Complete tools on the roads!

Jamiekelly

Well we're only after getting snow for the past 2 days and already I have seen 3 accidents on the crossroads just outside my house. 2 of these were only minor collisions but the latest one was just unbelievable!

Some tool in a done up fiat punto actually tried to drift around the corner and crashed sideways into a street light! His car looked like it was in an awful state and I can only say I'm delighted that cocky twat will have to pay a sh!tload to get it fixed

So has anyone else seen any dumb drivers getting what they deserve on the icy roads so far?

problemchimp

Pricks in jeeps! nuff said

Kiera

The guys in 4 wheel drives need to stay much further back. They’ve been up my arse most of this week and not in a good way!

the_syco

Jamiekelly wrote: »

Some tool in a done up fiat punto actually tried to drift around the corner and crashed sideways into a street light! His car looked like it was in an awful state and I can only say I'm delighted that cocky twat will have to pay a sh!tload to get it fixed

Good. Hope the car is totaled. Why? Because if that had been a pedestrian, they would have killed them.

dunlucewarlock

haha, my sentiments exactly. He'll also have to pay for the traffic light repair. See these morons all the time round my way driving like dicks in their supe'd up pieces of crap.

NothingMan

I was suppose to be buying a new car this week so I could at least have the opportunity to be one of those tools but now I have to walk to work like a responsible sucker.

danieljm

alot of that crazy driving but people are being over cautious too. following a car for 20 miles going no more than 10 miles an hour and making me half an hour late is ridiculous when no need of it. :mad:

there's being careful and taking the biscuit....rant over!

RoyalMarine

almost had a run in with one of these clowns. went to the chipper last night, its about a 3 min spin, but it took me at least 15 to get there. i drove less than 5 k/ph. some tool overtook me. completly insane when he took the roundabout. he just lost control completly and ended up on the footpath. i wound my window down as i slowly drove past, and said "have a safe trip home"

orourkeda

Can anyone here say that they are surprised by the standard of driving on irish roads?

neilthefunkeone

Some stupid W**ker in a Zafira drove straight through a red at the tallaght M50 round about in front of me last night.. the light had gone green for me a good 10 seconds.. every other car stopped fine.. He just flashed his lights and waved his hands like a mad man as he drove through..

Orando Broom

dunlucewarlock wrote: »

haha, my sentiments exactly. He'll also have to pay for the traffic light repair. See these morons all the time round my way driving like dicks in their supe'd up pieces of crap.

The one good thing about the recession is that there are sweet feck all of them on the road now.

That and the more stringent NCT I suppose. But young fleahs haven't the money to be bombing round in jammers any more.

FatherLen

saw some lad on a moped today driving way too fast. he WILL fall off.

Butterflylove

What pisses me off is the there have been so many accidents and yet nobs are still turning around going 'I know its snowing and you have to go slower and be more carefull but some people just take the piss when driving in it' quoted from fb from a friend.

Have heard a couple of people complaining about 'slow' drivers its like ffs they are been smart about it and driving safe!!

a car was flying down a hill beside mine last night I had to jump out of the way as the D*** hit the curb and came up onto the footpath! :mad:

Mr. Presentable

neilthefunkeone wrote: »

Some stupid W**ker in a Zafira drove straight through a red at the tallaght M50 round about in front of me last night.. the light had gone green for me a good 10 seconds.. every other car stopped fine.. He just flashed his lights and waved his hands like a mad man as he drove through..

Didn't you know? Traffic lights and stop signs are optional during snow (more so than usual)

Sean Quagmire

People are driving way to slow in my opinion. Aul one in front of me doing 15kph on a clear and gritted road with no snow on it. ffs its not that bad.

orourkeda

FatherLen wrote: »

saw some lad on a moped today driving way too fast. he WILL fall off.

I'd love to be there to point and laugh at him when he smashes himself off the ground.

Kiera

Sean Quagmire wrote: »

People are driving way to slow in my opinion. Aul one in front of me doing 15kph on a clear and gritted road with no snow on it. ffs its not that bad.

So what? I drive slow because I crashed last year in this weather. So if you’re behind me and I’m driving slow, tough fúcking shít!

RedXIV

My girlfriend crashed this morning going at about 5mph. shes still a bit shook, especially because it was literally watching a crash happen in slow motion. Fair play to her, she's gone out again though. practice makes perfect!

