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Road issues that irritate me.......

KwackerJack

Driving in the dark with no lights.......the amount of people who drive around after dark with no lights on is scary!! Do they not realised that their instrument cluster does not display the headlight symbol or can they even understand the displays!

Cyclists and red lights......Heading past Connolly station, passsd the Luas tracks and stopped at red lights between the IFSC and Busaras, 3 cyclists go by and one neary gets run over by a van coming from the right, the little suicide jockey then gives out to the van for not seeing him.....am I missing something here or red lights the new green??

What are your most irritating road issues?

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outinthefields

People who are pushing buggys on the foothpath that turn and drop the front wheels onto the road without looking first.

Optimalprimerib

The biggest road issue can be very clearly seen in this whole thread. Every driver on the road is very angry, aggressive and impatient towards everyone and everything else while driving. I am no better.

In my opinion the reason for this is similar to the keyboard warrior syndrome. We are cocooned in our tin can, our opinions can be privately vented out with the victims of our rants left in the dark about what we really think.

Imagine a world where what we say or do in our car could be heard by the people we are venting towards. I'd guarantee we would be alot more polite towards each other.

Riva10

Optimalprimerib wrote: »

The biggest road issue can be very clearly seen in this whole thread. Every driver on the road is very angry, aggressive and impatient towards everyone and everything else while driving. I am no better.

Definitely not true. All the posters on here ,as you can tell fro their posts, are courteous careful respectful and loving to their fellow drivers and do not use mobile phones or use profanity while driving. Well done lads and lassies. :rolleyes:

OldMrBrennan83

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Patww79 wrote: »

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They seem to fit into most drivers' hands regardless.

OldMrBrennan83

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Glencarraig

RainyDay wrote: »

My most irritating road issues would be the folks that moan about cyclists (riding 10kg bikes at 10-20 kmph) breaking red lights while apparently not noticing (or noticing and ignoring) the endemic breaking of amber/red lights by motorists driving 1-4 tonne vehicles at speeds of 20-100 kmph. And don't get me started on the phoning/texting drivers, and the 80% of drivers who break speed limits.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWC8sT06Zi0

What you need in that situation is a pocketful of pebbles and lash them at the light breakers car, frighten the **** out of them

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Patww79 wrote: »

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So what do you reckon? 40% of drivers with phones in hands? Or maybe 30% on a good day?

OldMrBrennan83

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Rubberchikken

bad fog here yesterday, and the amount of drivers without lights on is staggering. maybe they have superman vision but i, for one, couldn't make them out at times. i pity anyone attempting to pull out of a junction/entrance not realising these clowns are out there.

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Patww79 wrote: »

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Do you wear these while driving?

http://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000062071409-m5es0r-original.jpg?3eddc42

It is such a frequent occurrence on the roads that it can be hard to notice them any more. It is generally easier in winter with the bright glow from the hand or steering wheel. I've been in lines of slow moving traffic when I'll easily get a hat-trick of three drivers in a row on their phones.

If you're only seeing 1 in every 250 cars, you need to think about upping your game on observation.

OldMrBrennan83

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Trebor176

For those of you familiar with the flyover at Ballymount, there is the slip road on to the M50 north, which has a short merging lane. The amount of people that abuse this just to get one or two cars ahead is annoying! The right turn light comes on from the flyover to this slip road, and it's like a race. Ones in particular that annoy me are the ones that have to merge again at the end of the slip to continue north, usually getting stuck in a line of heavy traffic. Those of us that wish to continue on to the N7 on ramp end up passing these again. it's pointless what they do. I know the merge is there for a reason, but these merely use it to skip the queue. Some of these are regular queue jumpers in the mornings! If it's a truck using the merge, I will let them in. They need more room to turn. The rest, I will try my best not to!

