What annoys you while driving our roads

hoodie6029

corktina wrote: »

"If the fast lane is closed up ahead, then merge lanes NOW, don't skip ahead to the end because I won't let you in then buddy. Stick ur merc up ur hole"

Have to disagree and nominate you as part of the trouble....zip merging its called....the cars reaching the pinch point merge in turn to form a single lane...if you form a single lane miles before the pinch point, you are just making the queue longer and in danger of causing congestion at some point back down the road.

+1. If both lanes are open, use them.

BostonB

No one lets you out at junctions anymore. You've got to force your way out almost everywhere.
No cops around to enforce anything.
Queue jumpers. Tailgaters.
Buses who pull out with no warning.
Pedestrians who can't cross a road safely.

bongi69

This is available from any good book store, should you not have the funds to purchase a reasonable sat nav.

Next time you are going somewhere you're not too sure is at, look at it BEFORE you leave to get a good idea of where you are going. Don't go along at 30KMH on a national road looking from side to side for signs, and take a turn off 4km down the road after passing 3-4 exits

Its simple, if you need to turn off onto the R123, you look to see what the turn before it is for, and its for the R456. So when you get to the R456 turn you know your's is next. Its even easier on motorways. If you wanna go to Ikea its Exit 4, so when you get to exit 5, move into the driving lane and get ready to exit. Simples. Basic navigation should be part of the test

And yes, I did make my 1st visit to that symbol of swedish finery on Friday. C*ck in a merc flew over from inside lane across 3 lanes of traffic into the slip lane, right infront of me just before the exit, and was infornt of me all the way to the car park, with a few frantic lane changes inbetween. The girlfriend had to hold me back from going over and socking the idiot

teednab-el

ok in no particular order.

people who have no patience.

It drives me mad. I was pulling out of a junction once and there were cars approaching so I had no chance of pulling out. The guy behind me starting beeping his horn violently. I got so mad and knowing I have a solid hitch on the back of my car I was tempted to put my car in reverse, revs down and make s**t of your mans car but I know Im smarter than that.

people that drive 4x4's / SUV's for luxury.

Unless you intend to use them for work purposes (i.e pulling trailers or loads or need them offroad) then there should be absolute no need for them on our roads.

people that drive with mobile phone held up to their ears.

people who drink drive.

People who drive with defective headlights.

People who tailgate.

Boy racers and modified cars.

Sunday drivers.

Road markings that are faded and impossible to see.

Roads that dont have catseyes.

Roads that are poorly repaired.

Potholes and how the council are not liable to pay if you damage your car while using the road.

Mini roundabouts.

Slow moving vehicles that block up the whole road by not pulling in off the road when they get a chance and then there is a huge queue of cars behind the vehicle.

Foreign drivers who dont display tax disk or insurance.

bongi69

teednab-el wrote: »

Foreign drivers who dont display tax disk or insurance.

Little bit off topic, but a few years ago family from The Netherlands got the boat over to spend a few weeks driving round Ireland. Took some holidays and went with them for the crack. I was driving the car on the N9 (fully insured mind you, I checked, and the car had Dutch tax, and NCT equivalent.) Was pulled by plod at a checkpoint who wasn't too happy when he saw my (full) Irish licence. They wanted to charge me with having no valid Irish tax and insurance, and whatever else. I had to get a letter from my own insurer to clarify I was covered to drive the car, and my aunt had to get an affidavit signed and witnessed by her local police station that the car was normally resident in Holland, and that they were just on holidays. Had to take this to Thomastown garda station (about 100 miles from where I live), to get it all sorted. Didn't help that her police station had written the statement in dutch:p

However, foreign drivers who are actually living here and ahve their cars here, apparently above the law really annoys me

corktina

bongi69 wrote: »

Little bit off topic, but a few years ago family from The Netherlands got the boat over to spend a few weeks driving round Ireland. Took some holidays and went with them for the crack. I was driving the car on the N9 (fully insured mind you, I checked, and the car had Dutch tax, and NCT equivalent.) Was pulled by plod at a checkpoint who wasn't too happy when he saw my (full) Irish licence. They wanted to charge me with having no valid Irish tax and insurance, and whatever else. I had to get a letter from my own insurer to clarify I was covered to drive the car, and my aunt had to get an affidavit signed and witnessed by her local police station that the car was normally resident in Holland, and that they were just on holidays. Had to take this to Thomastown garda station (about 100 miles from where I live), to get it all sorted. Didn't help that her police station had written the statement in dutch:p

However, foreign drivers who are actually living here and ahve their cars here, apparently above the law really annoys me

It is against the law for any foreign registered car to be driven in this country by an Irish resident.you were lucky to get off.

blastman

corktina wrote: »

Have to disagree and nominate you as part of the trouble....zip merging its called....the cars reaching the pinch point merge in turn to form a single lane...if you form a single lane miles before the pinch point, you are just making the queue longer and in danger of causing congestion at some point back down the road.

hoodie6029 wrote: »

+1. If both lanes are open, use them.

While I'm all in favour of zip-merging (although Irish drivers, as usual, are clueless on the subject, generally), I disagree in these circumstances. If you are given early warning that a lane is closed up ahead, traffic will flow better if you change lanes before you come to the pinch point, as no-one has to slow down to check that they are being let in or slow down to let someone in. This is assuming traffic is light enough to still move freely. In the event that traffic has built up and is stopped anyway, then both lanes should be used. It only takes one or two bargers to cause traffic to stop and create this scenario in most cases.

Of course, the likelihood of proper signage and early warning of lane closure is minimal anyway.....

Cionád

blastman wrote: »

While I'm all in favour of zip-merging (although Irish drivers, as usual, are clueless on the subject, generally), I disagree in these circumstances. If you are given early warning that a lane is closed up ahead, traffic will flow better if you change lanes before you come to the pinch point, as no-one has to slow down to check that they are being let in or slow down to let someone in. This is assuming traffic is light enough to still move freely. In the event that traffic has built up and is stopped anyway, then both lanes should be used. It only takes one or two bargers to cause traffic to stop and create this scenario in most cases.

+1 Driving up the north a good bit these days and on the A1 where the road goes from 2-> 1 lane for roadworks everyone merges into the left lane within 400-600 metres of the lane closure, works very well. You get the odd southern-reg newbie who skips the whole queue though

ocokev

People who approach green traffic lights and get slower and slower almost waiting for them to change to red.
Same foke doing 50kmph on country roads then when the get to town increase speed to 60-70kpmh.

The Nutty M

BostonB wrote: »

No one lets you out at junctions anymore. You've got to force your way out almost everywhere.

Buses who pull out with no warning.

Those 2 are the same problem,buses or trucks or anything large find it hard to get across or onto a road so you simply have to barge out for want of a better word.The man that lets you out to cross the road but keeps inching forward closing the space to swing around is as big an idiot as the one who wont even dream of letting you out in the first place. :mad:

slimjimmc

ocokev wrote: »

People who approach green traffic lights and get slower and slower almost waiting for them to change to red.
Same foke doing 50kmph on country roads then when the get to town increase speed to 60-70kpmh.

They probably don't expect to meet one of these around town.