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Carnage on the Roads - tis no surprise with lads like this

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  • #32
    Schism
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,919 ✭✭✭Schism


    Has anyone got a link to the clip they were talking about?


  • #33
    mikemac
    Closed Accounts Posts: 19,967 ✭✭✭✭mikemac


    What kind of radio show is this? :confused:

    You call up and get called a muppet/asshole or braindead and then at the end "I hope you drive into a brickwall"

    The guy is all those things but are these professional radio show hosts or what?
    You can have a debate or do you swear at your callers?
    If this was RTE, those two hosts would be sacked on the spot

    I don't see a radio career with the national stations for those two


  • #34
    Minstrel27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,818 ✭✭✭Minstrel27


    caseyann wrote: »
    One of the young lads i knew i worked with in a school(17 years old),was killed two years back.His mate was driving the car.The same mate who survived the crash,over took me at about 80kph on a continuous line road couple of months ago(also speed limit is 60 there).And he put the foot down and vanished.Also this road is a small country winding road.With the likes of him on the road is dangerous for us all.

    Did you report him?


  • #35
    MiciG91
    Closed Accounts Posts: 273 ✭✭MiciG91


    mooman wrote: »
    You have a "don't buy the Sun" website in you're sig and come out with the most Sun-like statement Boards has ever seen:rolleyes:

    Thats probably something to do with Liverpool FC not about the way he thinks


  • #36
    caseyann
    Closed Accounts Posts: 7,938 ✭✭✭caseyann


    Minstrel27 wrote: »
    Did you report him?


    I didnt know i could report him just like that.Can i?


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  • #37
    oldyouth
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    Just a message to all the responsible young drivers out there (and they are in the majority). You're paying for that clown with your high insurance premiums and, sadly, many of you are losing friends because of his like


  • #38
    Conor Bourke
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭Conor Bourke


    cournioni wrote: »
    I totally agree with you. I've heard a few bits and pieces on "Simon's Slappers" on i105107 and they've been totally fake and scripted. This one doesn't sound any different. Shame on iRadio for using this issue as a publicity stunt.

    I'm part of the car scene in Sligo, if this "Tommy" has been driving for 7 years as he states, he's about my age, and anyone my age who might have found those kind of stunts funny at 16 or 17 would know better by now. I don't know anyone who fits his description nor do any of my friends. Obvious fake. If (in the unlikely chance) he is for real then I'll gladly eat my words but I'm confident that it won't be happening.


  • #39
    bernardo mac
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 903 ✭✭✭bernardo mac


    But Tommy's types are not fiction even if he is


  • #40
    oldyouth
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    Alaskimo-cake wrote: »
    I'm part of the car scene in Sligo, if this "Tommy" has been driving for 7 years as he states, he's about my age, and anyone my age who might have found those kind of stunts funny at 16 or 17 would know better by now. I don't know anyone who fits his description nor do any of my friends. Obvious fake. If (in the unlikely chance) he is for real then I'll gladly eat my words but I'm confident that it won't be happening.
    What does the 'scene' in Sligo involve Alaskimo-cake?


  • #41
    OutlawPete
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    I think that before everyone is giving a driving license they should be made attend the dun laoghaire rehabilitation centre to see what life is like for those that have been in serious accidents.

    Might not be workable but then perhaps have them watch a few hours footage of what the after effects of accidents are like and then make them sit a test based on what they seen to see if they were paying attention.


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  • #42
    sealgaire
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 769 ✭✭✭sealgaire


    Bubble headed moran! :D Brilliant

    he is some inbred tool


  • #43
    Slidey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12,811 ✭✭✭✭Slidey


    I said it on the motors forum the other day.

    Defo a Sligo sham and it's a dumbed down station for the youngsters, either a wind up troll or a total set up. I'd say the latter


  • #44
    EvilMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    There isn't "Carnage on the Roads"


  • #45
    Conor Bourke
    Hosted Moderators Posts: 17,426 ✭✭✭✭Conor Bourke


    oldyouth wrote: »
    What does the 'scene' in Sligo involve Alaskimo-cake?

