N7 Surface Water - Be careful

TheBazman

Just a heads up - surface water on the M7/N7 between Kildare and Dublin is particularly bad this morning. Just travelled in there and it's as bad as I've ever seen it. Worst area is around Johnstown/Kill.

2011abc

Good heads up!Had a fairly severe 'aquaplane' there a year or so ago city bound near the Topaz.

quad_red

Was on the way to Portlaoise on 21 May. Raining very heavily allot of surface water. Saw a car completely lose it just on front of us on the M7 near City West a few years ago which frightened the life out of me so I was in cautious mode. Saw the remains of one crash just past the turnoff for Kildare village. Less than five minutes past it, a complete tool in a blue Focus tried to undertake an Avensis that had just passed me in the overtaking lane. Completely lost it and ended up slamming into the central reservation head on. Mashed the front of the focus but lucky not to turn it over.

Got a big fright and hit the brakes. But that's not what stuck with me.

It's the fact that despite the overtaking lane being taken up by a mashed up focus facing the hard shoulder surrounded by shaken young boys (driver was young, maybe 18, all passengers in mid/late teens), the hard shoulder being packed with three cars (including mine) that had stopped and there being debris all over the road, some complete idiots kept driving through the crash scene in the inside lane at full speed :eek:

Couldn't believe it.

Gary ITR

The M50 is about the same, as bad as I've ever seen it. I had something to do this morning so I only came across now

Vicxas

Guys the M1 southbound is like a swimming pool, there is fook all grip on the road, please be careful. Patricularly bad around Balbriggan - Rush.

Mc Love

Surely the engineers knew this when building the roads, that we have ****e weather in Ireland? Is it a problem with drainage?

rameire

be careful country bound on the N7, heading underneath the outer ring road bridge and also at the city west junctions.
also at the CRH entrance and exit on the n7, if there is a downpour there, it can get hairy.

Mc Love

A lot of puddles are often found in the overtaking lane (near the central divide) - its really dangerous at times

BlackWizard

Experienced this on the N4 just a while ago. Braking distance is not great and for the two wheelers out there, stay off the manhole covers and try not to down shift while using the rear brake. Seeing too many bikes next to me locking up their rear wheel on these large puddles of water.

Looks like it's the end of the bad showers for now. www.met.ie

dudara

The N7 is always prone to this, for some reason. It's a road that I have a lot of respect for in the wet.