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convoy operation; legal basis

  • 12-01-2012 12:17pm
    #1
    Carawaystick
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,779 ✭✭✭


    Eirgrid have been putting a powerline under the roads nearby and they have this system of what they call convoy running, where there are temporary traffic lights and single lane traffic. They then get a van to drive in front of traffic slowly and the van goes and turns around and goes back the next way.

    On the R129, the lights never went green, they were stuck at red the whole time.

    I was wondering about the legal basis for this scheme.
    The lights not going green means all traffic have to break a red light, but the lights are below the legal minimum height, so they don't really count, but the van driving slowly is holding up traffic on purpose, there was a farmer given a hefty ban from driving for this, so it seems to be illegal.

    There have been no temporary speed limits for the works, the limit is 80


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  • #2
    murphaph
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,050 ✭✭✭✭murphaph


    The probably are acting illegally. Convoy running during roadworks like this requires a special exemption (from the MoT) when they do it in the UK, but I doubt there's even a law written that makes it remotely legal in Ireland.


  • #3
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    legal or not, its sometimes necessary to protect workers.

    It seems to be inferior to the system I see used most often nowadays where they clear all the traffic in one direction then all the traffic in the other, meaning you only get to stop just the once (or maybe not at all). Temporary lights that change to red after just a seconds and then are not set up right so there is a huge lag before the opposite ones go green are the worst system.


  • #4
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    murphaph wrote: »
    (from the MoT)

    Department for Transport?


  • #5
    Cookie_Monster
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 24,537 ✭✭✭✭Cookie_Monster


    monument wrote: »
    Department for Transport?

    (from the MoT) when they do it in the UK

    -> Ministry of Transport


  • #6
    corktina
    Closed Accounts Posts: 17,733 ✭✭✭✭corktina


    MoT is just the name of the test nowadays.... just a throwback.


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  • #7
    monument
    Moderators, Motoring & Transport Moderators Posts: 14,093 Mod ✭✭✭✭monument


    Cookie_Monster wrote: »
    (from the MoT) when they do it in the UK

    No, ours is the Department of Transport, and theirs is Department for Transport. There is no longer a Ministry of Transport in the UK. :)

    Now, let's move along now before the mods realise the last few posts derived from my pedantic time wasting..


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