Temporary Closure of Section of Lough Atalia Road from 23rd March to May, 2015

I am normally a good walker, not afraid to get the runners on. I am going to an evening event so will be too dressed up to walk around too far, even if I bring change of shoes. I don't live near the hospital, just didn't want to put my address online and I would be travelling from that direction.

snubbleste wrote: »

Look at all those road signs!
Signs should only be erected where there is a demonstrable need, because unnecessary, incorrect or inconsistent signs detract from the effectiveness of those that are required and tend to lead to disrespect for all signs.
Traffic Signs Manual 1.1.10 http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/publications/roads/english/traffic-signs-manual-2010/traffic-signs-manual-2010-chapter-1-introduction-and-sign-location.pdf

Surely a road that used to be 2-way suddenly becoming 1-way is a 'demonstrable need'!

snubbleste wrote: »

Look at all those road signs!
Signs should only be erected where there is a demonstrable need, because unnecessary, incorrect or inconsistent signs detract from the effectiveness of those that are required and tend to lead to disrespect for all signs.
Traffic Signs Manual 1.1.10 http://www.dttas.ie/sites/default/files/publications/roads/english/traffic-signs-manual-2010/traffic-signs-manual-2010-chapter-1-introduction-and-sign-location.pdf

There are multiple private entrances on the road. All the signs are to remind all the residents to turn right when they leave home. Fairly obvious I thought.

J o e wrote: »

Over an hour to get through Lough Atalia / Eyre Square this evening. I can't understand why people are letting lane jumpers jump in after waiting that long. Many of the lane jumpers seemed to think it was hilarious.

As for the motorbike taking the footpath along LAR and swerving around pedestrians...

Still no sign of a Garda or any enforcement of the traffic system.

2 Gardai were on the road outside the bus station/ raddisson at 17.45.
A lot of the time the Lane jumpers take advantage of the buses and yellow boxes to get in. Its a bad situation there though.

Pugzilla wrote: »

So funny to see car drivers get angry when they're the main cause of traffic congestion in the first place.

True it's only drivers, thank goodness cyclists and pedestrians never get angry at motorists lacking consideration for other road users and breaking the rules of the road! :rolleyes:

So funny to see all angry people get angry because they are the main cause of anger in the first place.

I have to say though, the whole lane skipping thing is particular rage inducing and is a disease within this city. The amount of it i experienced today was crazy! What is wrong with people who willingly stop and let all these obnoxious drivers back into the correct lane. I'm not sure who is worse, the morons who queue skip/lane switch or the morons who let the other morons back in lane!!! I watched today as about 15 cars skipped in ahead of me, only about 100 metres in front of me because 3 cars decided to let everyone in. Of course i got the worst of reactions when someone smiled and pointed to the road in front of me as they pulled up beside me and angled their way slowly into my lane whilst nearly going metal to metal between both cars! The smile soon turn to "unpleasant" gesticulation when i shook my head disprovingly and pulled another metre forward to insure the prat could not bully his way in. I took even greater pleasure seeing all the cars behind him with their indicators to pull into my lane too, beeping him furiously for holding their queue up no doubt in a hurry to rush to the yellow junction box up ahead that they could jump into and block.

Eeden wrote: »

who are the other causes of traffic congestion, apart from car drivers?

Bus drivers and motorcyclists!

Pugzilla wrote: »

Yeah, motorbikes don't cause traffic jams. They can slip by cars and don't slow down other vehicles following them unlike pushbikes.

I think if everyone converted to scooters we wouldn't need a bypass.

So motorbikes and scooters don't add to congestion but push bikes do? Completely impartial analysis there no doubt! It's difficult to guess what your normal mode of transport is

Mrs OBumble wrote: »

I have been.

Rider came off a motorbike on the road between Cemetery Cross and Monaneenageisha. Badly hurt, both lanes were closed for a while. And it was rush hour, so a big traffic jam followed.

Yes but that jam was caused by an accident , if a helicopter crashed at cemetery cross it would cause a traffic jam .
I have never been stuck in a jam caused by a helicopter yet either

gordongekko wrote: »

A survey of one person is not a valid quota

That's what I should have said

Deleted User wrote: »

I have - an air ambulance landed on the road in Ealing Common but the rotors clipped a billboard so it was stuck there for hours. Chaos.

OK I have lost this time
"What did the Romans ever do for us though"

Intifada wrote: »

what the actual fúck is going on with the traffic these past few days?.