Donegal people drive like LUNATICS-says Gay Bryne

paddy147 · 06-07-2012 11:15AM #1

Gay Byrne is live on TV3 right now,and hes absolutely lambasting Donegal People,and claiming that they are the worst drivers in Ireland and drive like "lunatics".

Well done Gay Byrne,great way to make friends with Donegal people......:eek::D:D

Immaculate Pasta · 06-07-2012 11:16AM

I love sweeping generalisations so I whole-heartedly support him. :cool:

ScouseMouse · 06-07-2012 11:17AM

BUT ITS TRUE - mostly.

They are car mad up there and add in the headers from Derry who use the dual carraigeway as a race track, you have some serious fun and games.

walrusgumble · 06-07-2012 11:17AM

paddy147 wrote: »

Gay Byrne is live on TV3 right now,and hes absolutely lambasting Donegal People,and claiming that they are the worst drivers in Ireland and drive like "lunatics".

Well done Gay Byrne,great way to make friends with Donegal people......:eek::D:D

There is an element of truth in that. The boys racers are complete gob****es.

All this complaining about bad roads, yet (take the back roads out of the equation) the roads are no worse than other areas of the country, road to Sligo - Derry is sound. That complaint is often a cop out

Why do the cops do damn all. The boy racers blantly meet up on Sunday night without any pretence and speed around the LetterKenny to Derry Road

afatbollix · 06-07-2012 11:19AM

This coming from a man who drunk drived home after filming the late late and goes on TV shows with out wearing seat belts.

What an ambassador for road safety.

Real Life · 06-07-2012 11:20AM

walrusgumble wrote: »

There is an element of truth in that. The boys racers are complete gob****es.

All this complaining about bad roads, yet (take the back roads out of the equation) the roads are no worse than other areas of the country, road to Sligo - Derry is sound. That complaint is often a cop out

Why do the cops do damn all. The boy racers blantly meet up on Sunday night without any pretence and speed around the LetterKenny to Derry Road

but this happens everywhere

paddy147 · 06-07-2012 11:20AM

Gay Byrne is now blaming rallying and its popularity up in Donegal too.

Whats will he say next????

Carles Puyol · 06-07-2012 11:21AM

Good man Gay..

smash · 06-07-2012 11:23AM

It's not really a myth. Most dealerships wont touch a DL reg car for a trade in because the roads are in bits and the cars have been driven hard. Just ask one!

paddy147 · 06-07-2012 11:24AM

Anyone remember this TV ad??:D:D

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZTA0-UEgzBU

ScouseMouse · 06-07-2012 11:24AM

The N15 is a fine road now, but it needs speed enforcement.

My mum got wiped out on the brow of a hill, on a continuous white line by a boy racer overtaking. He never noticed a car full of aul ones coming home from bingo turning right.:mad:

Idiot was driving on his dads company insurance, and had crashed before.

Ellis Dee · 06-07-2012 11:24AM

The only words that come to mind nowadays when I hear anything this way-past-his-sell-by-date creep says are: "ga-ga".:rolleyes::rolleyes::):)

Father Damo · 06-07-2012 11:25AM

Stereotyped tarred with same brush nonsense.

Obviously Gay has never been in a car with a Nigerian woman driving

ejmaztec · 06-07-2012 11:28AM

Father Damo wrote: »

Stereotyped tarred with same brush nonsense.

Obviously Gay has never been in a car with a Nigerian woman driving

Criticism of stereo-typing noted.:P

paddy147 · 06-07-2012 11:29AM

Does everyone here know that Bono (U2) bought Gay a big "Harley Davidson" for his birthday,some years back.

Honest.

Jester252 · 06-07-2012 11:29AM

Ah sure the RSA has not made it up there yet

ScouseMouse · 06-07-2012 11:31AM

Father Damo wrote: »

Stereotyped tarred with same brush nonsense.

