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120kph at Carrigtwohill westbound

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    #32
    Nikster
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭Nikster


    I've purposely driven over the slip road so I've physically seen a 120kph sign and am 100% sure that it's ok for me to drive at that speed


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    #33
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    People in yellow taking photos of the speed signs on the east bound slip road this morning.


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    #34
    Nikster
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭Nikster


    goldie fish wrote: »
    People in yellow taking photos of the speed signs on the east bound slip road this morning.
    Hopefully they are "actually" sorting it out so


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    #35
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Let's just hope they're not doing the same on the eastbound carriageway!


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    #36
    youneverknow
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭youneverknow


    lads a speed limit is not a target, if people keep on trying to hit the speed limit then accidents will happen, think about how ye are driving especially in bad weather


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    #37
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Yawn


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    #38
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    youneverknow wrote: »
    lads a speed limit is not a target, if people keep on trying to hit the speed limit then accidents will happen, think about how ye are driving especially in bad weather

    If the speed limit is 120km/h, the majority of vehicles are doing 110km/h and you are doing 80km/h, who is causing most danger?


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    #39
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Just ignore them, they're one of the trolls/nimbys from the Motors forum. They're not worth engaging with, as their complete ignorance of the actual content of the thread demonstrates.


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    #40
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    I bet they are a cyclist :)


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    #41
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Lets try and keep this thread on topic please


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    #42
    youneverknow
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭youneverknow


    goldie fish wrote: »
    If the speed limit is 120km/h, the majority of vehicles are doing 110km/h and you are doing 80km/h, who is causing most danger?

    the person that is driving too fast to cope with the unexpected


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    #43
    Nikster
    Registered Users Posts: 116 ✭✭Nikster


    youneverknow wrote: »
    goldie fish wrote: »
    If the speed limit is 120km/h, the majority of vehicles are doing 110km/h and you are doing 80km/h, who is causing most danger?

    the person that is driving too fast to cope with the unexpected

    I thought we were going to keep this on topic


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    #44
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Took em a whole week to come up with that genius reply.


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    #45
    youneverknow
    Registered Users Posts: 54 ✭✭youneverknow


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Took em a whole week to come up with that genius reply.

    I would'nt even lower myself:p


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    #46
    mp22
    Moderators, Business & Finance Moderators, Regional South Moderators Posts: 6,854 Mod ✭✭✭✭mp22


    Have we wandered into the wrong lane again?


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    #47
    mikeym
    Registered Users Posts: 3,985 ✭✭✭mikeym


    Its ridiculous because some people think its 100km/h and they travel in the fast lane not knowing they can do 120km/h which leads to overtaking on the inside lane.


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    #48
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    There's no "fast lane". It's the overtaking lane.


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    #49
    Blitzkrieger
    Registered Users Posts: 6,661 ✭✭✭Blitzkrieger


    For America but....

    190887.jpg


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    #50
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Anyone know what caused the hold up this morning? I was bikin it, pissed off thousands of car dwellers filtering thru them.


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    #51
    kierank01
    Registered Users Posts: 720 ✭✭✭kierank01


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Anyone know what caused the hold up this morning? I was bikin it, pissed off thousands of car dwellers filtering thru them.

    There was a 3 car pile up between the little island exit, and the tunnel.

    It must have happened very early, because two of the cars were spun right across the road, and would have collected more cars if it was busy.

    The guards had it down to one lane.


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    #52
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,557 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Anyone know what caused the hold up this morning? I was bikin it, pissed off thousands of car dwellers filtering thru them.

    It was a five car smash spread across all three lanes, with three cars very badly damaged. Happened just about 8; I passed just as the emergency services arrived. Given the location (between Little Island and the tunnel), my presumption is that the accident was likely due to some moron skipping down the queue for the tunnel and then stopping in the middle lane to try and get into the line. I see this horrifically dangerous practice there frequently (and at Kinsale Rd roundabout). Of course, this passed over the heads of all the idiot drivers who witnessed this yesterday as this morning there was again a hold up on all three lanes - due to people stopped in the middle lane trying to jump into the tunnel queue in the left lane.:rolleyes:

    Someone is going to get killed one of these days doing that.


