Near death experience...

Goreygal

I would sincerely like to thanks the driver of the BMW (02 KE 9505) who pulled out in front of me from the N81 onto the N80 this morning causing me to have to slam on my brakes to avoid slamming into him. The adrenaline rush was phenomenal. I presume he didn't notice the mile of traffic free road behind me.

savagecabbages

You do know boards.ie isn't the best place to report a crime? Try the Gardai.
Hope you reported the driver and are willing to follow through and get him/her reprimanded. Otherwise they'll never learn.

I'm sure they're reading........

Vicxas

Name and shame, only way they'll learn.

EPM

Vicxas wrote: »

Name and shame, only way they'll learn.

Name and shame what exactly?

savagecabbages

Vicxas wrote: »

Name and shame, only way they'll learn.

Report an prosecute more like. I'm sure the driver of said car wont see this thread and wont be 'shamed' by whats being said here!

_Kaiser_

savagecabbages wrote: »

You do know boards.ie isn't the best place to report a crime? Try the Gardai.

The gardai (generally) have no interest either in these things and seeing as the standard among their own ranks is as bad or worse in a lot of cases, that's not surprising.

Example:

- 2 months ago while driving home on the M3, just outside Dunshaughlin, I came across a speeding Traffic Corps car.. coming towards me in the hard shoulder!! :eek: Supposedly chasing a (presumably invisible!) car on the same stretch of road (I certainly didn't see anything and I joined the M3 at the M50)

- 3 days ago (on the same motorway - near the same spot but this time heading inbound) there was a silver Traffic Corps estate parked just on the brow of a hill (where of course he wouldn't be seen till it was too late), half on the kerb.. half on the road!!


But "following it up" isn't as easy as you might think...

- Dunshaughlin Gardai have no interest (unsurprisingly as it'd be their mates in these cars)
- Ashbourne Gardai (who Dunshaughlin report to) have a Super who's never available
- Navan Gardai (where the district TC is controlled from) have an inspector who's currently on leave with no direct cover
.. but all of them are quite happy for you to waste time writing in to them....

Oh and the Garda Ombudsman??

- Weren't taking calls last Friday due to "staff reallocation"


FFS! No wonder the roads/enforcement is a mess :mad:

savagecabbages

These anecdotal stories about driving (or parking) standards displayed by Gardai have little to do with their ability to take a report on dangerous driving as witnessed by OP.

Any time I've reported a crime they have been very interested.

Atomic Pineapple

Some dopey blond done the same to me on the old Dundalk road over the weekend, she didn't even bother to stop at the junction just pulled straight out.

cadaliac

I find Monday morning the most dangerous time of the week to drive. Its incredible how the standards drop on a Monday morning.

_Kaiser_

cadaliac wrote: »

I find Monday morning the most dangerous time of the week to drive. Its incredible how the standards drop on a Monday morning.

Probably still hung over from the weekend?

cadaliac

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

Probably still hung over from the weekend?

Yeah, I actually avoid the south link in Cork on Monday mornings. I've seen too many near misses and close shaves, all of which were on Monday mornings. I just take back roads (when I think of it...)

Lex Luthor

I reported an aggressive driver a couple of yrs back that tried to push me into a barrier on the N7 at Kill to the Garda Confidential hotline. They followed up but I never heard anything.

Last week I was sitting at a set of lights waiting to go green when a car came up behind me, passed me out and turned left at the red light into a stream of heavy traffic. Again I left a voicemail with the hotline number but this time they never followed up..Cutbacks?

Forest Master

Goreygal wrote: »

didn't

Yeah.

Goreygal

Forest Master wrote: »

Yeah.

Not sure what you are saying "yeah" to FM?

They typo came from when it was uploading from my android phone for some reason.

Goreygal

I would go to the Gardaí but I am halfway to Birmingham at the moment.

I did however pull up behind him when he parked in Bunclody to ask him what he had been playing with. Needless to say he wasn't too keen to talk to me.