Obviously Gay has never been in a car with a Nigerian woman driving

I have never been in a car with one but was behind once. Nearly rang the cop shop. Dangerous was not the word.:eek:

Stiffler2 · 06-07-2012 11:31AM

I hate that muppet, he's so gay

JoeGil · 06-07-2012 11:42AM

It's only a few months ago when he was hoping to be president :mad: he told us Europe was being run by mad men.
Now he tells us Donegal people drive like lunatics.
Hopefully for the future he will focus his attention on the menatal state of the Howth area on which he should be most qualified to comment on.

paddy147 · 06-07-2012 11:50AM

JoeGil wrote: »

It's only a few months ago when he was hoping to be president :mad: he told us Europe was being run by mad men.
Now he tells us Donegal people drive like lunatics.
Hopefully for the future he will focus his attention on the menatal state of the Howth area on which he should be most qualified to comment on.

Howth Village up over Howth Head,then down to Sutton Cross and than back out to Howth Village would make for one hell of a great car rally stage and a Mini TT motorbike road race course.;):D:D

JohnMarston · 06-07-2012 11:56AM

JoeGil wrote: »

It's only a few months ago when he was hoping to be president :mad: he told us Europe was being run by mad men.

If Don Draper was one of the guys running Europe i would pay a little more attention to EU politics. Joan would have to take Merkels place though.

Anyway, yes, back to matter at hand, Lunatic drivers.

col.in.Cr · 06-07-2012 11:56AM

I think they know how to use a seatbelt though

http://youtu.be/oKIJ71N7ay8?t=20s

ShiresV2 · 06-07-2012 11:58AM

This wouldn't be the first time he has ranted about Donegal people.

He has also said that young men are a "disease".

He is a bitter, bigoted, insufferable cúnt and the sooner he's dead and buried the better.

paddy147 · 06-07-2012 11:59AM

col.in.Cr wrote: »

I think they know how to use a seatbelt though

http://youtu.be/oKIJ71N7ay8?t=20s[/QUOTE]

Gay Bryne doesnt need to wear a seatbelt though.

He is the "chosen one"....................:rolleyes:

bluecode · 06-07-2012 12:06PM

But he's right, Donegal has the dubious distinction of having some of the worst road accidents in the country. Plus a higher rate than the national average. That's also true of the other two Ulster counties and probably other six Northern counties too if truth be told.

Northern drivers all well known for being crazy drivers, which might explain why so many good racing and rally drivers come from that province.

Wossack · 06-07-2012 12:12PM

could have phrased it better, but the thoughts in the right place imo :P

Bad Panda · 06-07-2012 12:15PM

paddy147 wrote: »

Gay Byrne is live on TV3 right now,and hes absolutely lambasting Donegal People,and claiming that they are the worst drivers in Ireland and drive like "lunatics".

Well done Gay Byrne,great way to make friends with Donegal people......:eek::D:D

I thought women were the worst drivers in Ireland.

mikemac1 · 06-07-2012 12:18PM

Never buy a second hand DL reg

Though plenty of the cute hoor locals are on yellow regs while complaining about being the forgotten county

Thatnastyboy · 06-07-2012 12:20PM

mikemac1 wrote: »

Never buy a second hand DL reg

:eek: Of course !!

It is illegal to sell second hand reg plates

Never buy a second hand D reg, its more than likely been driven by a dub/woman/black/offaly person/politician/insertrandomgeneralisationhere

walrusgumble · 06-07-2012 12:32PM

Real Life wrote: »

but this happens everywhere

Not to the extent compared to Donegal. That is the one of the most dangerous county for road traffic fatalities.

It still does not take away the accuracy of what Byrne said

walrusgumble · 06-07-2012 12:34PM

ShiresV2 wrote: »

This wouldn't be the first time he has ranted about Donegal people.

He has also said that young men are a "disease".

He is a bitter, bigoted, insufferable cúnt and the sooner he's dead and buried the better.

In what context did he say that young men, and I assume you are saying young Donegal men (if one assumes that that sentence an example of your the first statement)

Whatever about what he is, he still made a fair point about drivers in Donegal

Donegal people drive like LUNATICS-says Gay Bryne

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