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Irish drivers are the worst drivers in europe

  • 03-11-2010 06:39PM
    #1
    XBOX employee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭XBOX employee


    Argue all you want but irish drivers are the worst. When im driving on the m50 i see people speeding in and out in lanes not only putting himself at risk but other drivers also.We especially cant drive on bank holiday weekends what the hell is wrong with everyone that they cant stick to a feckin speed limit . I was driving on the m50 and some absolute gob****e sped past me and in the wet i might add apparently we dont beleive in braking distance either , but on the exit i was taking we met at the lights again and me syicking to the limit we got there at the same time therefore there is no point. Are we that stupid as a nation that we disregard our own personal safety and put other peoples loved ones at risk? :mad:


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  • #2
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,396 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    XBOX employee wrote: »
    Argue all you want but irish drivers are the worst. When im driving on the m50 i see people speeding in and out in lanes not only putting himself at risk but other drivers also.We especially cant drive on bank holiday weekends what the hell is wrong with everyone that they cant stick to a feckin speed limit . I was driving on the m50 and some absolute gob****e sped past me and in the wet i might add apparently we dont beleive in braking distance either , but on the exit i was taking we met at the lights again and me syicking to the limit we got there at the same time therefore there is no point. Are we that stupid as a nation that we disregard our own personal safety and put other peoples loved ones at risk? :mad:
    Have you ever been anywhere else in Europe? Off the top of my head I can think of 5 cities in Europe that have worse drivers.


  • #3
    Cuddlesworth
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,009 ✭✭✭✭Cuddlesworth


    Quite so old chum.


  • #4
    XBOX employee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭XBOX employee


    I have yeah but i can say that irish drivers are the worst, Spain are pretty bad too but i think the death toll on irish roads is ridiculous


  • #5
    Jaziel Bitter Tether
    Posts: 374 ✭✭ Jaziel Bitter Tether


    You're the worst driver in Europe.

    I know because I've watched everyone in Europe drive and you are definitely the worst.


  • #6
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 2,960 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    The French, Italians, Spanish and Polish are all as bad or worse.


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  • #7
    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    XBOX employee wrote: »
    Argue all you want but irish drivers are the worst. When im driving on the m50 i see people speeding in and out in lanes not only putting himself at risk but other drivers also.We especially cant drive on bank holiday weekends what the hell is wrong with everyone that they cant stick to a feckin speed limit . I was driving on the m50 and some absolute gob****e sped past me and in the wet i might add apparently we dont beleive in braking distance either , but on the exit i was taking we met at the lights again and me syicking to the limit we got there at the same time therefore there is no point. Are we that stupid as a nation that we disregard our own personal safety and put other peoples loved ones at risk? :mad:


    It appears we are also bad at spelling, punctuation & using paragraphs :eek:


  • #8
    Mint Sauce
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,293 ✭✭✭✭Mint Sauce


    You know that RSA ad where it tells you when and how to indicate on roundabouts, well they should add to that what lane to use and who has the right of way.

    :mad:


  • #9
    WillyWaggler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 122 ✭✭WillyWaggler


    XBOX employee wrote: »
    I have yeah but i can say that irish drivers are the worst, Spain are pretty bad too but i think the death toll on irish roads is ridiculous
    You can't say they're the worst until you've driven in every country in Europe. The death toll is higher in other countries.

    We're not the worst.


  • #10
    Eoin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 21,274 ✭✭✭✭Eoin


    Granted I haven't been to Sweden (who have a great safety record), but the only European country I've been to where the drivers seem noticeably better than Irish drivers is Germany. I've seen as many idiots in every other country I've been to.

    We're not the best in Europe, but we're a far cry from the worst.


