I see a trend here lol.
Seeing that shite happen more-and-more recently. Often see them nudging up slightly and knowing in advance what they’ll do. Better off just leaving them at it instead of causing potential aggro
Not helped by our complete lack of lane signage leading up to roundabouts. I've don't understand why we insist on labelling lanes via arrows on the road, it gives people like that "plausible deniability" even though we all know exactly what they are trying to get away with.
It's ridiculous isn't it? Not just roundabouts, I've been caught on a few roads because the arrows are painted on the road near the junction/traffic light so you don't know what lane to be in. At the very least paint more arrows further back FFS.
Yes, the amount of places in Dublin where if you were to follow the arrows it would have you in the wrong lane as the arrow you're following changes direction just as you arrive at a junction!! It's ridiculous and the amount of times you see foreign or country cars getting caught out. Signage in this country is atrocious.
P.S. How do I upload a video?
You first upload the video to YouTube then you can link to it in your post
M50 Northbound...in hindsight perhaps I could've/should've braked.
When you hear on the radio "collision on the M50 northbound", your video is an exact demonstration of how that happens.
That’s very aggressive driving by you. You knew well in advance that he was coming into your lane with his right indicator on
Have to agree, he indicated well in advance but you just kept going.
Yes maybe, at the time I was in disbelief. How was he coming into my lane when I was in it and approaching him at speed?
It doesn't matter when he indicated, indication doesn't give him right of way. I'm entitled to just keep going - my lane is free and I was travelling a lot faster than he was and if he had looked in his mirror before he attempted the manoeuvre he would have seen me, but instead he just waltzes into my lane. After watching the video a few times it seems maybe I could've pulled up and let him in which would be safer all round but in reality while it was actually happening I was already committed to passing him and was sounding my horn as soon as I started to see him veering towards my lane.
Ya you’re entitled to whatever you want - It’s still aggressive driving and was unnecessary.
Assuming you don’t drive something like the M50 daily? You’d probably average a crash a week doing that.
Yes I drive the m50 twice daily and have done so for several years. If that guy had collided with me he would be the one in the wrong, You can't just cross into lanes regardless of what's coming along or how fast it's coming just cos you have your indicator on. If that was the case we'd have pile-ups at every merging onto motorway lane. It's aggressive driving in the sense that I expect my clear road not to be obstructed by someone not watching what they're doing crossing into my path. It was complete driving without due care and attention by the other motorist IMO.
You'll also notice that the car in front of me in lane 2 has to take evasive action as they pass the same motorist as well.
Ever hear of defensive driving? It was obvious he was going to change lane, I’d have hung back
I can understand now how the dodo was hunted to extinction.
Jaysis I hope I’m never near you on the road
You can be "in the right" , have an accident and spend two hours on the side of the road waiting for a tow truck and a year sorting out the insurance...
...or just let him in.
On decision making by the OP - understand the frustration but wrong call not to ease up and overtake instead.
Leaving aside the decision making of the OP how frustrating is it when people behave like the taxi, no consideration for people in outer lanes moving faster.
Probably explains why people like driving in the middle lane, too much hassle trying to change lanes if you come across a truck. Given that the taxi driver saw the truck first and clearly indicated I would have let him go instead of racing at him, bit of give and take makes life easier for everyone. Just another example of why I avoid the M50 if possible.
"You cant just cross into lanes regardless of whats coming along or how fast its coming" says the lad who barreled into lane 3 on top of the red car in his own video. You should have just braked, you well know it. That red car brakes and your all stuffed. Driving like that by the taxi and by you is what causes crashes on the m50 every single day.
This muppet was in the right hand lane from the top of the hill going down to the junction, he had well over a 1.5km to get in the correct lane and there was only 1 car behind me in the left lane.
Forget that, Can't be behind a slower car even for a second.
Was it the McDonald's sign on the roadside that triggered them at 10 seconds? I thought all advertising like this was banned for this very reason.
Very close call.
It was but for exit 8 Cashel, not Mitchelstown so it had nothing to do with it.
First time I hear they are banned. Makes no sense as so could sign for Dublin or Mitchelstown cause one to take sharp turn.
What would the logic of such ban be?
With those place signs (Dublin/Mitchelstown etc….) you get plenty of them though in the lead up to the exit…. Usually at about 2-6km, then 1km, then 500m then 0m, so plenty of opportunity to be aware that your exit is coming…..
Unlikely. There's a McDonalds and a 24 hour services at the junction prior in Fermoy which is well signposted. Just carelessness and lack of any kind of rational thought or forward planning on their part, pure and simple.
From what I can see of the replies it seems nobody is considering the speed relationship between any of the vehicles . I was going much faster than the taxi in Lane 1 which necessitated me overtaking it and moving into Lane 2. The taxi was going at the same speed or slightly faster than the truck in lane 1 that was quite a distance in front of it. There was no necessity for the taxi to change lane, but that's neither here nor there. We can see that the taxi initiated changing lanes with it's indicator on when the car in front of me in Lane 2 was passing it to the point that that car takes evasive action. I can't stress this enough it seems - I am approaching at speed in Lane 2 whilst being overtaken by another car in Lane 3. The taxi doesn't check their mirror and pulls into my lane as I am attempting to overtake them at speed. I'm sounding my horn but they keep coming so I took evasive action when I saw that there was room and that the car in Lane 3 had passed me. I was also on cruise control up to the point of the taxi incursion so any suggestion that I was trying to race any other car is incorrect.
Safer evasive action would have been to disengage the cruise control, engage the brain and slow down.
Being in the right doesn't prevent incidents but doing the right thing can prevent an incident escalating to a calamity.
Please shred your driving licence.
09 MO 1619
Your camera is pointed too high. You want 1/3 of the frame to have your bonnet in it. The camera will be adjusting to the sky and won't have the correct exposure for the road.
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