CreepingDeath

+1 on the jeeps & 4x4s.

My bus was at the bus stop, and there's a solid white line to stop people overtaking. A car pulled up behind the bus.
A jeep crossed the solid white line and overtook the car & bus, while the bus was pulling away from the bus stop. Impatient idiots.

Orando Broom

Kiera wrote: »

So what? I drive slow because I crashed last year in this weather. So if you’re behind me and I’m driving slow, tough fúcking shít!

Now lads if ye are not able to drive about 15mph (town), 20-25mph minimum ojn open untreated roads in that weather, walk. Ye are a hazard to yourselves and to other motorists. There is no excuse for driving too slow. You have to maintain a reasonable pace, some other fella went to the chipper at 5kmph. I walked into town yesterday at an average foot speed of 6kmph.

Those speeds are too slow for the conditions, too slow for hills too slow to prevent a car skidding. You need sufficent forward momentum to maintain control of a car, if you are not confident to do so, walk or use public transport or take a snow day. Ranting about people driving fast is absurd.

Niamho!

danieljm wrote: »

alot of that crazy driving but people are being over cautious too. following a car for 20 miles going no more than 10 miles an hour and making me half an hour late is ridiculous when no need of it. :mad:

there's being careful and taking the biscuit....rant over!

Ah ya can't be too careful I reckon. I'd be driving quite slow myself I think if I was driving. But those drivers should pull in and let people pass them....

jimthemental

On the M9 this morning there was no salt or grit, just one rough lane cars had made through the snow. 2 articulated trucks with foreign regs overtook a few cars as well as myself in the other lane which was fairly unfit for driving in. They threw up a ton of snow and mad visibility 0 for a few seconds. The recklessness was unbelievable. There was no way they could even see if there were cars alongside when they pulled back in. I know they have more traction than me but my corolla isn't going to jackknife or crush another car.:mad:

Kiera

Orando Broom wrote: »

Now lads if ye are not able to drive about 15mph (town), 20-25mph minimum ojn open untreated roads in that weather, walk. Ye are a hazard to yourselves and to other motorists. There is no excuse for driving too slow. You have to maintain a reasonable pace, some other fella went to the chipper at 5kmph. I walked into town yesterday at an average foot speed of 6kmph.

Those speeds are too slow for the conditions, too slow for hills too slow to prevent a car skidding. You need sufficent forward momentum to maintain control of a car, if you are not confident to do so, walk or use public transport or take a snow day. Ranting about people driving fast is absurd.

If you dont want to be stuck behind someone going slow then get the bus or walk like you did.

There is every excuse for driving slow on some of the road out my way!

seamus

Busses and taxis are also driving too close and too fast IMO.

Worst though was last night, waiting to turn right at a set of lights. Lights go red for the oncoming traffic, the guy in the first car starts flashing me and sticks on his hazards, I think "Grand, he's coming up the hill, doesn't think he can start on the hill/stop in time, so I'll let him go". Next thing, the two fncking knobs behind him stick their hazards on and keep rolling. So I let one extra guy go but then moved forward to signal that "I'm going next" and the other guy jammed on and I went.

Some people seem to think that because you can't see road markings or because you don't fancy stopping, you can ignore the rules of the road. FFS.

Micilin Muc

Look at this complete tool I saw on the road earlier.

starbelgrade

Kiera wrote: »

If you dont want to be stuck behind someone going slow then get the bus or walk like you did.

There is every excuse for driving slow on some of the road out my way!

No. There's only two excuses for driving at ridiculously low speeds in this weather;

1. You don't have winter tyres fitted.

and

2. You don't know how to drive properly in icy conditions.

In my opinion, these are the people who should be walking & taking the bus as they are just as dangerous to other drivers as idiots speeding & doing dangerous overtaking.

Kiera

starbelgrade wrote: »

No. There's only two excuses for driving at ridiculously low speeds in this weather;

1. You don't have winter tyres fitted.

and

2. You don't know how to drive properly in icy conditions.

In my opinion, these are the people who should be walking & taking the bus as they are just as dangerous to other drivers as idiots speeding & doing dangerous overtaking.

Wrong!

