular stretch had also been considerably widened and straightened.

Maybe they fixed all the black spots instead of just marking them.

ScumLord

People keep crashing into them.

Ice cubed

Dunjohn wrote: »

There was always one on the Coast Road between Ballina and Enniscrone, I remember it from my childhood. I was back there in the summer and noticed it gone.

Of course, that particular stretch had also been considerably widened and straightened.

Maybe they fixed all the black spots instead of just marking them.

I'm pretty sure there was one at Poulaphouca on the old Dublin - Wexford route, its not there now but the road hasn't changed.

we'llallhavetea_old

yeah, they're still around.

Mint Sauce

They do still exsist, one near my home in Donegal, although my personal favourite is the 'SLOWER' sign a couple of hundred yards after the 'SLOW' sign.

I know that one exists on the Listowel to Ballylongford road in Kerry.

Coriolanus

irish-stew wrote: »

They do still exsist, one near my home in Donegal, although my personal favourite is the 'SLOWER' sign a couple of hundred yards after the 'SLOW' sign.

Where's that?

Mint Sauce

Nevore wrote: »

Where's that?

The 'SLOWER' sign or Donegal.

:pac:

Super-Rush

irish-stew wrote: »

They do still exsist, one near my home in Donegal, although my personal favourite is the 'SLOWER' sign a couple of hundred yards after the 'SLOW' sign.

Theres one of those down here also. Always gives me a laugh.

WindSock

Yes but they had to change them to Collision Multi Racial Signs as people were feeling excluded.

alwaysadub

irish-stew wrote: »

They do still exsist, one near my home in Donegal, although my personal favourite is the 'SLOWER' sign a couple of hundred yards after the 'SLOW' sign.

It's an actual sign? I've seen that painted on the road alright-never saw a sign with slower written on it though!

Coriolanus

irish-stew wrote: »

The 'SLOWER' sign or Donegal.

:pac:

The sign, but if its in donegal, both.

Mint Sauce

alwaysadub wrote: »

It's an actual sign? I've seen that painted on the road alright-never saw a sign with slower written on it though!

Its an actual sign, about 6 or 7 foot tall in the style of

S
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then

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Nevore wrote:

The sign, but if its in donegal, both.

Outside Donegal Town

Senna

Accident Black Spot Signs always remind me of "People died here, Careful now" said in Fr Dougal's voice.

starbelgrade

irish-stew wrote: »

They do still exsist, one near my home in Donegal, although my personal favourite is the 'SLOWER' sign a couple of hundred yards after the 'SLOW' sign.

Everytime I see them I imagine this scenario....

Driver see's "Slow" sign on road. He doesn't think too much about it.

Driver then see's "Slower" sign on road. Still, he doesn't think too much about it.

Brick wall appears out of nowhere in the middle of the road. As the car hits the wall, the driver flys through the windscreen into a sign painted on the wall saying, "I told you so".

(My mind wanders a lot when I'm driving)

montane

starbelgrade wrote: »

Everytime I see them I imagine this scenario....

Driver see's "Slow" sign on road. He doesn't think too much about it.

Driver then see's "Slower" sign on road. Still, he doesn't think too much about it.

Brick wall appears out of nowhere in the middle of the road. As the car hits the wall, the driver flys through the windscreen into a sign painted on the wall saying, "I told you so".

(My mind wanders a lot when I'm driving)

I was driving along once and saw a "slow" sign on the road. Then the "slower" sign appeared. And then "No Even Slower".

starbelgrade

montane wrote: »

I was driving along once and saw a "slow" sign on the road. Then the "slower" sign appeared. And then "No Even Slower".

I presume that a brick wall didn't appear then, coz that would be mental.

Mint Sauce

starbelgrade wrote: »

Everytime I see them I imagine this scenario....

Driver see's "Slow" sign on road. He doesn't think too much about it.

Driver then see's "Slower" sign on road. Still, he doesn't think too much about it.

Brick wall appears out of nowhere in the middle of the road. As the car hits the wall, the driver flys through the windscreen into a sign painted on the wall saying, "I told you so".

(My mind wanders a lot when I'm driving)

I dont want to meet you on the road

Mrmoe

I think they are being phased out.

By NIAMH HORAN
Sunday March 30 2008
THE National Roads Authority (NRA) has said it will no longer designate sections of roadway as 'black spots' because of the large numbers of accidents at specific locations.

Instead, dozens of historical accident prone sections of road have been undergoing major safety work, which will mean the traditional black spot warning signs are to become a thing of the past.

The road safety group is carrying out the work, which includes the provision of anti-skid road surface treatments, mini roundabouts and safety barriers, in an attempt to slash the death toll on Irish roads.

Sean O'Neill, of the NRA, said the corrective measures were more practical than warning people as they approach a dangerous stretch of road.

"We have been taking remedial measures to remove black spots throughout the country. So rather than warning people about a problem, we are removing it.

"By analysing accident zones, we can eliminate problems and minimise incidents."

Last year, 185 remedial schemes were completed at high-risk accident locations around Ireland, all of which have proven to be extremely beneficial, according to the latest NRA research.

- NIAMH HORAN

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/end-of-the-road-for-black-spot-signs-1332265.html

Heres one on the road between Newmarket and Kanturk in Cork.

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starbelgrade

I've seen a good few of them around the place, but the only one I remember is one on the N17 between Tubbercurry & Ballinacarrow as it's near my house.

Mint Sauce

starbelgrade wrote: »

I've seen a good few of them around the place, but the only one I remember is one on the N17 between Tubbercurry & Ballinacarrow as it's near my house.

What car do you drive?

<Avoids N17 beween Tubbercurry & Ballinacarrow>

Ice cubed

montane wrote: »

I was driving along once and saw a "slow" sign on the road. Then the "slower" sign appeared. And then "No Even Slower".

I remember a 'slow' followed by a 'slower' and then a 'dead slow' painted on the road.

Yawns

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Kenagh - Ballymahon, Longford

D_murph

There is still one on the model farm road in Cork on one particularly bad bend just before you come up the hill on the way to the Texaco petrol station and I do not see how it will ever be resolved. You come around a bad bend and there is a junction around the corner about 50 feet away so you have to be prepared to stop as a car can be exiting this junction when you come around the bend and through no fault of theirs, be half way across the road as you do.

Very dodgy spot.

high horse

D_murph wrote: »

There is still one on the model farm road in Cork on one particularly bad bend just before you come up the hill on the way to the Texaco petrol station and I do not see how it will ever be resolved. You come around a bad bend and there is a junction around the corner about 50 feet away so you have to be prepared to stop as a car can be exiting this junction when you come around the bend and through no fault of theirs, be half way across the road as you do.

Very dodgy spot.

Thats exactly the spot I thought of when I opened this thread

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