Do you flash lights at other drivers to warn them of speed vans?

OldMrBrennan83 · 06-07-2018 06:15PM

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Jamsiek · 06-07-2018 07:45PM

Patww79 wrote: »

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Yes, many of the older roads in Ireland are set to default 100 kph as they were built before the engineering standards that are used for new roads today.
The limits on many of these roads would be lower in other countries.
You're right, they don't complain about these roads though

FunLover18 · 06-07-2018 07:46PM

Snickers Man wrote: »

I didn't.

Wake up, and don't be so Woke.

You compared people who decry flashing to the people who don't bat an eye lid at asylum seekers having their families torn apart, you're drawing a direct line between speeding and seeking asylum by suggesting that the reaction of certain people to one is reminiscent of the reactions to the other when the two situations are no where near comparable.

Also let's not pretend that those you flash are going to stay at/below the limit once they've passed the speed van. A fine and a few points on the licence are far more likely to curb individual speeding in the long run.

kurtainsider · 06-07-2018 08:22PM

I agree completely with the never-flash-anyone-ever-under-no-circumstances people. If that oncoming motorist wasn't speeding he/she would have plenty of time to react to the camera van, the roadworks, the tractor pulling out, the woman with the pram, the child on the bike...etc

They should be driving safely within the speed limit so it's their own fault. Fcuk Them I say!

I can say this because I'm a wonderful driver.

brianregan09 · 06-07-2018 08:24PM

I some times do it randomly in well known speed van spots even if there's no van there

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-07-2018 12:28AM

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OldMrBrennan83 · 07-07-2018 12:38AM

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Graces7 · 07-07-2018 05:29AM

Doctor Jimbob wrote: »

"The behaviour" in most cases being doing 65-70 in a 60 zone. So fecking what.

:rolleyes:

OldMrBrennan83 · 07-07-2018 06:54AM

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amcalester · 07-07-2018 11:43AM

Drive bong along the N53 into Blaney last night and a few cars flashed so the car in front dropped from a legal 100kmh to 80kmh.

Idiot slowed down even though he or she wasn’t speeding.

And there was no fecking speed van, maybe they were reading this thread.

MikeyTaylor · 07-07-2018 12:40PM

I don't drive.

Under His Eye · 07-07-2018 12:48PM

Is it actually against the law?

08-07-2018 12:12PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

Lots of “what ifs” there, none of which will help with the fine or the points, if people tailgate me I sow down on purpose, only the other day it happened to me at a 60 limit coming up to a 100 limit, and then they decided to overtake me on a solid white line while a white mondeo was approaching in the opposite direction, I engaged the sport plus mode for a bit of craic and they couldn’t get passed me
White mondeo was an unmarked Garda car, oh how I laughed

* at no point during this event was any speed limit broken or animals hurt but I had fun

You had fun risking the lives of at least three people, probably more? You really need to grow up before you get behind the wheel again.

doolox · 08-07-2018 01:17PM

This used to happen to me on a regular basis when overtaking cars on the M50 or attempting to enter an exit lane on my journey, people accelerating to block me off and prevent having a small car in front of them.

This is a very dangerous thing to do as it alters the calculations of the lane changing driver unexpectedly and can cause a mistake and a crash.

I got a more powerful car in order to be able to avoid being gamed in this way by drivers of cars more powerful than the average car.

Also bad are the tailgaters who leave no space for exiting cars but many drivers bunch up like this to prevent queue jumpers speeding to the top of the exit and jumping in at the last minute ahead of cars already in the exit lane in good time.

Big puzzle for me is how come cars stop on the exit lane at Palmerstown going from M50 northbound to M4 Westbound. There are no lights. Freeflow all the way. Why do they stop?????

Also on the M4 at Celbridge and Maynooth why do cars stop on the M4??? There are no lights and junctions until you hit Galway 200 Km away........freeflow all the way and yet people stop dead for minutes at a time.