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    #53
    goldie fish
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,195 ✭✭✭goldie fish


    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    It was a five car smash spread across all three lanes, with three cars very badly damaged. Happened just about 8; I passed just as the emergency services arrived. Given the location (between Little Island and the tunnel), my presumption is that the accident was likely due to some moron skipping down the queue for the tunnel and then stopping in the middle lane to try and get into the line. I see this horrifically dangerous practice there frequently (and at Kinsale Rd roundabout). Of course, this passed over the heads of all the idiot drivers who witnessed this yesterday as this morning there was again a hold up on all three lanes - due to people stopped in the middle lane trying to jump into the tunnel queue in the left lane.:rolleyes:

    Someone is going to get killed one of these days doing that.

    I was thinking the exact thing this morning. Morons.


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    #54
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,557 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    goldie fish wrote: »
    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    It was a five car smash spread across all three lanes, with three cars very badly damaged. Happened just about 8; I passed just as the emergency services arrived. Given the location (between Little Island and the tunnel), my presumption is that the accident was likely due to some moron skipping down the queue for the tunnel and then stopping in the middle lane to try and get into the line. I see this horrifically dangerous practice there frequently (and at Kinsale Rd roundabout). Of course, this passed over the heads of all the idiot drivers who witnessed this yesterday as this morning there was again a hold up on all three lanes - due to people stopped in the middle lane trying to jump into the tunnel queue in the left lane.:rolleyes:

    Someone is going to get killed one of these days doing that.

    I was thinking the exact thing this morning. Morons.
    Think there may have been a crash there again alright this morning as it took a friend an hour to get through. Speculating a bit now but it seems that the queues at the tunnel the last two days may be related to the council reducing the 'green light' time from the Midleton side to about five seconds. Intelligent!


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    #55
    Roanmore
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    Padraig Mor wrote: »
    my presumption is that the accident was likely due to some moron skipping down the queue for the tunnel and then stopping in the middle lane to try and get into the line. I see this horrifically dangerous practice there frequently (and at Kinsale Rd roundabout).

    See this the whole time on the other side of the carrigeway, people flying down the overtaking lane and then trying to cross over 2 lanes to head in to Midleton. Saw a guy one day actually stop in the overtaking lane trying to get into the Midleton exit as the traffic in the driving lane was so heavy. Only for the guys behind being so clued in it could have caused a pile up.


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    #56
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Carrig is the absolute worst for that, entire streams of idiots cruising in the overtaking lane all the way from Cork, diving across to Carrig at the last minute. The entire road clears after that junction, it's like every bad driver in Cork lives there.


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    #57
    deRanged
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    Don't forget the "merge to the overtaking lane", much the same thing in reverse. Most common on the exit from Cobh/Carrigtwohill.


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    #58
    goldie fish
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    dahamsta wrote: »
    Carrig is the absolute worst for that, entire streams of idiots cruising in the overtaking lane all the way from Cork, diving across to Carrig at the last minute. The entire road clears after that junction, it's like every bad driver in Cork lives there.

    To be fair now, they could be using that exit to get to cob-h....where all the worlds bad drivers live..


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    #59
    Padraig Mor
    Registered Users Posts: 9,557 ✭✭✭Padraig Mor


    goldie fish wrote: »
    To be fair now, they could be using that exit to get to cob-h....where all the worlds bad drivers live..

    Hoi! :mad::mad::pac:


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    #60
    -Corkie-
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    goldie fish wrote: »
    To be fair now, they could be using that exit to get to cob-h....where all the worlds bad drivers live..

    Especially the ones driving big Luxobarges....:pac:


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    #61
    dahamsta
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 16,659 ✭✭✭✭dahamsta


    Forgot about that.

    Still haven't heard anything back from the council. Sent a request for an update last Friday, no reply.


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