Worst driving you've seen

Longboard · 27-08-2009 02:03PM

Orla K wrote: »

I have to confess I've gotten the habit of keeping my left hand on either the gear stick or the hand break but that's to stop the dog from squeezing in through the front seats and getting on my lap.

I suggest the following solution.

http://www.dlisted.com/files/Dog_Rising.jpg

Personally, I would not feel comfortable doing this to my dog unless he had a cape.

Orla K · 27-08-2009 02:04PM

Pace2008 wrote: »

That is potentially dangerous driving right there and it's a bit worrying if you don't realise it.

I know she has stopped trying to get in the front but I'm still finding myself putting my elbow between the seats but it's much better than driving with her on my lap. Which I'll confess to doing, I was bringing her to the vet and she was in alot of pain from being neutered so I put her in her bed and put that in the front seat. As soon as I got anywhere she made a recovery from the pain and was on my lap looking out the window (complete with cone on her head) I couldn't stop and I couldn't move her (because of stiches) luckily the vet wasn't far and I decided to take my time (people behind me weren't happy) and everybody was looking in the window at this tiny dog on my lap with a huge cone around her head. Never again, although she did sneak in through the gap when I was turning and before I could stop or grab her she jumped out the window (unharmed) I think since then she hasn't been as egar to get on my lap but I still don't trust her.

Sulmac · 27-08-2009 02:05PM

I absolutely hate those bastards who brake suddenly and stop in the middle of the road, and THEN indicate left or right before turning.

NO, it DOESN'T work like that. :mad:

Stark · 27-08-2009 02:08PM

komodosp wrote: »

1. A car in front of me mysteriously drifts across the road to the "oncoming" lane and back again as if to overtake an invisible car... Without indicating

Should have reported him to Trafficwatch. He was more than likely pissed.

Keogg · 27-08-2009 02:11PM

I was walking along the main road in leixlip one day, and I saw this woman drive past me... with both her hands covering her ears and steering with her elbows:eek:
to this day i still cannot figure out what on earth she could have ben doing

boogle · 27-08-2009 02:13PM

I remember my driving instructor telling me about a young lad he was teaching. They were approaching a roundabout and the instructor told him he'd be going right and the lad turned right ONTO the roundabout. Instructor hearly had a heart attack.

Also a friend of mine wrote off his forst car in a multi-story car park. He was trying to get straightened up in the space. Tried to reverse back out a bit but the car was actually in first gear and he rammed in into the wall in front of him. Bit like Austen Powers and the little buggy thingy. Then they had to get a recovery vehicle up into the multi-story. Poor guy was mortified.

Blitzkrieger · 27-08-2009 02:16PM

I just don't trust indicators. An IAM instructor once told me that all the information you can glean from seeing someone's indicator on is that the bulb is working. The amount of times I've been waiting at a junction and refused to pull out in front of someone with a left indicator on, only to have them blast straight through. The muppet's have probably had their indicator on since they left the house that morning.

Of course on the flipside you get people looking at you like you're a moron when they do take the turn...

Overheal wrote: »

This is totally off topic, but the 526 outbound from Mount Pleasant - the bridge climbs at such an angle - its so smooth - so deserted.

Next time I'm out there I need to hit 115mph and see if I cant catch some air.

There's a bridge near Cobh that is unreal for that - I got all four wheels off the ground (accidentally) at just 30mph. I keep thinking it'd be fun to go do a proper dukes of hazzard style jump over it while going flat out, but I'd probably kill myself.

Jaysoose · 27-08-2009 02:20PM

Taxi drivers have to be up there, every night going home from work on the approach to the blanchrdstown roundabout they shoot down the bus lane (passengerless) up to the auburn roundabout then just keep going up the clearly signposted lane for the M50 south and bull their way in at the top.

Stopping in the middle of the road and banging your hazards on does not mean your still not in the way you inconsiderate cnuts.

Particular annoyance of mine is the taxi men that come into the apartment complex i live in and rather than take an empty space stop dead outside the apartment block main doors, saw a women with a pram roar at a taxi man the other day as she couldnt get past the ignorant sod.

The rules apply for you aswell TAXIMEN.....

