A girl I work with lives in Blanchardstown, she drives daily to Summerhill in her car. Why t f?
What’s wrong with a modest hatch back?
She’s unmarried and no kids. What the f does she need it for?
they have similar dimensions, length, width, to SUVs, you don't just see bad drivers struggling with suvs, that can happen with any large car.
Absolutes, but they're exceptions whereas large barbie buses are becoming the new norm, especially those bloody really large Volvo's. I'm sure they've a larger footprint than a RR.
Do you ever meet school minibuses, milk collection lorries, or commercial vans on these roads?
Correct, however it is part of the continued scourge of increasing the size of personal vehicles. The mass, dimensions and ultimately overall road safety is reduced with this approach. It's often forgotten that one thing doesn't change, and that's us humans. I'm talking about pedestrians, other drivers and the drivers of large vehicles themselves due to momentum at impact. What is the end game here? Keep increasing vehicle size until we're all driving overpowered mini-van sized vehicles with restrictive visibility inhibited on pedestrians, cyclists and small vehicle users alike. Our roads are not capable of supporting this.
IMO there needs to be a limit / severe taxation applied on 3000kg+ personal SUVs
EVs aren't any bigger than ICE cars on average. Some EVs are bigger, some are smaller. Many are the exact same car with a different propulsion system. They range from city cars to large SUVs and saloons. Just like those with an engine.
Probably fine for national routes, but once off them you're often onto 50/50 roads where older sized vehicles could just about squeeze past, now I'm finding more of these barbie buses are being driven by people who don't like reversing where once there wasn't such a problem.
The only roads specifically designed for modern vehicles in Ireland are the motorways and new suburbs, everything else is adaptions of routes that were laid down in horse and carriage times. The Korean and Japanese car makers have whole subset of vehicles they don't market abroad because they were designed for small and tight spaces from before the motor age, whereas they specifically created lux big sized cars like Lexus, Infiniti and Accura just for the US market alone.
True, I see the same thing though with people driving cars too, think it's just bad drivers, for example, these new EV cars, they're quite big, high bonnets etc, wide, I see people, like what you see, struggling with everyday driving.
It might be more accurate to say that they're too large for the majority of those who drive them. If they absolutely must be sold, then it should be mandatory to include lessons, so that buyers learn how to use them properly. Every day, I see SUV drivers driving themselves into unnecessarily difficult situations, struggling with basic things like parking, road positioning and general awareness of what's going on around them. The very least people need to be taught is to use the higher driving position to their advantage - i.e. look beyond the end of their bonnet.
There's hardly a whole lot of those goin around, besides, something like a Renault traffic is about the same size, transit van is bigger,hardly what you'd call too big for regional roads.
No i was referring to the Bentley SUV, the Bentayga.
I presume you mean range rovers, or Q7 type, how are they too big for regional roads?
Of course big cars have their place.
That doesn't mean small cars are ****.
Exactly so big cars have their place also
Yes, but the context of the discussion is not about big mileage.
Horse for courses.
Small cars have their place.
Balance, handling and feedback from the road can make even a mundane commute a pleasurable drive.
They look awful IMO...that particular model. A barge on wheels.
Large SUVs are generally pointless, too large for Irish regional roads, car parking spaces and are rarely used for their capabilities (if they have the correct tyres on that is...which is another topic). Status symbols for the most part / chosen to have a higher seating position.
Not for big mileage, not a hope
Not all small cars.
In my opinion a well balanced small car can deliver an excellent driving experience.
If people didn't actually take their cars out in public, then yeah, fair enough, it's none of my business. But if you take your car out on public roads and I have to interact with them, then sorry, it is my business.
Have you bought all your RR's new? And normally how long do you keep them for? X nr of klms, or X nr of years?
I honestly have never bought a car thinking about the day I crash it. Other people may prioritise ncap, for me it wouldn't concern me in the slightest.
True and I would imagine if he did ask her why she drives that car, she would tell him where to go as it's none of his damned business. Now excuse me, I need to go outside and admire my big car. I put new mats in her today. She's a real beauty.
"A new study ranked Mississippi as the deadliest state for drivers in the United States, based on data from a U.S. federal agency."
their fatality rate (per capita) is about eight times what it is in ireland.
https://eu.clarionledger.com/story/news/2024/10/18/mississippi-is-the-deadliest-state-for-drivers-in-the-united-states/75570569007/
There is three safety aspect too of driving a larger car with more mass.
You have ncap giving 5 star ratings etc but seem to ignore the difference weight makes in a head on impact.
Drive the stones out of it and change oil on time and be grand :)
Well some places are going back to no road test for a license
The state of Mississippi has now permanently waived road tests for teens. When teens aged 16 or under apply for their driver’s license in Mississippi, they must provide a completed Waiver of Road Testing Affidavit. This document certifies that you have had your learner’s permit for at least one year and have had at least 50 hours of driving instruction.
https://driversed.com/trending/waiving-road-tests-teens-what-are-requirements-now
Sure, she goes back to the time when you could go to the local council office and buy a full Irish driving licence for one Irish Pound. And then they introduced driver testing……….and different categories!
Your Granny was never on a bus? Fair play to her.
Yes, that lasted until 1964.
It wasn't a 6 month period. It was a once off announcement made by the minister which referred to a cut off date six months prior to his announcement - i.e in October 1979 he said that anyone who was on the 2nd provisional in category C (now B) and who had applied for a driving test by a cut off date in April 1979 may apply for a full driving licence. (The 9 month postal strike precipitated it as very few people had telephones and the system was therefore in chaos).
Bentley Bentayga.. that's a proper SUV.
There's a new all black model around south Dublin, with a blue badge. They look like a black cab.
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