Crazy tourist drivers

Kevwoody

Ok so I'm working on the N70 at the min, and over the past few days have lost count of how many times cars have whizzed by with inches to spare.

Now I'm not pointing the finger at one group in particular, but 90% of these cars are crappy Hyundai with a Dublin reg, so fair to say they are hire cars.

One such car flew past me the other day, 5 "foreign looking people", doing about 80k in what sounded like 3rd gear with full headlights on( at 1pm on a sunny day) and I had to jump in the hedge as they didn't even move out or indicate out!

Another such driver decided to pull out from a side road in 2nd gear and stall in front of a lorry! Needed clean boxers after seeing that one!

Anyway just wondering does anyone else have any experience of these nutters on the road and will a hire company just give a car to any twat these days?


(rant over, sorry)

Stiffler2

sorry about that


dam pedestrians

MagicSean

Kevwoody wrote: »

Now I'm not pointing the finger at one group in particular,

Kevwoody wrote: »

but 90% of these cars are crappy Hyundai with a Dublin reg, so fair to say they are hire cars.

One such car flew past me the other day, 5 "foreign looking people",

Hmmmm...

personally i find many Irish drivers to be just as stupid on the roads, especially in bad weather.

some random drunk

Kevwoody wrote: »

Ok so I'm working on the N70 at the min, and over the past few days have lost count of how many times cars have whizzed by with inches to spare.

Now I'm not pointing the finger at one group in particular, but 90% of these cars are crappy Hyundai with a Dublin reg, so fair to say they are hire cars.

One such car flew past me the other day, 5 "foreign looking people", doing about 80k in what sounded like 3rd gear with full headlights on( at 1pm on a sunny day) and I had to jump in the hedge as they didn't even move out or indicate out!

Another such driver decided to pull out from a side road in 2nd gear and stall in front of a lorry! Needed clean boxers after seeing that one!

Anyway just wondering does anyone else have any experience of these nutters on the road and will a hire company just give a car to any twat these days?


(rant over, sorry)

The car flew past you, but yet you had time to count the occupants, note the appearance of all of them and also notice that they had their headlights on in the daytime, while at the same time planning your jump to safety into the hedge? Story doesn't add up.

mikemac1

N70 you say

Folk in the Kingdom consider everyone else to be foreign

FatherLen

7 months ago i was hit by a rental car off my motorbike. they ran a red and destroyed my bike. it was on the big roundabout at kilmainham which is fairly confusing so i dont blame them but if you are driving in a foreign country you need to be extremely careful as roads are different everywhere you go.

JustinDee

The Irish drivers as bad, if not worse.
Paddy doesn't do roads very well at all, be that on foot, bicycle, motorbike or in car. He/She tends to be thick as, behind the wheel.

Kevwoody

mikemac1 wrote: »

N70 you say

Folk in the Kingdom consider everyone else to be foreign

I'm from Donegal

mikemac1

Donegal :eek:

Sure ye're all boy racers and loons and dodging VRT on your yellow regs up there :P

There's a reason nobody wants to buy a second hand DL reg

Donegal folk don't get to judge others, sorry

chin_grin

Kevwoody wrote: »

I'm from Donegal

Bleedin' foreigners!

Well I'm sure I was mistaken as being foreign (I'm a hairy-ish metaller) coming out of Palmerstown Village. Some dude was driving in looking at his phone with a furrowed brow. Slowed down as if to ask something, saw me and moved on to the next car.

Prejudice, it's everywhere. He did look like a racist small-minded knacker though.....:pac:

FatherLen

chin_grin wrote: »

I'm a hairy-ish metaller

i wouldn't talk to you either :pac:

chin_grin

FatherLen wrote: »

i wouldn't talk to you either :pac:

Yeah I look at bit scary. Maybe it was the "don't you f*ckin' dare talk to me" look I was giving him.

But bike accident? How did you fair afterwards if the bike was trashed?

cocoshovel

I drove around the corner once and there was one driving straight towards me on the wrong side of the road. How stupid do you have to be?