You have no idea what kind of roads I am driving slow on! My estate is like an ice rink so yes, I am going to drive slow. I’m not some idiot who’s going to do 10km on a gritted road!

dubtom

Orando Broom wrote: »

Now lads if ye are not able to drive about 15mph (town), 20-25mph minimum ojn open untreated roads in that weather, walk. Ye are a hazard to yourselves and to other motorists. There is no excuse for driving too slow. You have to maintain a reasonable pace, some other fella went to the chipper at 5kmph. I walked into town yesterday at an average foot speed of 6kmph.

Those speeds are too slow for the conditions, too slow for hills too slow to prevent a car skidding. You need sufficent forward momentum to maintain control of a car, if you are not confident to do so, walk or use public transport or take a snow day. Ranting about people driving fast is absurd.

You should drive at a speed the conditions determine, 25mph= 40kph is way too fast for untreated roads, though I'm sure you'll find that out for yourself fairly shortly.

starbelgrade

Kiera wrote: »

Wrong!

You have no idea what kind of roads I am driving slow on! My estate is like an ice rink so yes, I am going to drive slow. I’m not some idiot who’s going to do 10km on a gritted road!

If you knew how to drive properly in icy conditions, then you wouldn't have crashed last year, regardless of how icy the roads were.

Kiera

starbelgrade wrote: »

If you knew how to drive properly in icy conditions, then you wouldn't have crashed last year, regardless of how icy the roads were.

You have no idea what happened so that's an idiotic comment! :rolleyes:

starbelgrade

Kiera wrote: »

You have no idea what happened so that's an idiotic comment! :rolleyes:

I don't - but I would bet that not having the right tyres on your car was a contributing factor.

phasers

Lol, some gob****e on my estate was driving one of those gay little bikes around, he skidded and went flying into the field, taking out a snowman.

This snow is bollocks, I've to get the horrible disgusting bus to work because I've never driven on icy roads before and I'm not risking it.

I need practise though and I've no idea how to go about it, my estate is a death trap at the moment!

Has anybody seen the car parks at Liffey Valley actually? They're unbelieveably bad, cars are just skidding all over the place and I've seen 5 (minor) accidents in the last 3 days.

lucylu

jimthemental wrote: »

On the M9 this morning there was no salt or grit, just one rough lane cars had made through the snow. 2 articulated trucks with foreign regs overtook a few cars as well as myself in the other lane which was fairly unfit for driving in. They threw up a ton of snow and mad visibility 0 for a few seconds. The recklessness was unbelievable. There was no way they could even see if there were cars alongside when they pulled back in. I know they have more traction than me but my corolla isn't going to jackknife or crush another car.:mad:

Well said Jim the M9 bad this morning. There was a 4x4 in a gripe going northbound facing the wrong direction. There only traffic that was using the overtaking lanes were lorries. At the next Exit I got off and turned back and went home.

I did meet a couple of drivers on their mobile phones too :rolleyes:

Some12

Kiera wrote: »

So what? I drive slow because I crashed last year in this weather. So if you’re behind me and I’m driving slow, tough fúcking shít!

With all due respect, it sounds like you're incapable of driving in these conditions and could be a danger to others on the road. You should take public transport instead of being a hazard to both yourself and others.

I agree that people need to drive at speeds safe for the conditions but those that drive well under that speed frustrate other drivers which may lead to unsafe overtaking.

Please take public transport or get a lift with a friend who is capable of driving at the proper safe speed in these bad conditions.

Kiera

Some12 wrote: »

With all due respect, it sounds like you're incapable of driving in these conditions and could be a danger to others on the road. You should take public transport instead of being a hazard to both yourself and others.

I agree that people need to drive at speeds safe for the conditions but those that drive well under that speed frustrate other drivers which may lead to unsafe overtaking.

Please take public transport or get a lift with a friend who is capable of driving at the proper safe speed in these bad conditions.

Read the rest of my posts.

phasers

Some12 wrote: »

With all due respect, it sounds like you're incapable of driving in these conditions and could be a danger to others on the road. You should take public transport instead of being a hazard to both yourself and others.

I agree that people need to drive at speeds safe for the conditions but those that drive well under that speed frustrate other drivers which may lead to unsafe overtaking.

Please take public transport or get a lift with a friend who is capable of driving at the proper safe speed in these bad conditions.

That's the other driver's fault, if a driver can't keep calm in these conditions they shouldn't be driving either.

What your saying is total crap tbh.

Naos

So what happened last year then Kiera?

SV

I wish people would stay off the roads if they're not sure of themselves.

They're the real fúcking morons if you ask me.

