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Freshly laid tarmac and rain ...whoah !

  • 19-08-2009 10:25am
    #1
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭


    Despite the recession, Sligo CoCo must have found a wad of money somewhere. Yesterday they we re-tarring a badly pitted stretch of road on my daily commute. They didn't quite finish it and only got as far as the second last stage ...the really smooth layer before they put on the final rough coat of chippings and the line paint.

    Anyway, last night and this morning it rained and driving on the new stretch this morning was some experience. The whole road surface was covered in an oily film (in rainbow colours :D) of fresh tar juices and rainwater ...it was like an ice rink. Despite the 70 miserly horsepower of my van, I actually managed to get wheelspin on an uphill stretch :eek:

    Wouldn't want to be on a bike there this morning.


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  • #2
    biko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 81,220 ✭✭✭✭biko


    This is your chance to feel what it's like driving in Sweden in the wintertime ;)
    Some people can't get up slopes or even their own driveways.


  • #3
    robbie99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,261 ✭✭✭robbie99


    peasant wrote: »
    They didn't quite finish it and only got as far as the second last stage

    Isn't that what caused the school bus to skid, overturn and kill 5 schoolgirls a few years back :mad:. Should they have allowed the road to re-open in that condition?


  • #4
    mike65
    Closed Accounts Posts: 88,972 ✭✭✭✭mike65


    Yep, were there any warnings peasant?


  • #5
    peasant
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 17,819 ✭✭✭✭peasant


    just the ordinary roadworks warnings ...nothing about speed limits or temporary surface or anything like that.


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