its ridiculous...

forbairt

is it just me or is it ridiculous ... the quincentennial bridge ... and the spelling of it .. but whats more ...

they've now spent a fortune on creating road signs ... have a look at the road signs going over the bridge ... I mean 50km/hour .. grand .. but do you see the size of those signs and the regularity of them ... is it just me or could 1 sign at either side have sufficed ? but at least make it legible ... while you're trying to read the signs speeding by ... WHACK there goes another student...

... how long before they make stairs / a ramp for students to get up and down either side of the bridge ... I'd love to know statistics on how many fall down that bloody thing ...

anyways thats my coffee rant over for the moment ...

James

simu

Is that the bridge that crosses over to the cathedral? If it is, it's one of the most hazardous places to walk in Galway.

Bah

simu wrote:

Is that the bridge that crosses over to the cathedral? If it is, it's one of the most hazardous places to walk in Galway.

Nope, it's the bridge-of-evil-blustery-death-and-wetness that crosses over the river from the roundabout at Tesco to the statoil station near college. The mud-ramps come down off of it on the concourse/city side of the bridge. They're made out of a rare type of earth that never dries. Constantly wet and muddy, bit of an extreme sport climbing down when it's wet/windy, ie every day in Galway.

Fobia

error9 wrote:

... how long before they make stairs / a ramp for students to get up and down either side of the bridge ... I'd love to know statistics on how many fall down that bloody thing ...

Aye...I think almost everyone who's tried to get up or down that grassy side a few times has fallen...specially in that dark.

Maybe there's no ramp because they don't want people getting up on it or summit?

Sherifu

The fact the traffic lights are not working at the end of the bridge for the past week and a half is nice too.
Galway City Council suck ass.
The steps on the side were agreed last year.
It was one of the main points for paddy jordans election to students union.
I thought theyd get done this year but i may be proved wrong........

forbairt

well I'm not in college but I walk over the bridge mostly every day and that would be heaven if it was fixed up ... its pretty much been like that for the last 8+ years ... they need to bang a pedestrian traffic lights bang in the middle of the bridge ... lets face it .. students shouldn't cross there but they do and will continue to do so ... so why not just put them there ... I mean who's gonna go to either end of that road and cross .. oh wait .. crossing at the tesco's roundabout is hell as well ... bunch of complete morons in the council if you ask me ... they'll fix up roads that don't need it .. and neglect the bits that are important ...

ah anyways my rant for today is seeing a garda in the car driving with one hand other on the mobile ... note not on a radio ... on a mobile ... I thought that was illegal or something ...

Bah

The NUIG SU explain what's happening with the steps onto the bridge here.

Ruadan

Something's happening soon i think.


anyone know whats happening with them traffic lights at the bottom of the bridge, t'is scary getting accross there, even in the brief period when theres cops directing traffic.

And re, the sighns, its ridiculous the country over, bleedin Fianna Fáil...

FatherTed

The bridge was built in 1985 (or was it 84?) on the 500th birthday of Galway City. So it was named the Quincentinial Bridge. I guess you're not that old.

BTW, is it really 20 years already? Time flies fast.

Sarky

FatherTed wrote:

The bridge was built in 1985 (or was it 84?) on the 500th birthday of Galway City. So it was named the Quincentinial Bridge. I guess you're not that old.

BTW, is it really 20 years already? Time flies fast.

Jesus, what a crappy birthday present...

forbairt

FatherTed wrote:

The bridge was built in 1985 (or was it 84?) on the 500th birthday of Galway City. So it was named the Quincentinial Bridge. I guess you're not that old.

BTW, is it really 20 years already? Time flies fast.

aye never asked the reason for it ... just commented on the spelling :eek: more an english problem than a history one

LegacyUser

Ye can relax, ye're all wrong anyway!

The bridge was never called Quincentennial Bridge, it's actually called Quincentenary Bridge, but always called by the wrong name by pretty much everyone (G Bay FM etc). I think the only correct reference to it is a sign on the Prom (near Blackrock) and in official City Council documents.

The only Quincentennial is Quincentennial Drive in Salthill (where Celtic Insurance used to be).