  • #11
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    Have driven in Serbia, Hungary, Poland, Italy, Spain, Germany, Bosnia, Croatia and Sweden. Poland, Serbia, Italy and Bosnia were complete basket cases compared with Ireland. That said German driving is a sight to behold and how it should be. Spain and Croatia were no worse or no better than here. Sweden slightly better but i was not really in traffic at any stage


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  • #12
    Nodin
    Closed Accounts Posts: 46,938 ✭✭✭✭Nodin


    XBOX employee wrote: »
    Argue all you want but irish drivers are the worst. When im driving on the m50 i see people speeding in and out in lanes not only putting himself at risk but other drivers also.We especially cant drive on bank holiday weekends what the hell is wrong with everyone that they cant stick to a feckin speed limit . I was driving on the m50 and some absolute gob****e sped past me and in the wet i might add apparently we dont beleive in braking distance either , but on the exit i was taking we met at the lights again and me syicking to the limit we got there at the same time therefore there is no point. Are we that stupid as a nation that we disregard our own personal safety and put other peoples loved ones at risk? :mad:

    What other countries have you driven in?


  • #13
    Bigcheeze
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,857 ✭✭✭Bigcheeze


    French are better. They definitely have better lane discipline on motorways. They're a bit dodgy on roundabouts in that they go for gaps that aren't really there but it seems to work.

    British are better too.

    Spanish seem to be equally **** as us.


  • #14
    XBOX employee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭XBOX employee


    Other countries have worse roads but we have the worst drivers


  • #15
    flyton5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,106 ✭✭✭flyton5


    And women are the worst drivers in Ireland.

    Mod note, user got a ban for this gem.


  • #16
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    Bigcheeze wrote: »
    French are better. They definitely have better lane discipline on motorways. They're a bit dodgy on roundabouts in that they go for gaps that aren't really there but it seems to work.

    Ill give you that, lane discipline is non existent here, approx 1 in ten knows when to change lane. The third lane (the inside one) is just not used here! Also whatever happened to matching the speed of the lane you are joining?

    But then again no one is taught how to drive on a motorway......


  • #17
    CiaranC
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,300 ✭✭✭CiaranC


    XBOX employee wrote: »
    Other countries have worse roads but we have the worst drivers

    Uh, no.


  • #18
    charlemont
    Closed Accounts Posts: 4,725 ✭✭✭charlemont


    its not just driving we're the worst at....


  • #19
    jester77
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,264 ✭✭✭✭jester77


    LOL, as bad as they are I've seen much worse in other countries. The craziest I can remember was taking a Polish taxi, he got impatient, drove up onto the footpath and continued a few hundred meters before cutting in again. Made good progress!


  • #20
    easyeason3
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,104 ✭✭✭easyeason3


    XBOX employee wrote: »
    Other countries have worse roads but we have the worst drivers


    So what other contries have you driven in?
    And any European country I have been to seems to have considerably better roads than Ireland.


  • #21
    Max Power1
    Closed Accounts Posts: 10,179 ✭✭✭✭Max Power1


    is this the after hours & motors forum?


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  • #22
    syklops
    Closed Accounts Posts: 18,966 ✭✭✭✭syklops


    Deleted User wrote: »
    The French, Italians, Spanish and Polish are all as bad or worse.

    You should see the Czechs drive......


  • #23
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    Max Power1 wrote: »
    is this the after hours & motors forum?

    Well your are obviously lost with that username:)


  • #24
    XBOX employee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭XBOX employee


    Nodin wrote: »
    What other countries have you driven in?

    Not that its that important but Italy Austria Hungary Spain Portugal England . The point is really that its too easy to get a license in Ireland and any half a brain can get one and the laws arent strict enough


  • #25
    nommm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 700 ✭✭✭nommm


    You obviously haven't been to Italy. That **** was scary. :pac:


  • #26
    FreudianSlippers
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 20,396 ✭✭✭✭FreudianSlippers


    syklops wrote: »
    You should see the Czechs drive......
    They almost never Czech their mirrors.


  • #27
    Kinetic^
    Closed Accounts Posts: 13,224 ✭✭✭✭Kinetic^


    Haters gone hate


  • #28
    M5
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,161 ✭✭✭✭M5


    Kinetic^ wrote: »
    Haters gone hate

    Well played my son!


  • #29
    Jordonvito
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 524 ✭✭✭Jordonvito


    Its disgusting how wrong you are about this.


  • #30
    XBOX employee
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 58 ✭✭XBOX employee


    Jordonvito wrote: »
    Its disgusting how wrong you are about this.

    Me?


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  • #31
    JerryHandbag
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,543 ✭✭✭JerryHandbag


    Was in the back of a cab in Warsaw once and was lucky to escape with my life. ****in lunatic of a driver.


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