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Dumb person driving the wrong way on Tallaght bypass today

  • 08-01-2011 5:00pm
    #1
    CreepingDeath
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    I was driving along the Tallaght bypass today, in the direction of "The Square".
    It's a dual carriageway with a clear grass/hedged separation between the two sides of the road.

    I was in the right hand lane and two cars in front of me slowed down then indicated to move into the left hand lane.
    As they changed lane, I was then confronted with a middle aged woman driver driving towards me on the wrong side of the road !

    Anyways, the <SNIP> finally realised her mistake when both lanes of traffic stopped, and she performed a 3-point turn across the dual carriageway to point in the right direction.

    I reckon the <SNIP> came out of the garage and forgot the garage was on a dual carriageway and not a two-way road.

    I had my dashboard camera running, but am now cursing because by the time I got home it had overwritten the video clip !
    I had her reg number and everything.
    She definitely deserved 4 penalty points for careless driving.

    Middle aged woman drivers !
    Oestrogen should be a banned substance !

    Okay, rant over.
    Just gutted I didn't have a good youtube clip out of it...


Comments

  • #2
    ardmacha
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,476 ✭✭✭ardmacha


    Did you ring the Gardai or Trafficwatch? Or was Boards your first stop?


  • #3
    bungler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭bungler


    I was driving out of Stillorgan shopping centre last night when 2 arsehol boy racers decided to be cool and drive in the exit and up the wrong side of the road, would have given anything for a Guard to have seen it, there just total mongo's. BTW boyracers a done up micra is not cool in anyone but your own eyes


  • #4
    Stheno
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 51,690 Mod ✭✭✭✭Stheno


    Why didn't either of you ring the cops straight away? ::rolleyes:

    I'd this happen to me on the M7 ages ago, person driving the wrong way at 120kph and scaring the bejaysus out of the oncoming traffic, first thing I did was ring the cops who caught them a few miles down the road.


  • #5
    Alanstrainor
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    Thread title changed and post "snipped", no need for that language.


  • #6
    bungler
    Closed Accounts Posts: 831 ✭✭✭bungler


    Stheno wrote: »
    Why didn't either of you ring the cops straight away? ::rolleyes:

    I'd this happen to me on the M7 ages ago, person driving the wrong way at 120kph and scaring the bejaysus out of the oncoming traffic, first thing I did was ring the cops who caught them a few miles down the road.

    I did ring the local Guards to which they said have i got a witness to which there was no one around and he said ah we cant really do anything. There's about 12 of these muppets there every night doing donuts etc and the guards never go up. so the Guards were no help


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  • #7
    mondeo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,689 ✭✭✭mondeo


    Saw an oul one do the same thing on the same stretch about a yr ago. Pretty scary.


  • #8
    -Corkie-
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,025 ✭✭✭✭-Corkie-


    I met an oul fella with one of them old Astras coming up the sliproad of the M7 one morning and me going down...:rolleyes:

    Cops got him after.


  • #9
    CreepingDeath
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    ardmacha wrote: »
    Did you ring the Gardai or Trafficwatch? Or was Boards your first stop?

    :rolleyes:

    I have a Dashboard camera with microphone.
    I had recorded her reg number on that both visually and verbally, but when I got home the clip was overwritten.
    I was going to report her after the fact.

    I didn't have time to dig out my phone and record her reg number there and then.


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