Genghiz Cohen · 27-08-2009 02:33PM

Jaysoose wrote: »

The rules apply for you aswell TAXIMEN.....

But they have to make money, and we all know public safety takes second place to profits.

mandysmithers · 27-08-2009 02:38PM

Lollipops23 wrote: »

perhaps there was something wrong with her steering wheel/column??

Well, she shouldn't have been driving such a dangerous car then. She was all over the place. I couldn't believe it.

Cheeky_gal · 27-08-2009 03:06PM

The End Of Days wrote: »

I have witness people stopping on roundabouts just past their exit, waiting to reverse back.

I kid you not.

That is the funniest thing i've read all day

Lollipops23 · 27-08-2009 03:16PM

mandysmithers wrote: »

Well, she shouldn't have been driving such a dangerous car then. She was all over the place. I couldn't believe it.

Did you ever think that perhaps she stopped as soon as she realised?hence the hazard lights? It just sounds like there may have been a genuine problem with the car, even when I had just started driving I was able to steer straight....

ben bedlam · 27-08-2009 03:22PM

Worst driving I ever saw was Robert deNiro driving in Ronin

mandysmithers · 27-08-2009 03:25PM

Lollipops23 wrote: »

Did you ever think that perhaps she stopped as soon as she realised?hence the hazard lights? It just sounds like there may have been a genuine problem with the car, even when I had just started driving I was able to steer straight....

No, as she was driving like that for a good distance, she could have pulled over much earlier, as there was a hard shoulder all the way. Once the cars got around her at the traffic lights, she carried on again.

Ickle Magoo · 27-08-2009 03:29PM

I'm not sure why you would expect good driving in a country where no legal qualification for tootling about with a 2 ton dodgem was required until last year & there are vast swathes who still have none....anyway....:P

Driving with no lights on in the dark/torrential rain

Beeping at other drivers for not breaking the law (speeding/overtaking illegally/crossing chevrons/driving over pavements/etc)

Being undertaken & cut off on a single lane road while in a queue of traffic by a van with two wheels on the road and two on the verge - it then sat in front of me for 10 miles; worth it? :rolleyes:

Parking really needs to be tested here - I had to reverse a woman's car out of a space after she had hit both cars either side & nearly killed a pedestrian by rolling forward.

A lorry wrote off my car by crashing into the back of me while I was in a queue at the traffic lights.

Only a teenth of the driving populous seem to understand how roundabouts work

I saw a smart car drive under the side of a stationary lorry - that's pretty bad driving :eek:

Orla K · 27-08-2009 03:42PM

Ickle Magoo wrote: »

I saw a smart car drive under the side of a stationary lorry - that's pretty bad driving :eek:

I guess it wasn't that smart after all.

Ickle Magoo · 27-08-2009 04:17PM

Car probably was, driver certainly wasn't. :pac:

plissken · 27-08-2009 04:57PM

confused-dazed wrote: »

outside land is going straight and or turning right (or third exit as in most cases).

It's not very clear from your post but I'm assuming that you already know that this applies to roundabouts with a two lane exit only. The right hand lane entering a roundabout should be used for going straight only where there is only one lane at the exit, or unless the road markings state otherwise.

The two large roundabouts up in Tyrellstown are notorious for morons who dont know the above, I've honestly lost count of the times when I've almost collided with these cretins who use the right hand lane to overtake those rightfully queing to go straight in the left hand lane.

Stark · 27-08-2009 06:05PM

plissken wrote: »

It's not very clear from your post but I'm assuming that you already know that this applies to roundabouts with a two lane exit only. The right hand lane entering a roundabout should be used for going straight only where there is only one lane at the exit, or unless the road markings state otherwise.

The two large roundabouts up in Tyrellstown are notorious for morons who dont know the above, I've honestly lost count of the times when I've almost collided with these cretins who use the right hand lane to overtake those rightfully queing to go straight in the left hand lane.

Which roundabouts are those? Because in some of the cases around Tyrellstown, the "exit after 180 degrees" rule applies.