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Patww79 wrote: »

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That's just it though, they're not 'accidents'. No-one is at fault for an accidents, whereas someone is at fault every time another of the 200-ish deaths each year happens. Someone made the decision to go beyond the speed limit, someone made the decision to pick up their phone and check the text, someone decided to have a couple of pints and give it a shot. But hey, I'm sure you know better than the RSA what causes the frequent deaths and injuries on the road.

ohnonotgmail

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

So what do you reckon? 40% of drivers with phones in hands? Or maybe 30% on a good day?

i travel the full length of the m50 every day. 40 or even 30% is nonsense.

everlast75

the amount of motorcyclists who ride alongside car traffic, either weaving in and out, or as i had this morning - overtaking traffic going about 10km per hour over a continuous white line and on one occasion literally going over the far side of some traffic calming measures (completely over the other side of the road).

Either as a motorcyclist you want to be treated like a car, as in given that respect and road space, or you don't. You can't have it both ways :mad:

frozenfrozen

everlast75 wrote: »

the amount of motorcyclists who ride alongside car traffic, either weaving in and out, or as i had this morning - overtaking traffic going about 10km per hour over a continuous white line and on one occasion literally going over the far side of some traffic calming measures (completely over the other side of the road).

Either as a motorcyclist you want to be treated like a car, as in given that respect and road space, or you don't. You can't have it both ways :mad:

Yes we can. It's called filtering or lane splitting and it's safer for us, legal, and reduces the amount of traffic for you as an added bonus.

Where did any motorcyclist say they wanted to be treated like a car?

CaptainR

everlast75 wrote: »

the amount of motorcyclists who ride alongside car traffic, either weaving in and out, or as i had this morning - overtaking traffic going about 10km per hour over a continuous white line and on one occasion literally going over the far side of some traffic calming measures (completely over the other side of the road).

Either as a motorcyclist you want to be treated like a car, as in given that respect and road space, or you don't. You can't have it both ways :mad:

What a load of uneducated claptrap. Its filtering its perfectly legal and is safer for us than sitting in traffic where you're at the mercy of the car behind you.

The attitude of people who have a problem with it comes from them feeling that a biker is "Jumping the queue".

Its illegal in the states apart from California and the statistics show that the chances of being rear ended in traffic are higher in the other 49 states.

http://news.berkeley.edu/2015/05/29/motorcycle-lanesplitting-report/

everlast75

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Yes we can. It's called filtering or lane splitting and it's safer for us, legal, and reduces the amount of traffic for you as an added bonus.

Where did any motorcyclist say they wanted to be treated like a car?

Overtaking stationary traffic over a continuous white line is legal? Riding your bike over the other side of the road into the potential path of oncoming traffic is legal?

Nonsense mate.

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ohnonotgmail wrote: »

i travel the full length of the m50 every day. 40 or even 30% is nonsense.

So you don't see this kind of stuff happening routinely?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxVG0aF2gIg0K8BZ4lwn_wQ/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0

frozenfrozen

everlast75 wrote: »

Overtaking stationary traffic over a continuous white line is legal? Riding your bike over the other side of the road into the potential path of oncoming traffic is legal?

Nonsense mate.

You just seem really jealous that bikes get to skip the 'queue'. Do you get as angry when a cyclist does it? Or when a pedestrian walks faster than the traffic? Bikes are different to cars. Filtering is legal. If you want to be able to do it too just get a motorbike.

everlast75

frozenfrozen wrote: »

You just seem really jealous that bikes get to skip the 'queue'. Do you get as angry when a cyclist does it? Or when a pedestrian walks faster than the traffic? Bikes are different to cars. Filtering is legal. If you want to be able to do it too just get a motorbike.

You haven't answered the questions I asked

frozenfrozen

everlast75 wrote: »

You haven't answered the questions I asked

Filtering is legal. There's the answer to your question. Was what the motorcyclist did today legal? I don't know I didn't see it but if he was just filtering past a stopped queue then absolutely.

Did it look like this?
(skip from 1:13 on for some legal filtering, it's in london but it's the same deal as here)

Can you answer my question of where exactly motorcyclists are asking to have it both ways and be treated like cars?

LordSutch

Not enough flashing by Irish drivers!

It happens time and time again.

