Sulky Racing on the N20

wingnut

Anyone witness this this morning? The N20 (national road linking Limerick and Cork) was cordoned off for Sulky racing. From one flyover to another with hundreds watching. Caught up all the morning traffic. Police were around but just ignored the actions. There was a flotilla for support cards videoing all the action!

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

It's ok the guards would have only intervened if it was decent people racing!! Typical.

JerryHandbag

WHAT THE ****?! What flyovers? The ones near Croom/Patrickswell I presume..

Birdie086

My boyfriend is from Croom and lives in the Patrickswell area, and I just asked him about it having seen this thread. He ways its a regular enough occurance, usually around 7 am.

And there was me worried about not paying the new Household charge/tax. One law for some and no laws for others.

savagecabbages

Heres one from last year:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3wt3YKnGI0

Red Neck Hughie

"It's ok the guards would have only intervened if it was decent people racing!! Typical."
" One law for some and no laws for others."

I missed both your complaints about the Guards escorting runners through the city on Wed or Thurs morning, and is there some law against horses/ponies on the road?
How bad if they were racing sulkies. Was someone delayed for 20 seconds?

savagecabbages

Red Neck Hughie wrote: »

"It's ok the guards would have only intervened if it was decent people racing!! Typical."
" One law for some and no laws for others."

I missed both your complaints about the Guards escorting runners through the city on Wed or Thurs morning, and is there some law against horses/ponies on the road?
How bad if they were racing sulkies. Was someone delayed for 20 seconds?

watch the video I posted from another event on the same road by the same "people". Its not so much what the sulkies + riders were doing, more the entourage breaking every road law known to man, and showing scant regard for other road users...

Red Neck Hughie

savagecabbages wrote: »

watch the video I posted from another event on the same road by the same "people". Its not so much what the sulkies + riders were doing, more the entourage breaking every road law known to man, and showing scant regard for other road users...

Ok you caught me I hadn't watched it, that was a little ridiculous. Considering some boyos from Nenagh were prosecuted using youtube videos the guards could and should take action here also.
Having said that is there not a simple way we could accommodate them? Close a road for a few minutes here and there? Then gently suggest they not drive 3 and 4 abreast, maybe nominate 1 camera car etc.

TEMPLAR KNIGHT

Red Neck Hughie wrote: »

"It's ok the guards would have only intervened if it was decent people racing!! Typical."
" One law for some and no laws for others."

I missed both your complaints about the Guards escorting runners through the city on Wed or Thurs morning, and is there some law against horses/ponies on the road?
How bad if they were racing sulkies. Was someone delayed for 20 seconds?

What I would really like to know is do these "people" have tax or insurance considering they use the roads and are a massive danger to road users. It's quite clear you have no experience with these "people" or you have never encountered a sulky, let alone a sulky race, while driving.

charlemont

That is one hilarious video, They really don't give a damn..
Not a bother on ya, Boss. :rolleyes:

Comhrá

(Quote by TEMPLAR KNIGHT)

What I would really like to know is do these "people" have tax or insurance considering they use the roads and are a massive danger to road users.

And I suppose they could use the Tunnel too for free if they so desire?? I mean, who'd stop them

touts

The guards havent the balls to take those boys on. If the racers are from one group in society the guard who stops them will be checking under his car every morning for a year while if they are from another group he will be up on charges for being a racist. Either way why would he bother when he is the only guard on duty for half the county and the government has slashed his pay to keep the Reichstag happy.

Best get used to it. As another 10 or 20 billion is asset stripped out of the nation through austerity and cutbacks in the next 5 years law and order will start to break down and these scumbags will become the dominant individuals in society. It will simply be a return to the centuries old tradition of the biggest thug in the area fighting and killing his way to being the Lord. But we wont have defaulted on our debts so Enda can hold his head high as he is flown off the roof of a burning government buildings.

Kess73

Red Neck Hughie wrote: »

Ok you caught me I hadn't watched it, that was a little ridiculous. Considering some boyos from Nenagh were prosecuted using youtube videos the guards could and should take action here also.
Having said that is there not a simple way we could accommodate them? Close a road for a few minutes here and there? Then gently suggest they not drive 3 and 4 abreast, maybe nominate 1 camera car etc.

So a public road should be closed off for motorists so that unlicensed racing can take place? So that illegal racing can take place on a public road? The road was actually blocked off on each end.

So that the traffic the bypass is meant to be taking gets funnelled into a small village instead?

Simple fact is what was been done was illegal and anyone seen breaking the law should be arrested. BS about "culture" does not and should not come into it. All that should matter is the law of the land in this case.Whether does that break the law are travellers or settled, that does not matter. The law gets broken, then they should be punished.

Clareman

This thread is descending into a debate on some cultures and motoring in Ireland, I would recommend starting a thread in the motoring section if you want to continue this topic of discussion, I don't think a regional forum is the place for it.