In general, the roundabouts around Ballycoolin/Tyrellstown are a nightmare when it comes to choosing a lane I find. There's one in particular with about 3 lanes at some exits/entrances, 2 at others, 1 at others and about 4 lanes on the roundabout itself. I used to always try and use the last exit as I knew that I had to use the right-most lane in that case until they closed off that one for roadworks.

27-08-2009 06:14PM

Stark wrote: »

Which roundabouts are those? Because in some of the cases around Tyrellstown, the "exit after 180 degrees" rule applies.

In general, the roundabouts around Ballycoolin/Tyrellstown are a nightmare when it comes to choosing a lane I find. There's one in particular with about 3 lanes at some exits/entrances, 2 at others, 1 at others and about 4 lanes on the roundabout itself. I used to always try and use the last exit as I knew that I had to use the right-most lane in that case until they closed off that one for roadworks.

More roundabouts really need to be "lane marked" like the one at N81/M50 near Tallaght for example, it helps. But there are still some fuckwits that can't work it out.

My name is URL · 27-08-2009 06:21PM

I've being driving for 9 years and today I almost had an accident for the first time ever.

I pulled out onto a main road from a junction on a bend and failed to notice a car approaching.

It had to skid and swerve to avoid me, I shat myself and the guy in the other car was quite pissed off about it, understandably.

ttm · 27-08-2009 07:11PM

My name is URL wrote: »

I've being driving for 9 years and today I almost had an accident for the first time ever.

I pulled out onto a main road from a junction on a bend and failed to notice a car approaching.

It had to skid and swerve to avoid me, I shat myself and the guy in the other car was quite pissed off about it, understandably.

Isn't there a differnce between nearly having an accident and bad driving by people who know no better?

My name is URL · 27-08-2009 07:52PM

ttm wrote: »

Isn't there a differnce between nearly having an accident and bad driving by people who know no better?

Not really, both can end up with smashed cars =p

The worst driving I've seen - was by me, today.

YFlyer · 27-08-2009 08:20PM

komodosp wrote: »

Kind of off-topic (i.e. in the driver's defense)... A friend of mine got stopped by the guards for driving the wrong way down William St. in Limerick.

But, (unless they've fixed it recently) there's no "One-Way" or "No Entry" sign at the top of William St! (He wasn't from Limerick himself)

Have seen a lorry go down William Street one Sunday morning.

slimjimmc · 27-08-2009 09:14PM

komodosp wrote: »

4. Another T-Junction, once again I am on the minor road, this time no lights. I look to the right and see a car coming, so I put my foot on the brake. Then I look left just to see how the traffic is from that side. By the time I reach the junction I have stopped and am looking in front of me to see the car who had been coming from the right stopped right in front of me, driver looking at me like a f***** idiot. He then drives off again. I can only conclude that he saw me looking the other way, thought I wasn't paying attention and deliberately tried to make me crash into him! A$$hole!

More likely he saw you looking the other way, thought you weren't paying attention/not stopping/planning on a rolling stop and so stood on the brakes to avoid crashing into you. You probably scared the sh!t out of him hence the "you f***** idiot" glare, maybe an over cautious driver too. The fact he was stopped right in front of you just proves that he wouldn't have been able to stop in time if you did pull out. I always look to the right coming up to junctions to reassure oncoming drivers that I've seen them. Plenty of time to look left once stopped.

Saw a young woman driving on the N7 at 100 kph holding a mobile phone to her right ear with her left hand and holding a cigarette to her gob with her right hand. Both arms crossed and neither on the steering wheel.

Dr Kamikazi · 27-08-2009 09:32PM

eightyfish wrote: »

Can't resist adding this:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CjRM7yVuRtk

And yes...it's a woman...