Sherifu

What i would call a know-it-all

po0k

error9 wrote:

well I'm not in college but I walk over the bridge mostly every day and that would be heaven if it was fixed up ... its pretty much been like that for the last 8+ years ... they need to bang a pedestrian traffic lights bang in the middle of the bridge ... lets face it .. students shouldn't cross there but they do and will continue to do so ... so why not just put them there

Put steps on either side of the under-passy bit, that way students walking on either side of the road or coming from either end of the bridge can get down into the college without having to cross through traffic.

LegacyUser

rkm wrote:

What i would call a know-it-all

You've got me in one!

Also in reply to Syxpak and error9, last week, the Council granted planning permission for the steps to be built.

po0k

On both sides of the bridge?
Assuming that, great news

DRakE

error9 wrote:

while you're trying to read the signs speeding by ... WHACK there goes another student...

Don't drive so fast?

LegacyUser

SyxPak wrote:

On both sides of the bridge?

Not sure bout that ... read it in one of the papers

forbairt

I only saw the planning notification up on the st. anthonys side .. haven't read anything about it though ...

and to be honest I can't really see the college forking out construction costs for boths sides...

Sherifu

Refferring to the thread title,
anyone seen the new ramps
on the road out onto the newcastle road
beside St. Anthonys?
Any comments?

Bah

rkm wrote:

Refferring to the thread title,
anyone seen the new ramps
on the road out onto the newcastle road
beside St. Anthonys?
Any comments?

The ones right outside St. Anthony's, between St. Anthony's and the construction site?
They seem to be temporary ones - they've changed position a few times in the last month; they're massive though and you need to practically stop when you're coming up to them. They still don't stop the lunatic construction workers speeding around that with the round-about in their vans, on the wrong side of the road. I've seen them nearly crash into oncoming traffic at least twice since Monday. Plus since there's no foot path on either side of the road (that's useable), it's pretty dangerous for pedestrians too.
Another thing that's pissing me off about the St. Anthony's side of campus is the semi-gravel car park - the one you have to drive through when they close off sections of the road by the Science, Engineering and Technology Building - when people (generally staff) park at the exits and feck off into Cois Abhann, leaving people to try to manoeuvre their cars in tiny spaces, in the hope that the same geniuses haven't blocked the other exits...

Sherifu

Bah wrote:

They seem to be temporary ones - they've changed position a few times in the last month;

I hope you're right, otherwise something will have to be done.
They look plastic, do you think they'd burn?

Bah

rkm wrote:

I hope you're right, otherwise something will have to be done.
They look plastic, do you think they'd burn?

Sounds very tempting to maybe find out late some night... Not that I'm reccommeding vandalism.
You can see marks on the road from where they were moved from, so they should be moved eventually, although there's always the possibility that they'll put in permanent ones when construction's finished.

Another thing that's a bit ridiculous in NUIG:
On the entrance by the AIB bank, down by Distillery Road, they allow parking on the side of a tiny road, which causes major hassle at busy times (I notice it most between 09:00-10:30, 13:00-14:00, 16:00-17:00, so it's pretty much all day...) - what normally happens is that cars can only go in one direction only, which means that the road gets really backed - not to mention when the delivery trucks turn up in the mornings... The road is way too narrow and should either be made into a one-way system (probably very impractical), or just stop people parking on the side of the road.

Sherifu

An update on the ramps:
some good citizen removed half of one of the ramps.
1 1/2 down, 3 more 1/2s to go.

Bah

rkm wrote:

An update on the ramps:
some good citizen removed half of one of the ramps.
1 1/2 down, 3 more 1/2s to go.

I wonder i that good citizen realises that there are security cameras *everywhere* around there... Knowing campus security, they won't have been manned/recording anything, but still.

Sherifu

Bah wrote:

I wonder i that good citizen realises that there are security cameras *everywhere* around there... Knowing campus security, they won't have been manned/recording anything, but still.

Perhaps it was removed by site workers, more likely tbh.
It's still nice to be able to go around the
[strike]mount everest[/strike] ramps than over them.

Magnolia_Fan

I for one disagree its not that I'm pro needless road signs but more that I'm very pro students getting hit by cars...crusty nut scratchers

po0k

Karma will ensure that you are mashed into the tarmac of the bridge later this week.

Magnolia_Fan

haven't been in Galway in yonks...actually thinkin bout going in on my day off tommorow..but Karma's for Hippies and the deeply cynical

po0k

I will laugh and get drunk on free booze at your funeral.

And possibly insult the priest.