Kimono-Girl

Some12 wrote: »

I agree that people need to drive at speeds safe for the conditions but those that drive well under that speed frustrate other drivers which may lead to unsafe overtaking.
.

With all due respect,if someone thinks unsafe overtaking in this weather is a good idea then they should be the ones taking public transport, and maybe re-sit their test!

Wazdakka

There's only one solution..
Everyone is going to have to but a Citroen.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bch4XBAbjjk

bigbadbear

orourkeda wrote: »

Can anyone here say that they are surprised by the standard of driving on irish roads?

^^uneducated comment. Irish drivers are not bad drivers when compared to the vast majority of the whole planet.

SV

bigbadbear wrote: »

^^uneducated comment. Irish drivers are not bad drivers when compared to the vast majority of the whole planet.

Now that's a very ill informed comment.
I won't say uneducated though.



Irish drivers, as a WHOLE, are disgraceful.

Some12

Kimono-Girl wrote: »

With all due respect,if someone thinks unsafe overtaking in this weather is a good idea then they should be the ones taking public transport, and maybe re-sit their test!

I agree. I'm that driver that stays behind the slow driver because it's unsafe to overtake - wishing the person in front would be the one taking public transport.

Being frustrated is no excuse for unsafe driving but it happens and is a danger to others.

johngalway

Trying to navigate my way ouf of the girlfriends estate yesterday morning to bring the kids to school. There's a hill on the way out with two speed bumps on it :rolleyes: Hill was doable but slippy. Car ahead of me get's on it so I wait at the bottom until it's got up. What do the other fools do? Drive around me, slip, slide, and skid until three of them have both lanes blocked. Fcuking morons. My only regret is they didn't do dogem' cars down the hill because they deserved it for being that impatient. You slip on ice and you loose control. Stay the hell away from other cars and have a bit of patience and cop on.

bigbadbear

SV wrote: »

Now that's a very ill informed comment.
I won't say uneducated though.



Irish drivers, as a WHOLE, are disgraceful.

compared to where? Germany? Norway? Maybe. but bery few other places. I used to think Irish drivers were really bad but we're not that bad really. Drivers in every country are bad drivers. Each country complains about the standard of their drivers.

Butterflylove

starbelgrade wrote: »

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In my opinion, these are the people who should be walking & taking the bus as they are just as dangerous to other drivers as idiots speeding & doing dangerous overtaking.

Have you tried either of these? I can inform you they arent any safer.
Bus drivers let on to many people and drive about 5mph
The footpaths are death traps. It took me 40 min to walk a 15 min walk as I was afraid of skidding off the path onto the road.

This morning I feared for the bus skidding back down a steap hill because of the amount of people on the bus, theres no seat belts or nothing in these buses so it be a mess if it crashed.

And its is not always possible either, some have no choice but to drive!

Pompey Magnus

Monday evening I was leaving Dublin on the M50, it was snowing and the roads were not great so traffic was doing about 80 km/h, a double trailer livestock lorry (one of the biggest, heaviest vehicles on the road) flew past me on the fast lane and was no doubt doing well over 100km/h. No only was it doing that speed but it was weaving in and out of lanes when it got the opportunity. About 30 seconds after it had passed me another livestock lorry passed me doing exactly the same. It would not surprise me one bit if the two of them were racing each other. Complete gobshítes whoever those two drivers were.

SV

bigbadbear wrote: »

compared to where? Germany? Norway? Maybe. but bery few other places. I used to think Irish drivers were really bad but we're not that bad really. Drivers in every country are bad drivers. Each country complains about the standard of their drivers.

Compared to India if you want.


I think you may be comparing countries based on them having very little rules of the road being enforced.

Loopy

I think the bottom line is, if your not confident enough to drive in these conditions, don’t!
You can tell some drivers are terrified, this morning an old dear driving out of my estate, pulled out right in front of me and slammed into the curb… WTF? She could see me coming but accelerated when she saw me. Go home you idiot.

syklops

Orando Broom wrote: »

public transport

starbelgrade wrote: »

the bus

Some12 wrote: »

You should take public transport

Some12 wrote: »

public transport

There must have been phenomenal improvements in public transport around the whole of the country since I last used it for all the people advocating its use.

bigbadbear

SV wrote: »

Compared to India if you want.


I think you may be comparing countries based on them having very little rules of the road being enforced.

america, canada, mexico, spain, portugal, turkey, poland, etc etc. even england