"Is he letting me out" or is he not? indecision follows ......

No flash, but maybe the slightest hint of a finger movement on the steering wheel???

It's very wishy washy & not a clear signal at all, so maybe he is gesturing for me to come out of that parking bay, or maybe he's just rubbing his finger along the steering wheel? it's hard to say (specially with the sun so low in the sky at this time of year).

So my message to Irish drivers is "If you are going to let another driver out of a side turning or out of a parking space, then give a crystal clear signal that you wish them to procede". Personally I always give 'one clear flash' and so the other driver completes his manoeuvre, then acknoledges me with a couple of winks of his hazzards . . . .

They're happy, I'm happy, Sorted.

Pherekydes

LordSutch wrote: »

Not enough flashing by Irish drivers!

It happens time and time again.

"Is he letting me out" or is he not? indecision follows ......

No flash, but maybe the slightest hint of a finger movement on the steering wheel???

It's very wishy washy & not a clear signal at all, so maybe he is gesturing for me to come out of that parking bay, or maybe he's just rubbing his finger along the steering wheel? it's hard to say (specially with the sun so low in the sky at this time of year).

So my message to Irish drivers is "If you are going to let another driver out of a side turning or out of a parking space, then give a crystal clear signal that you wish them to procede". Personally I always give 'one clear flash' and so the other driver completes his manoeuvre, then acknoledges me with a couple of winks of his hazzards . . . .

They're happy, I'm happy, Sorted.

People think flashing your lights at people means "Go", "Don't go!", "That's my space!", "You have that space", "Go ahead and cross", "WTF are you doing crossing; the lights are with me", and so on, depending on context.

In reality, they have one meaning: I am here!

LordSutch

Having driven for decades in both Britain & Ireland I can safely say that 'one clear flash' means go with a Capital G (well certainly in Britain it does) and obviously in the context of the situation. Flashing here in Ireland seems to be less common and less certain.

Unclear finger gestures behind a reflective windscreen is mostly hopeless.

One flash and you're off . . . . . .

everlast75

frozenfrozen wrote: »

Filtering is legal. There's the answer to your question. Was what the motorcyclist did today legal? I don't know I didn't see it but if he was just filtering past a stopped queue then absolutely.

He overtook cars on a solid white line.
He then rode onto the wrong side of the road around traffic calming measures? Is that not reckless? Is that not illegal?

Whatever about nipping in and out of lanes. And no - I'm not a wannabe motorcyclist. And no - its not the same as a pedestrian walking faster tha me. False equivalency at its best

ohnonotgmail

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

So you don't see this kind of stuff happening routinely?

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxVG0aF2gIg0K8BZ4lwn_wQ/videos?sort=dd&view=0&shelf_id=0

but of a leap from one or two a day to 30 or 40%.

railer201

Twice today in Dublin city centre - bicycles with lots of shopping swinging out of the handlebars. Dodgy practice because of the effect on a bicycle's stability.

frozenfrozen

everlast75 wrote: »

He overtook cars on a solid white line.
He then rode onto the wrong side of the road around traffic calming measures? Is that not reckless? Is that not illegal?

Whatever about nipping in and out of lanes. And no - I'm not a wannabe motorcyclist. And no - its not the same as a pedestrian walking faster tha me. False equivalency at its best

Filtering is legal. I never called you a wannabe motorcyclist. I also didn't compare it to a pedestrian I asked whether you had a problem with them making more progress than you.

I didn't see what happened and I'm not in the business of standing up for random people over things that I did not witness, but your original post here mentioned that as one point, the rest being you finding motorcycles driving alongside cars weaving in and out (maybe you have changed your mind in that regard now that you don't care about nipping in and out of lanes as you put it) So are you OK with filtering and it's just this very specific act of that bike today crossing a piece of traffic calming road furniture?

Also please keep the 'false equivalency' nonsense out of it, you also mentioned motorcyclists wanting to be treated like cars, strangely for someone in the game of logical fallacies you created this strawman and have dodged answering it since.