Most bizarre piece of driving ever?

Dilbert75

Driving on N25 between Wexford and New Ross, was about 5 miles from NR, just after Cushinstown church. Wide single carriageway with 2x wide hard shoulders sweeping down a hill into a bend, short straight, bend, short straight and a village.

Red car, not sure of make, was heading towards Wx at "normal" speed (est 90-100km/h) around a long, sweeping, left-hand bend, followed very rapidly by a silver Opel Astra estate (pre-98 version) with possibly a French reg. Astra didn't follow normal line around corner - took much later and sharper turn and then proceeded to "undertake" red car on the hard shoulder. Couldn't believe what I was seeing in my rear view mirror - truly unbelieveable.

mikemac

And your point is..........?

jhegarty

French person just off the ferry used to overtaking on left ?

Wishbone Ash

Dilbert75 wrote:

truly unbelieveable.

If it was "truly unbelievable", why waste a thread on the subject? I don't believe it happened.

Dilbert75

micmclo wrote:

And your point is..........?

Sometimes its not enough to watch your rear view and right hand door mirror - even on a twisting single carriageway.

jhegarty wrote:

French person just off the ferry used to overtaking on left ?

They were heading towards Wexford - possibly to catch a ferry but that's not an excuse.

Wishbone Ash wrote:

I don't believe it happened

Smart ass:D

Pherekydes

Most bizarre piece of posting ever.

Dilbert75

I guess you had to see it to believe it!

Wishbone Ash

Dilbert75 wrote:

I guess you had to see it to believe it!

....but you said it was unbelievable!

Dilbert75

Wishbone Ash wrote:

....but you said it was unbelievable!

I think you've been overdosing on the funny pills....:rolleyes:

Wishbone Ash

Dilbert75 wrote:

I think you've been overdosing on the funny pills....:rolleyes:

Sorry Dilbert, I couldn't resist, but then again, I always believe what I see in my rear view mirror!

(At least I'm keeping your thread up in the front page. )

Dilbert75

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Sorry Dilbert, I couldn't resist, but then again, I always believe what I see in my rear view mirror!

(At least I'm keeping your thread up in the front page. )

Did you ever regret starting a thread on a forum?:o

mike65

Heh! Yes.

Mike.

Fozzie Bear

Dilbert75 wrote:

Did you ever regret starting a thread on a forum?:o

Pass no heed of them Dilbert. Shower of big bullies...

I seen two odd things here in Galway over the last year. For those of you who know it, there is a Tom Hogans Garage on the Dual carriage way toward Oranmore/Dublin/Limerick... I was in here getting Diesel one evening. Filled up, paid and headed out back onto the dual carriage way. There was an elderly gent in front of me with the wife in a 97 escort pulling out of Hogans too. He proceeds out the slip road with his right hand indicator on, past the big sign saying no right turn (as its a dual carriage) see where its going yet?? Yup he turns right straight into the on coming traffic. Pandamonium best describes it and how he was not nailed by the truck that was coming up the overtaking lane i will never know. He obviously thought the overtaking lane was the other lane in a two way road. He actually kept going despite horns blaring, lights flashing and cars being forced back into the inside lane to avoid him. Finally when all the traffic stopped in both lanes he was forced to turn around in the face of some very pissed off drivers i'd imagine.

My own favourite though was the lady who managed to go the wrong way around the Monageesha/Cemetery roundabout. She was actually pissed off and mouthing at all the other cars blowing at her as she drove at the them. And women are safer drivers we are told

Dilbert75

Fozzie Bear wrote:

My own favourite though was the lady who managed to go the wrong way around the Monageesha/Cemetery roundabout. She was actually pissed off and mouthing at all the other cars blowing at her as she drove at the them. And women are safer drivers we are told

Now that you mention it, I seem to remember hearing about a sister in law of my aunt - supposedly the WORST driver in Ireland - who had a head-on collision with an ambulance, going the wrong way around a major roundabout in Dublin...

okcomputer

i saw a car full of what looked like polish driving down the luas track on abbey st towards capel st!!! the luas followed seconds later but i think they made it

Wishbone Ash

okcomputer wrote:

full of what looked like polish driving down the luas

Shoe polish? furniture polish? floor polish?

oleras

Wishbone Ash wrote:

Shoe polish? furniture polish? floor polish?

I would guess at French...........

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okcomputer wrote:

i saw a car full of what looked like polish

What do polish people look like?!

Wossack

elviscostello wrote:

What do polish people look like?!

mr sheen?

_feedback_

Wossack wrote:

mr sheen?

*badumtish**

Drax

Wossack wrote:

mr sheen?

Charlie or Martin?

Dilbert75

Dilbert75 wrote:

- took much later and sharper turn and then proceeded to "undertake" red car on the hard shoulder.

Followed one doing that just recently, taking her children to school. Some 500+metres short of the junction there is a line of traffic approaching Athlone going east @ 80-90Kmh, she cant wait and undertakes on the hard shoulder (very narrow & round a blind LH bend ).

Problem was the hard shoulder was also covered in mud & sh** etc

She charged on regardless, car bouncing all over the place before reaching the junction and turning left. For her efforts she had only made up ONE car length.

Kids probably arrived at school shaken not stirred

Wossack

seen a guy do a u-turn on the road to the beacon hotel coming from the m50. 3 laned road each way, this genious starts on the inside lane, ends up on the outside lane heading the opposite direction to uncoming traffic - with a concrete median between the two sides of the road

OP: welcome to ireland tbh

cjt156

One wossack reversing around the Loughlinstown M11 roundabout because he'd missed his exit....
Another changing his passenger side wheel in the outside lane of the M50; kneeling on the white line!