Dr Kamikazi · 27-08-2009 10:03PM

Oh dear, where to start...
Old B*stards seing you approach at 100 km/h on the open road, waiting till you're 100 meters away, then pull out with cattlebox and do 30 km/h in front of you, while keeping out as far as possible, so you can't overtake. W*nkers.
Woman in Micras. Nuff said.
B*stards driving in the OVERTAKING lane of the motorway 2 km/h below the speedlimit purely for the purpose off pissing other motorists off with their ignorance.
ALL driving in Limerick:
Traffic lights are pretty, but meaningless. So are yellow boxes.
All signs (ESPECIALLY loading bay) are only there for the fun. if you want to get out for half an hour to get yourself and ice cream, that's ok.
Taxis are allowed to park anywhere, anytime and just shrug their shoulder when shouted at.
Because they have the charm compassion and intelligence of a rusty, broken vicegrips.
Tennage mums using their prams as battering rams to push through traffic.
Some Limerick pedestrians actually WAIT for the light for cars to go green.
Then cross the road. Slowly. Whilst looking at the cars with a "what you're gonna do" smile.
Sadly they never get their head rolled over by a bus. Not that they'd notice.
Funniest thing ever: Santa being run down outside Brown Thomas last X-mas.

But worst thing ever:
Horsebox using the dual carriageway to do a U-turn.
Went on the on ramp, turned the wrong way onto the dual carriagway and used the off ramp to get off.
Scores of cars beeping, flashing, shouting, but since the avreage horsebox driver has an IQ less than his cargo, I don't hink he noticed. The only things on his mind was probably "I really need to find a loading bay and get myself an icecream"

Funnily enough though I think driving has improved here, back in the 90's it was dreadfull.
There where only 2 kinds of drivers, 30 km/h or 130 km/h. You had to pick a side and fight the other. It's more civilised today, believe it or not.

G_R · 27-08-2009 10:08PM

Dr Kamikazi wrote: »

Oh dear, where to start...
Old B*stards seing you approach at 100 km/h on the open road, waiting till you're 100 meters away, then pull out with cattlebox and do 30 km/h in front of you, while keeping out as far as possible, so you can't overtake. W*nkers.
Woman in Micras. Nuff said.
B*stards driving in the OVERTAKING lane of the motorway 2 km/h below the speedlimit purely for the purpose off pissing other motorists off with their ignorance.
ALL driving in Limerick:
Traffic lights are pretty, but meaningless. So are yellow boxes.
All signs (ESPECIALLY loading bay) are only there for the fun. if you want to get out for half an hour to get yourself and ice cream, that's ok.
Taxis are allowed to park anywhere, anytime and just shrug their shoulder when shouted at.
Because they have the charm compassion and intelligence of a rusty, broken vicegrips.
Tennage mums using their prams as battering rams to push through traffic.
Some Limerick pedestrians actually WAIT for the light for cars to go green.
Then cross the road. Slowly. Whilst looking at the cars with a "what you're gonna do" smile.
Sadly they never get their head rolled over by a bus. Not that they'd notice.
Funniest thing ever: Santa being run down outside Brown Thomas last X-mas.

But worst thing ever:
Horsebox using the dual carriageway to do a U-turn.
Went on the on ramp, turned the wrong way onto the dual carriagway and used the off ramp to get off.
Scores of cars beeping, flashing, shouting, but since the avreage horsebox driver has an IQ less than his cargo, I don't hink he noticed. The only things on his mind was probably "I really need to find a loading bay and get myself an icecream"

Funnily enough though I think driving has improved here, back in the 90's it was dreadfull.
There where only 2 kinds of drivers, 30 km/h or 130 km/h. You had to pick a side and fight the other. It's more civilised today, believe it or not.

jeez get off the fence will ya

teenage mums using their prams as battering rams to push through traffic.

katzen · 27-08-2009 10:19PM

Was in a car with a relative once, who was driving over the speed limit, on the n11, round a corner, steering with his knees, whilst trying to remove the core of an apple with a pen-knife

Orla K · 27-08-2009 10:25PM

I will agree drivers in Limerick are insane. I lived there for a bit and you couldn't pay attention to the lights because cars went through anyway. You just had to wait for a good time and a crowd to build up and just leg it with everyone else.

I also drove a little there and I stopped at an amber light and the guy behind be beeped me out of it and when we could start moving he swirved out infront of me, almost hitting plenty of other things and giving me the dirtiest look.

It was also in Limerick that I had the incounter with the boy racers.

But the one good thing I will say I was stopped at traffic lights and I heard an ambalence, I was looking around me everywhere to see where it was coming from and didn't notice that the lights changed to green but, everybody stayed where they were to let it pass.

Worst driving you've seen

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