    Sligo's a small town/county so anyone who's into cars at all knows pretty much everyone else.

    There are of course the few obligatory 17 year olds in the micras/corsas/civics (if they're lucky!) who whizz about thinking they're the shiznit, but the majority are people genuinely into custom and performance motors. Most of the time all that happens are impromtu night-time meets in the usual hang-outs around town. From time to time there are organised diffing (or drifting) meets that are carried out safely, off-road. I'm not going to pretend like there's no diffing at roundabouts or crossroads late at night but it doesn't happen too often. By and large the genuine car fans are mostly level-headed enough although a few of us have penalty points for speeding. I'm pretty sure I can speak for all of us when we say we would never endorse the kind of sh1te-hawking those Nenagh lads were at.

    Maybe this Tommy dude is for real but like I said, I'd be hard-pressed to think of any 23 or 24 year old round town (and he sounded straight outta town) who would be impressionable enough to think that "angel-wings" are safer than hand-brake turns, etc, etc...

    Pure and utter trash radio


  • #46
    nacho libre
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,748 ✭✭✭✭nacho libre


    johnmcdnl wrote: »
    not sure if this is the right section for this rant but anyways...

    http://soundcloud.com/italk/skilled-drivers-will-never-crash-even-if-they-go-too-fast-and-hang-out-the-window

    ...

    i recall some posters on here displaying a similar view some time ago-
    "speeding on narrow country roads is only dangerous if you are not good at it" what this mentality fails to take into an account is that while you may be a good driver, there could be a car broken down at the most inappropriate place- a bend, or a cow could be loose on the road just around a corner, and at excessive speeds, while you may have quick reactionary time, it may not be quick enough.


  • #47
    My name is URL
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 25,626 ✭✭✭✭My name is URL


    The caller was obviously an idiot, but wtf @ the presenter telling him he hopes he drives into a brick wall and then getting stroppy when the guy swears. Bunch of arseholes the lot of them


  • #48
    RachPie
    Closed Accounts Posts: 244 ✭✭RachPie


    What's worse is these lads are/were friends of the teenagers who were killed in a bad crash in a similar area for the same type of driving while intoxicated a year ago.

    I can't believe the lack of brain cells. I really can't.


  • #49
    cournioni
    Moderators, Regional North East Moderators Posts: 12,744 Mod ✭✭✭✭cournioni


    My name is URL wrote: »
    The caller was obviously an idiot, but wtf @ the presenter telling him he hopes he drives into a brick wall and then getting stroppy when the guy swears. Bunch of arseholes the lot of them
    It's fake and scripted. iRadio is a brutal radio station trying to be a sensationalist to pull in listeners.


  • #50
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    EvilMonkey wrote: »
    There isn't "Carnage on the Roads"
    There IS carnage on the roads. The saddest thing though, is that we, as a society, consider the current level of accidents that result in death or injury to be at a tolerable threshold.


  • #51
    Stark
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 21,377 ✭✭✭✭Stark


    Wagon wrote: »
    They are in me bollix.

    "Mister Men" thinks people doing 120km/hr on motorways are lunatics and will swerve out into to the overtaking lane to give them a fright if he sees them coming up behind him: http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showpost.php?p=67098206&postcount=62 . So if the young drivers of Ireland are "lunatics" in his book, then it's probably a compliment.


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  • #52
    Slidey
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    cournioni wrote: »
    It's fake and scripted. iRadio is a brutal radio station trying to be a sensationalist to pull in listeners.

    QFT


  • #53
    msg11
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    Well, I am into cars . And have no idea what the hell that guy is on about.

    It's the likes of these types of gob****es, that I get pulled over by the garda, have a renewal quote of near 3,800 euro.

    Because, I drive a High performance car, I see it all the time from people my age seem to need to prove a point and rally up behind me.

