car stopped in middle lane of the m50?

Rich11

Just talking to one on the guys in work yesterday and he said to me that on Thursday evening at around 6pm, there was a 00' fiesta stopped in the middle lane on the m50:eek:, just after the toll bridge

Anyone else see it cause at first I couldnt believe him, like thats just suicidal?, and there was 3/4 people in the car aswell.

Suprised it didnt cause a huge pile-up.

So how can that happenn, drived error, didnt get into the hard shoulder quick enough

keithsfleet

I'd say lack of motor way driving knowledge. I've seen people in lane 3 doing 120kph slam on the brakes down to 80 or 90 and then swerve across 3 lanes all because they weren't paying attention to the exit signs. And this has happened durning rush hour!!

Tea drinker

Rich11 wrote: »

Just talking to one on the guys in work yesterday and he said to me that on Thursday evening at around 6pm, there was a 00' fiesta stopped in the middle lane on the m50:eek:, just after the toll bridge

Anyone else see it cause at first I couldnt believe him, like thats just suicidal?, and there was 3/4 people in the car aswell.

Suprised it didnt cause a huge pile-up.

So how can that happenn, drived error, didnt get into the hard shoulder quick enough

Probably ran out of juice or just cut out. Medical problem possible too.
Not easy to move in with no power, people might not let a slowing car in, lots of beeping flashing lights but no help.

sentient_6

We're gone M50 mad on here.

bazz26

I doubt the driver stopped in the middle lane by choice.

stargazer 68

bazz26 wrote: »

I doubt the driver stopped in the middle lane by choice.

Exactly. My sisters car just stopped on the M50 - never got a chance to steer it off the road before it came to a halt. The amount of people flew past beeping at her like she had stopped for a fag was unbelievable!! Luckily a couple of cars did stop to assist her.

-Corkie-

sentient_6 wrote: »

We're gone M50 mad on here.

Aye thank fcuk its in Dublin..

christmas2012

very risky stopping on a dual carraigeway / motor way as cars usually do 60 or over..

if its a emergency or a medical problem try to manage a turn over to the hard shoulder..

darragh o meara

Just a word to the wise for anyone unfortunate enough to get stuck With no power, stick the car in gear 2nd or 3rd and turn the key as if to start it. It'll get you into somewhere a bit safer, not far mind you but into the hard shoulder if your stuck in the middle of the road.

If you have an automatic it doesn't work.

mitosis

Catastrophic engine failure in heavy rush hour traffic - I could see the driver not being able to get to the hard shoulder. Must have been scary as hell to be in the car.

antodeco

keithsfleet wrote: »

I'd say lack of motor way driving knowledge. I've seen people in lane 3 doing 120kph slam on the brakes down to 80 or 90 and then swerve across 3 lanes all because they weren't paying attention to the exit signs. And this has happened durning rush hour!!

That happens with people with years of motorway experience! Experience does not equate to idiocy

syklops

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I don't see how you cant have enough momentum to get you to the hard shoulder?

Being the m50 assuming its not at a crawl in rush hour you should be doing 80-100km/h so even if your engine craps itself you should be able to limp to the hard shoulder.

First off, this is a "was talking to a guy in work and he said" type story. So it is second hand at best.

Rich11 wrote:

There was a 00' fiesta stopped in the middle lane on the m50, just after the toll bridge

The phrase "just after" is not an arbitrary distance, it could be anything from 10metres to a mile from the toll, either way, you have to either come to a complete stop or slow down substantially, when going through the toll. Engine failure at or just after the toll would do it. Also, the OP said it was the middle lane. At the time of failure it may not have been safe or feasible to get the car to the hard shoulder(due to other rapidly passing cars).

corktina

syklops wrote: »

, you have to either come to a complete stop or slow down substantially, when going through the toll. ).

nope...barrier free toll on the M50, no slowing at all

but43r

syklops wrote: »

First off, this is a "was talking to a guy in work and he said" type story. So it is second hand at best.