Nothingbetter2d

i love how americans haven't a clue how to use a roundabout.... they panic.... but then again so do alot of irish drivers

mikemac1

Any boardsies ever been in the States?

I see them on TV and then pull some lever by the steering wheel and off they go.
And they talk about "can you use a stick shift?"

So are pretty much all cars automatic over there?

I'm interested to know

FatherLen

chin_grin wrote: »

Yeah I look at bit scary. Maybe it was the "don't you f*ckin' dare talk to me" look I was giving him.

But bike accident? How did you fair afterwards if the bike was trashed?

i was fine but the bike died a slow and painful death. on my new baby now.

cocoshovel

mikemac1 wrote: »

Any boardsies ever been in the States?

I see them on TV and then pull some lever by the steering wheel and off they go.
And they talk about "can you use a stick shift?"

So are pretty much all cars automatic over there?

I'm interested to know

From what I gather, most of the people over there drive automatic. But there are manual drivers too.

Plazaman

I'll alway remember the group of Americans leaving Sligo Airport in a rent-a-car. About 40mins later they rang the guy at the rental desk saying they were in Collooney (about 10 mile away) saying the car had broken down.

He went up with a replacement car and had a tow truck ordered. From a quick look he seen the engine looked burned out. He asked them what happened and the driver stated the car wouldn't go over 60 and the engine was very noisy all the way there.

Rent a car Guy : "What gear were you in?"
Yank : "Gear?, What does that mean?"

I applaud him being able to get up to 60 kph in first gear and still be able to hear what's being said.

deandean

My first ever rental was in the U.S.

I got the keys, got into the car, a few seconds later the Hertz lady was tapping at the window 'Sir, are you OK?'


I had got into the right side (passenger side) of the car and was sitting there getting myself sorted.

I thought she was gonna take the keys off me, but I got going eventually

rusty_racer94

Just seen tourists driving in the wrong lane and missing the oncomming traffic by inches. Some weren't lucky though.

Carson10

I cringe everytime i see somthing like a gorgeous 12 D brand new golf with a Avis Sticker and a massive bash down the side and grass hanging out of the front bumper.

I remember also about 13 years ago two young english girlz friends of the family came to visit my house. They had rented out a brand new 99 D Nissan Micra Automatic from Dublin Airport. Anyways they came to visit and i was shocked at their bad driving. I had to turn the car for them to get it out the driveway, then 10mins later they rang us to say they didnt see a red light and ran through a junction, writing the wee micra off...

mikemac1

A rental company renting a poxy little Micra

That's pretty sad

face1990

Yeah in the US most cars are automatic. apparently manual cars are less likely to be stolen in the states because most thieves can't drive them.

skinny90

Kevwoody wrote: »

90% of these cars are crappy Hyundai with a Dublin reg, so fair to say they are hire cars.

Hyundai...south koreas finest

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QGHdLT8fPRY

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H7X4qWaAadA

take everything

cocoshovel wrote: »

I drove around the corner once and there was one driving straight towards me on the wrong side of the road. How stupid do you have to be?

Same here. Hit head on by a couple of eejits driving a rental on the wrong side of the road recently.

redzerologhlen

I was behind one of those little hyundai i30's the other morning going to galway. Was going along a big straight stretch of road doing 100kph and all of a sudden they make a big swerve in on the ditch and bounce back out onto the other side of the road. They were lucky to hold it because I thought they were fecked, Have met them coming against me on the wrong side of the road on 2 different occasions too. I think they just arent able to manage the manuals, They dont seem to be able to slow down and panic and forget they have to press the clutch and change gear.

johngalway

Fed up of tourists driving. Won't keep to their own side of the road, won't move it. Pull up or dawdle on blind corners when there's a lay by 50 yards away. Crawl slower than walking pace anywhere there's civilisation, in the middle of the road. Abandon car anywhere.

The Irish can be and are in some cases bad, but you know the tourist coming a mile off.