Take it easy out there

PFL

Hi Guys,

Crashed this evening travelling about 40 / 45km straight stretch of road. Car hit bad ice and spun, hit the raised ditch and up and over on the roof. Car is wrote off but thankfully nobody or me was injured - take it really easy out there guys - I thought I was taken it handy (100km zone) What I couldn't believe was the attending Garda believed the road hadn't been treated since the previous Friday - it's a national routeway :eek:

Testament1

PFL wrote: »

What I couldn't believe was the attending Garda believed the road hadn't been treated since the previous Friday - it's a national routeway :eek:

If thats true then thats pretty bloody scandalous. :mad:

homer90

Sorry for your troubles,

Have felt the car trying to step out a couple of time over the week (M50 early in the am ), aint a nice feeling.

mondeo

PFL wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Crashed this evening travelling about 40 / 45km straight stretch of road. Car hit bad ice and spun, hit the raised ditch and up and over on the roof. Car is wrote off but thankfully nobody or me was injured - take it really easy out there guys - I thought I was taken it handy (100km zone) What I couldn't believe was the attending Garda believed the road hadn't been treated since the previous Friday - it's a national routeway :eek:

I have to drive from Carlow to Dublin on Friday via the M9 and I'm nervous enough about it as it is.

Sorry about your misfortune, seen many in the ditches the past days

duckysauce

PFL wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Crashed this evening travelling about 40 / 45km straight stretch of road. Car hit bad ice and spun, hit the raised ditch and up and over on the roof. Car is wrote off but thankfully nobody or me was injured - take it really easy out there guys - I thought I was taken it handy (100km zone) What I couldn't believe was the attending Garda believed the road hadn't been treated since the previous Friday - it's a national routeway :eek:

jayus you are lucky was it on the n4 ?

PFL

Close - N61 between Boyle and Tulsk

Ardennes1944

i know this means nothing but i love cars, what car was it ?

duckysauce

PFL wrote: »

Close - N61 between Boyle and Tulsk

i drove that today going to castlerea area from boyle , f**king letal white knuckle driving all the way , the roads are pure ice and have never been gritted , hope you are ok.

Absurdum

mondeo wrote: »

I have to drive from Carlow to Dublin on Friday via the M9 and I'm nervous enough about it as it is.

Sorry about your misfortune, seen many in the ditches the past days

this was the M9 this morning

:eek:

PFL

Deutschlandfürimmer7 wrote: »

i know this means nothing but i love cars, what car was it ?

Toyota Avensis - a good car to have a crash in kept me safe

duckysauce wrote: »

i drove that today going to castlerea area from boyle , f**king letal white knuckle driving all the way , the roads are pure ice and have never been gritted , hope you are ok.

I'm shocked no gritting on the road it's main road from the West to Athlone and is classed as National secondary routeway - am okay was very lucky bit shocked had to climb out passenger window upside down.

mondeo

Absurdum wrote: »

this was the M9 this morning
:eek:

jaysus:(

fryup

mondeo wrote: »

I have to drive from Carlow to Dublin on Friday via the M9 and I'm nervous enough about it as it is.

there should be a thaw setting in by then

Voodoomelon

Can I ask what speed you were doing? Just so we can get an idea.

EDIT: Sorry, you said.

fryup

PFL wrote: »

Hi Guys,

Crashed this evening travelling about 40 / 45km straight stretch of road. Car hit bad ice and spun, hit the raised ditch and up and over on the roof.

on the roof - you must have got an awful fright!

were you doing a "shakin stevens" ?

Crackle

Sorry to hear about that. At least you're ok.

Fizman

I drove Limerick - Skibbereen - Limerick today to get a client out of a hole for tomorrow. I didn't get to leave until 12.30 too. Roughly 3 1/2 hr journey each way. Got home at 9. I'll sleep tonight!

Edit: I didn't literally have to get a client out of a hole.

v240gltse

good to hear you are ok, cars can be replaced people cannot

_Kaiser_

Absurdum wrote: »

this was the M9 this morning

:eek:

mondeo wrote: »

jaysus:(

The M3 has looked a lot like that for most of this/last week :mad:

PFL

fryup wrote: »

on the roof - you must have got an awful fright!

were you doing a "shakin stevens" ?

Ya was a bit surreal, lots of people stopped to help including the offer of tea and sandwiches. As bad a state the Country is in we are an unique caring people.

Fey!

Glad to hear that you're OK, OP, and that there were no injuries.

Peoples caring reactions after you've had an accident do help a lot, don't they?

vibe666

Kaiser2000 wrote: »

The M3 has looked a lot like that for most of this/last week :mad:

ditto on the M3, but worth mentioning that it probably wasn't the best/safest time for Absurdum to be taking a picture! living up to the username methinks :P

Anan1

PFL wrote: »

Ya was a bit surreal, lots of people stopped to help including the offer of tea and sandwiches. As bad a state the Country is in we are an unique caring people.

I've noticed that myself, the bad weather seems to be bringing out the best in people.

congo_90

homer90 wrote: »

Sorry for your troubles,

Have felt the car trying to step out a couple of time over the week (M50 early in the am ), aint a nice feeling.

its a horrible feeling. I had this while changing lanes on the m50. I've seen the service trucks on standby around the bridge which I see a lot of since back roads are just too dangerous because they were never gritted.

sorry to hear about your Car op. I hope people pay more attention now. seen a lot of tailgaters and general poor driving in what are defiantly conditions for taking care on the roads

Gary ITR

Anan1 wrote: »

I've noticed that myself, the bad weather seems to be bringing out the best in people.

I live in one of Dublin's many apartment complexes where nobody knows anybody, this week we've all been out pushing, shovelling and shoving each others cars and have all gotten to know each other. I even had a few pints with one of the neighbours on Saturday night


Glad to hear you're ok OP and no lasting damage done

Absurdum

vibe666 wrote: »

ditto on the M3, but worth mentioning that it probably wasn't the best/safest time for Absurdum to be taking a picture! living up to the username methinks :P

it's not my pic, someone posted it on twitter earlier

vibe666

Absurdum wrote: »

it's not my pic, someone posted it on twitter earlier

yeah, it could have been me! :pac:

(it wasn't, but it could have been. )