Sherifu

Magnolia_Fan wrote:

I for one disagree its not that I'm pro needless road signs but more that I'm very pro students getting hit by cars...crusty nut scratchers

Do ya want some sauce to go wit that chip?

Bah

Magnolia_Fan wrote:

I for one disagree its not that I'm pro needless road signs but more that I'm very pro students getting hit by cars...crusty nut scratchers

I think the problem was more with the speed bumps than any associated road signs...

Sherifu

Bah wrote:

I think the problem was more with the speed bumps than any associated road signs...

It started off about road signs fadò fadò
The tiny tiny metric ones
"Stare at the dash till you crash" and all that

fozzle

error9 wrote:

is it just me or could 1 sign at either side have sufficed ? but at least make it legible ... while you're trying to read the signs speeding by ... WHACK there goes another student...

Having spent three years crossing the junction at the college end of the bridge, and having done (with the help of my super minions, of course) a survey of the traffic and it's light-crashing habits at the same junction last year I can tell you that a huge proportion of the cars/buses/vans/lorries coming over that bridge are moving at significantly more than 50km per hour (or 30 mph as it was then). But then, I doubt that even grabbing them by the back of the neck and smashing their faces into the speed limit signs would be enough to make some of those feckers aware of the speed limit, let alone make them obey it.

Sherifu

fozzle wrote:

Having spent three years crossing the junction at the college end of the bridge, and having done (with the help of my super minions, of course) a survey of the traffic and it's light-crashing habits at the same junction last year I can tell you that a huge proportion of the cars/buses/vans/lorries coming over that bridge are moving at significantly more than 50km per hour (or 30 mph as it was then). But then, I doubt that even grabbing them by the back of the neck and smashing their faces into the speed limit signs would be enough to make some of those feckers aware of the speed limit, let alone make them obey it.

I try and hit 80kph every mornin on the bridge.
There was this girl crossing this morning, she looked scared.
Why the fcuk cant they walk to the traffic lights or go down the side bank.
If they're that lazy they deserve to be hit.

yaledo

I did driving lessons in Galway, I went across the bridge at 30mph, my instructor told me that it is safer to drive at 35mph, because you save everyone having to overtake you. I did this during my test, and passed.

Magnolia_Fan

rkm wrote:

Do ya want some sauce to go wit that chip?

YES...YES I DO! lol I'm actually a student myself but I got refused for a grant twice in two years so I've grown to resent all students as the majority either live at home and don't pay their way or are on the grant.....colon crunchers

fozzle

rkm wrote:

I try and hit 80kph every mornin on the bridge.
There was this girl crossing this morning, she looked scared.
Why the fcuk cant they walk to the traffic lights or go down the side bank.
If they're that lazy they deserve to be hit.

Are you serious? You think a couple of idiots jaywalking is a reason to endanger even more lives? There is no excuse for premeditated speeding, especially to that extent, I really hope you get your licence revoked before you discover first-hand how much of a fool you're being.

Sherifu

fozzle wrote:

Are you serious? You think a couple of idiots jaywalking is a reason to endanger even more lives? There is no excuse for premeditated speeding, especially to that extent, I really hope you get your licence revoked before you discover first-hand how much of a fool you're being.

If I give ya 10 cents will ya call someone who cares.

Magnolia_Fan wrote:

YES...YES I DO! lol I'm actually a student myself but I got refused for a grant twice in two years so I've grown to resent all students as the majority either live at home and don't pay their way or are on the grant.....colon crunchers

Haha you missed out on the free ride.

po0k

students on the grant have a far far easier time of it than people like meh.

Sarky

rkm wrote:

If I give ya 10 cents will ya call someone who cares.

Do calls to the gardai cost money? Why not spend it instead on developing a sense of responsibility?

Of course, getting to the traffic jam on the other side of the bridge 30 seconds earlier is FAR more important than the risk of having an accident, losing your licence, getting a big fine, maybe a prison sentance, and having a death or two on your conscience, isn't it?

Sherifu

Sarky wrote:

Do calls to the gardai cost money? Why not spend it instead on developing a sense of responsibility?

Of course, getting to the traffic jam on the other side of the bridge 30 seconds earlier is FAR more important than the risk of having an accident, losing your licence, getting a big fine, maybe a prison sentance, and having a death or two on your conscience, isn't it?

If you're so afraid for them why don't you get down to the bridge
and stop the retards running out into the middle of the road.
Better yet we'll make you a lollipop man.......