    That guy is a complete tool, and should have his license taking off him. What an absolute accident waiting to happen.

    Then again, could you call him a troll of the radio world?


  • #54
    Manic Moran
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 17,898 Mod ✭✭✭✭Manic Moran


    All the above said, however, he does have one point: Most accidents are caused by poor driving. Skilled drivers tend to crash less. Not just in terms of car control, but simple driving technique. Now that's different from driving along with your legs out the door or whatever other such show-off thing is at the subject matter. At that point, your skill gets cancelled out, if not more, by the extra risk, so you're no better than anyone else.

    ntm


  • #55
    ScumLord
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    I think a big problem with Driving in Ireland is that no one is on the same page, we all do whatever speed we see fit. Some of us drive fast, others drive slow and each side thinks the other side are terrible drivers.

    I'm guilty of speeding, I'm trying to control it but slow drivers just drive me insane I feel like I'm loosing time every time I'm stuck behind someone doing 60 to 70klm on a public road, Irish roads can't handle slow drivers because they just hold everybody up.


  • #56
    galah
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,215 ✭✭✭galah


    well, it's the road signs that are misleading, more than anything. The speed signs tell you the max speed ALLOWED on the TYPE of road in accordance with their classification (R, N, etc), and not the SAFE speed SUITABLE for that type of road under normal driving conditions (and less when it rains, for example).

    This would obviously require someone to travel on all those roads and reshuffle the road signs, but I do believe it would actually reduce accidents since people wouldnt feel the 'need' to do 100 on roads that were never meant to be traveled on at that speed. (again, a quick glance across to the continent would have helped...)


  • #57
    Yakult
    Moderators, Computer Games Moderators Posts: 7,943 Mod ✭✭✭✭Yakult


    msg11 wrote: »

    Then again, could you call him a troll of the radio world?

    Dont be so kind, He's clearly a idiot along with the bigger idiots in the video. They deserve everything they get from the law and the public (I for one would kick them silly and burn their cars if I was closer to them).

    No matter what, your gonna have idiots on the road who think they are invinceble and thats the sad thing about it. Driver education wont solve that just reduce it.


  • #58
    EvilMonkey
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,822 ✭✭✭EvilMonkey


    oldyouth wrote: »
    There IS carnage on the roads. The saddest thing though, is that we, as a society, consider the current level of accidents that result in death or injury to be at a tolerable threshold.

    No Death on the roads is tolerable and we need learn from every one and keep up trying to improve safety. But to claim there is carnage on the roads is a misrepresentation.

    Look at the list of things people die from in Ireland. Road traffic accidents would be near the bottom of the list.

    I would be happy to see the same effort put into Road Safety be put into other areas like suicide or obesity.


  • #59
    phantom_lord
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,896 ✭✭✭✭phantom_lord


    what video are they talking about?


  • #60
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    ScumLord wrote: »
    I think a big problem with Driving in Ireland is that no one is on the same page, we all do whatever speed we see fit. Some of us drive fast, others drive slow and each side thinks the other side are terrible drivers.

    I'm guilty of speeding, I'm trying to control it but slow drivers just drive me insane I feel like I'm loosing time every time I'm stuck behind someone doing 60 to 70klm on a public road, Irish roads can't handle slow drivers because they just hold everybody up.
    And you don't see that YOU have the problem there? If it is safe to pass legally, do it. If it is not, CALM DOWN


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  • #61
    oldyouth
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,754 ✭✭✭oldyouth


    EvilMonkey wrote: »
    No Death on the roads is tolerable and we need learn from every one and keep up trying to improve safety. But to claim there is carnage on the roads is a misrepresentation.

    Look at the list of things people die from in Ireland. Road traffic accidents would be near the bottom of the list.

    I would be happy to see the same effort put into Road Safety be put into other areas like suicide or obesity.
    I take your point, but a lot of road deaths are inflicted on others, rather than the person directly involved


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