The phrase "just after" is not an arbitrary distance, it could be anything from 10metres to a mile from the toll, either way, you have to either come to a complete stop or slow down substantially, when going through the toll. Engine failure at or just after the toll would do it. Also, the OP said it was the middle lane. At the time of failure it may not have been safe or feasible to get the car to the hard shoulder(due to other rapidly passing cars).

M50 is a barrier-free-toll!

syklops

corktina wrote: »

nope...barrier free toll on the M50, no slowing at all

Very well, Im not a regular through there. Ignore my comments about slowing down. However, I stand by my suggestion that it may not have been feasible to pull over to the hardshoulder from the centre lane in rush hour while the engine still had life in it.

That said, it is pointless to try to defend the actions of a faceless person from a second hand story on a thread on the internet.

Sometimes people do dumb stuff, and sometimes they have no chice. /thread.

Delancey

Christmas day just past I saw a Yaris stopped dead in the middle Southbound lane - very scary.

hondasam

Rich11 wrote: »

Just talking to one on the guys in work yesterday and he said to me that on Thursday evening at around 6pm, there was a 00' fiesta stopped in the middle lane on the m50:eek:, just after the toll bridge

Anyone else see it cause at first I couldnt believe him, like thats just suicidal?, and there was 3/4 people in the car aswell.

Suprised it didnt cause a huge pile-up.

So how can that happenn, drived error, didnt get into the hard shoulder quick enough

At a guess I'd say the car broke down, it happens sometimes and not always in a safe place.
I'm sure the driver and passengers were not very happy either considering they could not exit the car, they must have been scared ****less sitting there.

_Kaiser_

LIGHTNING wrote: »

I don't see how you cant have enough momentum to get you to the hard shoulder?

Being the m50 assuming its not at a crawl in rush hour you should be doing 80-100km/h so even if your engine craps itself you should be able to limp to the hard shoulder.

(Hypothetical)

But what if the car dies and there's cars to your left/moving left to get to the N4 exit so you've nowhere to turn (literally). Your speed is dropping rapidly, maybe the power steering is gone too, you're all too aware of cars that are suddenly bearing down on you VERY quickly and then you're at 50..40..20...

Short version: I doubt anyone stops in the middle of a road like that by choice!

djimi

Ive seen a woman stop dead on the M7 because she was in the outside lane and realised last minute that she wanted to take the Carlow turnoff. This was in two full lanes of traffic all travelling at around 60mph. Nothing would surprise me anymore when it comes to the stupidity of the Irish motorist...

ZENER

This happened to me 2 years ago at 1PM doing 100 Km/h about 300mts before the bridge Southbound middle lane. Timing belt snapped so no PS and difficult brakes. Thanks to the couple of clued in drivers who copped I was in trouble and let me over to the hard shoulder. Would hate to think what might have happened otherwise !

The car didn't stop suddenly and I twigged quick enough to take it out of gear and use its momentum to keep going. Someone not mechanically minded may not have been so quick to react and could quite feasibly get caught.

Ken

Markcheese

My sister was the " car behind" on a similar incident in the uk a few years back .. The car in front of her in the fast lane just stopped, she dived for the centre lane ( avoiding a collision but blocking the other car) , in the rear view she saw the car that was behind her Plow into the slowing car ...

CatFromHue

Last Summer I think it was and I was coming heading South on the M50 just after the Ballymun junction when all the traffic in front of me slowed down very very quickly. Not jammed on but not far from it either. The traffic then starts to creep along for a for a min til we come to a car stopped with no one in it in the middle lane. No hazards or anything on.

Everyone gets going again but in a couple of mins the traffic in the middle and outside lane starts to slow down all over again. There was a car parked in the section between the outside lane and the concrete divider that breaks the road up into North and South bound. Again no hazards or anything and no one was in it.

When I'd moved past it I could hear emergency sirens in the distance.

It was a strange day!