article on elan on rte six one news tonight

kinvara64

Was watching footage of the midlands correspondant . Kieran Milloudy i think, who was standing outside Elan in Athlone when I noticed the traffic was driving on the right side,ala continental. So I rewound on sky plus which confirmed this . Anyone see this , or can someone enlighten me.

mikemac

It's a raised road on an embankment as it passes Elan, you're mixing it up somehow as you didn't see both lanes

starbelgrade

They drive on the right side in Athlone.

It also has a different currency & time zone.

Strange place.

kinvara64

pretty sure i saw traffic going both ways ,2 lanes

Badgermonkey

I dunno.

Maybe Don Panoz.*











*Elan based humour

bonerm

Maybe they flipped the image for whatever reason?

Was there any text (signs, clear number plates etc) that would give it away?

kinvara64

well the elan sign was the right way around .strange

My name is URL

It's on the TV so everything appears as opposite.. like when you look in a mirror.. black is east, up is white..

kinvara64

funny

L.Jenkins

kinvara64 wrote: »

Was watching footage of the midlands correspondant . Kieran Milloudy i think, who was standing outside Elan in Athlone when I noticed the traffic was driving on the right side,ala continental. So I rewound on sky plus which confirmed this . Anyone see this , or can someone enlighten me.

I worked in maintanence at Elan and looking at the road you would get that impression from a distance.

strokemyclover

People in Westmeath don't know which way traffic goes outside the motorway.....Westmeath being a bypass county and all!

vampire of kilmainham

Ciaran Mullolleyyyyyyyyy RTEEEEE Newsssssssssss Athloneeeeeeeeee

challengemaster

vampire of kilmainham wrote: »

Ciaran Mullolleyyyyyyyyy RTEEEEE Newsssssssssss Athloneeeeeeeeee

Have to get the voice right too though. Stick him and Rebecca black together and who knows what might happen :eek: He also couldn't pronounce élan.

There's nothing weird about the roads - just took a peek at the video on RTE player, looks like it's been flipped alright, the élan sign is backwards.

Jesus Wept

They're quite continental in Athlone don't you know.

Lando Griffin

Just to throw a spanner in the works, the factory in last nights news is situtated in Monksland, Co Roscommon.:cool:

jester77

Lando Griffin wrote: »

Just to throw a spanner in the works, the factory in last nights news is situtated in Monksland, Co Roscommon.:cool:

Meh, Athlone is part Roscommonian anyway

Dravokivich

That Athlone there is Apache country...

axer

Dravokivich wrote: »

That Athlone there is Apache country...

I know - they absolutely love pizza!

Dravokivich

axer wrote: »

I know - they absolutely love pizza!

Thick crust and soggy cheese...

sbsquarepants

ItsThatManAgain wrote: »

I worked in maintanence at Elan and looking at the road you would get that impression from a distance.

Sounds like the magic road in father ted, where unattended wheelchairs roll up the hill!:D

mike65

Its probably a one way system for traffic coming from the left of the image. Industrial areas can sometimes have strange road/lane set ups that cause newbies to go round in circles for 10 mins before finally understanding where they need to turn (and which direction)

Nodin

Dravokivich wrote: »

That Athlone there is Apache country...

It was, until the locals ate them.

mike65

I looked at 6:1 on the player but that part of the report seems to be missing we only see Ciaran Mulloooooooooooooly, I also checked google earth and I can see no one way system around Elan.