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cats eyes, bollards and the m50...!

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  • 29-09-2007 12:24am
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    legs11
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    what is the deal with these, driving from dublin to the sticks of kerry i couldnt help but notice the alarming lack of these things on our (crap) roads... it seems they are there alright but not actually working very well.... or maybe i am not eating my greens?

    where i live in the country there are new cats eyes on a stretch of road, green and orange and whatnot and you see them a mile off. so i can actually see properly.:rolleyes:


    also, them islands on the way into towns they used to be all lighted up yellow, now the are not and the yellow paint on them is not even reflective. you could easily smack up against them foot high kerbs near them bollards if you werent careful.

    another example of how sad things are in this country.,,

    and what the hell are they doing to the m50???:eek: driving from santry to the n7 was almost impossible last week. road is a total shambles.


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    #2
    Type 17
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    Welcome to driving in Ireland, where even when infrastructure is improved, the new elements are not maintained* and quickly become as sad and tatty as the old stuff was.

    *For example, the NRA spec out National Primary Routes, but don't maintain them - that is the job of local authorities, who don't bother - hence all of the damaged-for-years Armco barriers, worn-away lane markings and empty cats-eyes around the country... :mad:


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    franksm
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    I particularly enjoy driving over those "decommissioned" cats eyes that get left on roads - you know, the metal frame with no innards. There are some on the roads around Lucan, and some near the M50. Great for disturbing the contents of the bowels as you drive or slide over them, or just giving you that "WTF ?!" feeling when you're trying to navigate the road in the rain on a dark night


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    Esel
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    franksm wrote:
    I particularly enjoy driving over those "decommissioned" cats eyes that get left on roads - you know, the metal frame with no innards. There are some on the roads around Lucan, and some near the M50. Great for disturbing the contents of the bowels as you drive or slide over them, or just giving you that "WTF ?!" feeling when you're trying to navigate the road in the rain on a dark night
    Now imagine you are negotiating a curve on a motorbike.......:eek:

    Not your ornery onager



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