08-07-2018 01:50PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

The driver broke the law by overtaking on a solid white line because they had no patience and then got pulled by the oncoming unmarked car, a few hundreds yards up the road there is a roundabout so where were they off to in such a hurry
No dont was in danger there was no near miss here don’t be a drama queen

I'm not defending the other driver in any way, but speeding up when someone tries to overtake you is a dickish move, regardless of the circumstances.

OldMrBrennan83 · 08-07-2018 01:51PM

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08-07-2018 02:44PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

Read the thread
I was joking to see what reaction it got

I've read the thread thanks. What did you mean by switching to sports mode?

Yer Da sells Avon · 08-07-2018 02:48PM

doolox wrote: »

Also bad are the tailgaters who leave no space for exiting cars but many drivers bunch up like this to prevent queue jumpers speeding to the top of the exit and jumping in at the last minute ahead of cars already in the exit lane in good time.

I always free up space for queue jumpers. Maybe they're in a hurry, maybe they're just rude, but to hell with it - it's not a competition and it's definitely not my job to police other people's behaviour on the roads.

flazio · 08-07-2018 02:57PM

Only if the car is blatantly fast and there's no speed van anywhere nearby.

Galwayguy35 · 08-07-2018 03:03PM

For checkpoints no but for speed vans yes, there's one fella who sets up his van outside a house where nobody lives anymore.

I thought they couldn't do this on private property.

Under His Eye · 08-07-2018 03:08PM

They do what they like, within the law.

I know of several locations that now have concrete blocks to prevent the scamera vans from parking.

08-07-2018 03:10PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

Have an automatic car that has a few different modes like economy comfort sports and sports plus, it’s in loads of cars these days

So it's used to speed up then, right?

Yer Da sells Avon · 08-07-2018 03:16PM

I have sympathy for anyone who gets caught slightly over the speed limit (it's happened to me before), but let's not absolve them of responsibility and pretend they're the victims of some kind of scam.

Straffan1979 · 08-07-2018 03:19PM

be under no illusions this is just another form of tax

OldMrBrennan83 · 08-07-2018 03:21PM

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08-07-2018 03:26PM

Straffan1979 wrote: »

be under no illusions this is just another form of tax

Though it's easier to avoid than other forms of tax.
http://southendnewsnetwork.net/news/driver-reveals-one-simple-trick-to-avoid-speeding-fines-and-penalty-points/

Yer Da sells Avon · 08-07-2018 03:31PM

Straffan1979 wrote: »

be under no illusions this is just another form of tax

Why, if only it was possible to somehow avoid paying this 'tax'.

08-07-2018 03:56PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

Is it ?

You're the one jumping in with the explanations, so please keep them coming. That's the purpose of sport mode, to speed up, right?

alan partridge aha · 08-07-2018 04:40PM

OmegaGene wrote: »

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

You're the one jumping in with the explanations, so please keep them coming. That's the purpose of sport mode, to speed up, right?

I’m not jumping in with explanations lol
I told a little story to see who would take the bait and react and nobody did until you today, if you don’t know what sports plus mode is I’m not explaining it to you this is after hours not the education thread

The sad thing is that the only one laughing at your joke is you.

scamalert · 08-07-2018 04:40PM

hell op you sound paranoid as hell, reading your post its like every driver will be some rapist, or rober :cool: dont see anything wrong with flashing will make driver to slow down, plus given current weather specially in the country ive been flashed a lot in the last few months just to approach someone on horses in the middle of the road or group of cyclists which would presented danger as even back roads allow 80km/h and those who pull out tractors on bends etc or some cyclists who decide to have field day could end quite differently if one isn't warned and drops speed.

its prison mentality as punishment wont do any benefit, education and proper signage would. As i remember there was topic about the speed vans and them being here leased or whatever costing millions each year for fleet less then 20, mad money when it could be spent on installing proper speed signs and warnings specially on rural roads.

Do you flash lights at other drivers to warn them of speed vans?

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