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Limerick to Dub avoiding motorways

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  • 28-04-2006 12:34pm
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    Arathorn
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    Sorry if its the wrong place but people here seem to know about roads, directions etc... Im goin to be travelling from Limerick to Dublin soon on L plates so will be avoiding the motorway. So far I've worked out that I can travel as far as the first turn off to portloais (turns into motorway here) then from portloais go to monisterevin then on to kildare town. My question is where do I go from here? would I be right thinking Newbridge and then Naas? Need to get on to the naas road cos im turning off to Citywest. Any advice appreciated.


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    prospect
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    Arathorn wrote:
    Sorry if its the wrong place but people here seem to know about roads, directions etc... Im goin to be travelling from Limerick to Dublin soon on L plates so will be avoiding the motorway. So far I've worked out that I can travel as far as the first turn off to portloais (turns into motorway here) then from portloais go to monisterevin then on to kildare town. My question is where do I go from here? would I be right thinking Newbridge and then Naas? Need to get on to the naas road cos im turning off to Citywest. Any advice appreciated.

    Yep, you can drive from kildare town to newbridge alongside the motorway, at the Curragh Racecourse.
    Then go through Newbridge town, straight all the way, over the bridge, onto the dual carriageway. Keep straight till you come to naas town.
    You'll hit a T junction, go left.
    Through Naas town, and keep right at the bottom of the town where the road splits into a Y junction at the Permanent TSB.
    Then straight to the Naas road flyover.


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    Arathorn
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Arathorn


    Thats great, thanks


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    JackieChan
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,829 ✭✭✭JackieChan


    Arathorn,
    I was going to post more detailed instructions but try using the route planner on aa roadwatch(and tick the checkbox to avoid tolls)


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    Arathorn
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Arathorn


    I tried that the results it gives are terrible directions i think especially from limerick to portloais. Tells u go to leixleip maynooth? dont need to go there i think


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    Our man in Havana
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    It's refreshing to see someone actually adhering to the motorway regulations for once. Fair play to you.


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    Victor
    Registered Users Posts: 78,414 ✭✭✭✭Victor


    Bond-007 wrote:
    It's refreshing to see someone actually adhering to the motorway regulations for once. Fair play to you.
    All well and good, but should a learner be making a journey that long?


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    Cucullan
    Registered Users Posts: 614 ✭✭✭Cucullan


    Victor wrote:
    All well and good, but should a learner be making a journey that long?
    Why not? OP never said they were not going to have a full licence driver with them.


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    Victor
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    Then why can't the full licence driver do the motorway section(s)?

    Is driving 200km in one go a suitable experience for a novice driver?


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    Cucullan
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    Victor wrote:
    Then why can't the full licence driver do the motorway section(s)?

    Is driving 200km in one go a suitable experience for a novice driver?
    The full licence driver might not be insured to drive OP's car. Anyway been the country we live in a driver with a provisional licence might not be that inexperienced and probably has their licence for years.... don't most of them :eek:


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    Arathorn
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Arathorn


    I've been driving for 4 months taken a load of lesons my dad will be in the car with me and im not breaking any laws, so screw u!


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    Cucullan
    Registered Users Posts: 614 ✭✭✭Cucullan


    Arathorn wrote:
    I've been driving for 4 months taken a load of lesons my dad will be in the car with me and im not breaking any laws, so screw u!
    Screw who? me? I was sticking up for you when others are saying you shouldn't be driving a long distance in one go


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    Arathorn
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Arathorn


    No sorry not you I meant screw that victor guy, I know u were stickin up for me and thanks!


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    Cucullan
    Registered Users Posts: 614 ✭✭✭Cucullan


    Arathorn wrote:
    No sorry not you I meant screw that victor guy, I know u were stickin up for me and thanks!
    No problem I just wasn't sure who you meant :D Safe journey :D


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    prospect
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    Victor wrote:
    Then why can't the full licence driver do the motorway section(s)?

    Is driving 200km in one go a suitable experience for a novice driver?

    The Learner Driver won't Learn much if he/she sits back and lets someone else do the driving.


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    Vegeta
    Registered Users Posts: 11,393 ✭✭✭✭Vegeta


    prospect wrote:
    The Learner Driver won't Learn much if he/she sits back and lets someone else do the driving.

    Yeah i agree here,


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    Arathorn
    Registered Users Posts: 488 ✭✭Arathorn


    I made it up fine anyway without too much trouble just a few wrong turns. My honest opinion though is I would have been safer on the motorway and at least then more experienced drivers could easily overtake me. Got stuck behind a caravan at one stretch and didnt want to take any risks overtaking it, this made it harder for cars behind me to get past. Also there was no hard shoulder on a good stretch of those old roads dont see how this is safer.


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    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,752 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Arathorn wrote:
    I made it up fine anyway without too much trouble just a few wrong turns. My honest opinion though is I would have been safer on the motorway and at least then more experienced drivers could easily overtake me. Got stuck behind a caravan at one stretch and didnt want to take any risks overtaking it, this made it harder for cars behind me to get past. Also there was no hard shoulder on a good stretch of those old roads dont see how this is safer.

    I know what you are saying and fair play to you for taking the 'back roads' but in situations like this your best bet is to increase your distance from the caravan. This way drivers will try and pass you and then target the caravan. if you are close enough to the caravan some drivers may consider overtaking both increasing a risk to yourself.


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