Driving Query

CatFromHue

Hi,

I was just wondering what are other people's opinions of this.

I was driving home today and crossed the Merrion Gates in Dublin heading South. For those not familiar with it see the below link.

http://maps.google.ie/maps?hl=en&ll=53.316337,-6.20502&spn=0.000779,0.002234&t=m&z=19&vpsrc=6&layer=c&cbll=53.316365,-6.20502&panoid=qI1e9M-oTZhMmcbZkv3Zjw&cbp=12,189.32,,0,8.86

I was turning left, as you have to once you cross the train tacks, and was near the section were the road narrows when a motor biker passed me on my outside. The road narrows to a single lane.

Is this bad driving on his part?

Woofstuff

Motorbikes overtake, undertake, middletake all the time.

Just keep an eye out for them. check your mirrors and all that!!

Anan1

As long as they did it safely I don't see any problem.

On a slight tangent, I hate it when cars chug down to the end of that slip road, stop, and then look around!

Marcusm

Anan1 wrote: »

As long as they did it safely I don't see any problem.

On a slight tangent, I hate it when cars chug down to the end of that slip road, stop, and then look around!

Fully agree withthe second part, the whole point of the slip road is to facilitate merging rather than turning in.

heate

There is a lot of hesitation there but in fairness the amount of twits pulling out on top of you it is not exactly a bad thing that some peope hesitate!

Del2005

As the others said, once done safely there's no issues.

The motorcyclist generally has a better view of the road and knows where they can fit safely, as they will always come out worst if they miss judge the gap.