What Happened On Headford Road

apoeiguq3094y

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Think we're getting a bit off topic here folks...... don't see the relevance to "what happened on the headford rd" in the last few comments

bagels

apoeiguq3094y wrote: »

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Think we're getting a bit off topic here folks...... don't see the relevance to "what happened on the headford rd" in the last few comments

Fair point.
I'll withdraw from the discussion to enable it to stay on topic.

skelliser

The reason they closed the road for so long is because it was a hit and run.
Rumour has tho the gardai know who it is.

http://www.galwayindependent.com/local-news/local-news/woman-seriously-injured-in-terryland-collision/

Woman seriously injured in Terryland collision
Written by Declan Rooney
Wednesday, 15 September 2010

A woman in her 40s was in a serious condition in hospital last night after being hit by a vehicle on the Headford Road yesterday. The woman was crossing the road at the pedestrian crossing opposite Dunnes Stores at approximately 1.45pm when she was struck by a vehicle that failed to stop at the scene.

Gardaí rushed to the site of the collision before sealing off the scene for forensic investigation. The woman was rushed to University Hospital Galway, where she was admitted with “serious injuries”, according to a Garda spokesperson.

The route is one of the busiest in the city and traffic was extremely heavy over the following hours as the road remained closed.

Officers searching for the driver of the vehicle involved in the accident later arrested a man on suspicion of dangerous driving and held him at Mill Street Garda Station.

Mrs OBumble

skelliser wrote: »

Rumour has tho the gardai know who it is.

... and have questioned and released them: http://www.advertiser.ie/galway/article/30903

It kinda strikes me that there's more going on here than meets the eye. I have no idea what, but it might explain the very long road closure.

Xiney

snubbleste wrote: »

That road has 50kph limit so no one should be travelling so fast as to blink and miss the lights changing.

No it's true though - the amber at that light does seem very short. I'm rarely doing even 50kmph there because traffic is often so heavy - part of the problem is the fact that when there is a truck or a van in front of you the lights are so low that you don't see them until the truck/van has gone through. (And no, I don't tailgate)

Xiney

Also, if a road is closed and a gardai just seems to be standing there twiddling his/her thumbs, I doubt it's because they intend to inconvenience motorists on purpose.

They are probably waiting for something (a special piece of equipment to gather evidence) or someone (a specialist in the particular type of evidence they're dealing with)

Galway is too small a town to have everything that they could possibly need right on hand. So look at it this way:

1 hour = determining the evidence that needs to be further examined
2 hours = getting the equipment & personnel from (say) Dublin to Galway
2 hours = actually doing the work

You're at 5 hours already, there. I'm sure that everyone can agree that that is a more reasonable explanation for closing a road, rather than "deliberately inconveniencing motorists"

apoeiguq3094y

snubbleste wrote: »

That road has 50kph limit so no one should be travelling so fast as to blink and miss the lights changing.

Don't know if it has anything to do with this incident, but I have almost missed the lights a few times coming from dun na coiribe, as you end up paying attention to the traffic behind you and by the time you have merged out on the road you're at the lights.

blackcoat

bubbaloo wrote: »

I travelled up the Sean Mulvoy Road and as I said before the only Garda I saw was at the Headford Road, and she was nowhere near the entrance/exit Dun na Coiribe - she was at the edge of the roundabout. The Gardai may have been there after the incident at 2pm but at 5.30-6pm (PEAK traffic times on a normal day) they were nowhere to be seen. They have learnt absolutely nothing from previous instances and will learn nothing from yesterday because they don't give a c**p!

Wow..add this to a couple of your previous posts and its quite clear that your contempt for the Gardai (probably stemming from a previous encounter) is getting in the way of your ability to think logically about the situation at hand.

To summarise:
- The scene was closed because as we have learned it was in fact a crime scene and evidence needed to be collected. This involved waiting for the specialist Techincal Bureau to arrive (which was a problem due to uh, the traffic). If it was your mother or sister who had been hit would you want a thorough investigation or a rushed, incompetent job because ignorant motorists were becoming impatient?

- The Gardai do not design the roads and are not to blame because there wasn't a quicker 'escape route' for you to rush out of the city to what was obviously a massively important engagement.

- This accident was very unfortunate and in terms of traffic it couldnt have happened at a worse time. It was probably caused by your typical aggressive motorist who uses his own rules of the road.


Your attitude here is an excellent example of the warped attitude of so many Irish motorists have which is exactly why there are so many road deaths.
A woman was knocked down in a 'hit-and-run' and seriously injured. Rather than accept that these things happen and just deal with it calmly, ou elected to get in a 'massive row' with the gardai, let road rage take controla and here you are after it all still ranting and looking for someone to blame.

Nobody likes traffic but this was an isolated incident and while it was not nice to be caught up in it - it happens. Live with it and for your own sake - calm down on the roads.

UPCurley

However inconvenient it was for all of us. At least we eventually got home to our familys. Just imagine what a bad day that woman and her family had. I'm sure they wish they were held up for hours in traffic, that would have been a great outcome for them. Accidants happen so fast and change lives forever. We should be grateful that we have another lovely day with our health.