Crazy overtaking on the R148

ScumLord

whisky_galore wrote: »

This driver appears to be able to see a third lane on this particular stretch of road.

In most other countries I've been able to travel through, on roads like that with verges people tend to use the verges to let faster cars through. We don't like being overtaken in this country. There are people who will make a point of making it as difficult as possible to let cars overtake them because they seem to feel everyone else should be doing 70kph as well.

In Ireland we have big variations between driving styles. We seem to have a fast camp and a slow camp, both camps hate each other and won't even entertain the other sides view. We're extremely inconsiderate drivers in every conceivable way. From the way we drive, to the way we use junctions to the way we park cars. How many times have you gone to the petrol station only to be blocked by someone who's just abandoned their car in an awkward spot to go into the shop? They're not even getting fuel but have decided to block entrance to the pumps.

bear1

ScumLord wrote: »

In most other countries I've been able to travel through, on roads like that with verges people tend to use the verges to let faster cars through. We don't like being overtaken in this country. There are people who will make a point of making it as difficult as possible to let cars overtake them because they seem to feel everyone else should be doing 70kph as well.

In Ireland we have big variations between driving styles. We seem to have a fast camp and a slow camp, both camps hate each other and won't even entertain the other sides view. We're extremely inconsiderate drivers in every conceivable way. From the way we drive, to the way we use junctions to the way we park cars. How many times have you gone to the petrol station only to be blocked by someone who's just abandoned their car in an awkward spot to go into the shop? They're not even getting fuel but have decided to block entrance to the pumps.

I'd agree with most of that.
Although, having driven and still am around Europe I can easily see how bad the habits in other countries are as well.
Italy for example... enough said.
Germany would be by far the best I've seen.
Poland, I've seen quite a lot of that type of overtake in PL.
The one thing I've noticed though are the bastards that go to the car wash at the petrol station, leave the car there and then go and buy the ticket so as the person who actually has the bloody ticket can't go first :mad:

Borat_Sagdiyev

BMJD wrote: »

What kind of deranged fool names a town "Kilcock" anyway?

The same deranged fool that names a place "Bangkok".

ScumLord

bear1 wrote: »

Although, having driven and still am around Europe I can easily see how bad the habits in other countries are as well.

I'm always astonished by the politeness of drivers in the UK. Their much more aware of the overall traffic situation and there really is a team effort from drivers to keep everything moving. At junctions where it's 50/50 on right of way they always take turns, on motorways you'll see a souped up honda civic make way for a truck. You just don't get that on Irish roads where it's every man for themselves even at their own detriment in the long run.

If I'm in slow moving traffic and a car on the other side of the road is trying to turn across my lane at a junction I'll always let them through because they're holding up traffic behind them but in front of me. Not letting that car through could mean I can't get out of a junction up ahead because cars are backed up behind the car I passed trying to turn off. That's the kind of awareness that eludes most Irish drivers. They'll just pull in front of the guy trying to turn and stare ahead trying to avoid eye contact because they know how much of a **** their being.

anncoates

Needs this soundtrack.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gsJ4pALlbEM

Pinch Flat

ScumLord wrote: »

I'm always astonished by the politeness of drivers in the UK. Their much more aware of the overall traffic situation and there really is a team effort from drivers to keep everything moving. At junctions where it's 50/50 on right of way they always take turns, on motorways you'll see a souped up honda civic make way for a truck. You just don't get that on Irish roads where it's every man for themselves even at their own detriment in the long run.

If I'm in slow moving traffic and a car on the other side of the road is trying to turn across my lane at a junction I'll always let them through because they're holding up traffic behind them but in front of me. Not letting that car through could mean I can't get out of a junction up ahead because cars are backed up behind the car I passed trying to turn off. That's the kind of awareness that eludes most Irish drivers. They'll just pull in front of the guy trying to turn and stare ahead trying to avoid eye contact because they know how much of a **** their being.

One thing we suffer from here is social immaturity on a mass scale. It can be the smallest thing.

When it comes to driving style, we are sh!te in most situations.

So last year I drove 1000km in a day from North to South France. Universally, drivers would pull in from the overtaking lane, or move out at junctions to allow traffic to merge - here people will speed up to stop you getting into the motorway that's moving at 120kph - wtf?

We drove on black Friday which is appently the busiest day when all the French schools break for summer. At major motorway junctions, they were indeed busy - but no fools trying to come up the inside to get two cars ahead or beeping at a solid lane of traffic or doing crazy three point turns to go the other way. People just accepted the situation and used their cop on to get through.

Also - swan necking? Wtf is the obsession here with it. So someone turns left at the lights and the driver behind takes a dramatic turn tight to get around them. Why not wait the one or two seconds it takes for the person in front to complete their turn rather than steaming into oncoming traffic?

We do have a funny attitude towards overtaking. So the other day I'm driving south bound on the m50 - Im overtaking a line of traffic then I indicate left to move back in. The bint behind me speeds up to stop me getting back in - mouthing something I could see in the mirror as well.