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namloc1980 wrote: »Unfortunately because dual carriageways/motorways are relatively new to Ireland, Irish people haven't a clue how to drive on them: like you always see some dude crawling along at 70km/h in the overtaking lane and simply refusing to move over for other drivers forcing others to go around him in the driving lane. Another beaut is those who refuse to move out to allow people to merge at junctions. All these things cause accidents.
True, the standard of driving here is shocking. Rights of way, red lights, lane discipline, braking distances, pedestrian crossings, all seem to be optional here. Don't get me started on the free for all that are roundabouts.
What really burns my balls is the number of f***wits that drive around with their front foglights on all the time. I even saw a police traffic car doin this last week ffs. If yr car is so sh*t that you think foglights enhance the look, you're just advertising you have a sh*t car and/or yr advertising that yr so shallow/inconsiderate/retarded that this kinda thing matters, maybe cause you have a tiny penis and yr brains in it.
Almost as bad are the f***tards who sit on their brake lights when stopped, or the dumbasses who think they have right of way when filtering onto a main road/motorway.
Its enough to make you weep.
Rant over
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True, the standard of driving here is shocking. Rights of way, red lights, lane discipline, braking distances, pedestrian crossings, all seem to be optional here. Don't get me started on the free for all that are roundabouts.
What really burns my balls is the number of f***wits that drive around with their front foglights on all the time. I even saw a police traffic car doin this last week ffs. If yr car is so sh*t that you think foglights enhance the look, you're just advertising you have a sh*t car and/or yr advertising that yr so shallow/inconsiderate/retarded that this kinda thing matters, maybe cause you have a tiny penis and yr brains in it.
Almost as bad are the f***tards who sit on their brake lights when stopped, or the dumbasses who think they have right of way when filtering onto a main road/motorway.
Its enough to make you weep.
Rant over
maybe they have automatic lights fella? ever think of that?
if its a dim morning, they will come on0 -
maybe they have automatic lights fella? ever think of that?
if its a dim morning, they will come on
Automatic foglights???? Which car maker fits those?
If they were automatic, wouldn't they 'automatically'
switch off again? Ever think of that?
Either way, doesn't excuse drivers from not having the
correct lights on, for the conditions. In fact, its illegal.
(see Road Traffic Act)
Its thoughtless, lazy and unsafe.....oh hang on a mo,
that sums up driving here!
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Automatic foglights???? Which car maker fits those?
If they were automatic, wouldn't they 'automatically'
switch off again? Ever think of that?
Either way, doesn't excuse drivers from not having the
correct lights on, for the conditions. In fact, its illegal.
(see Road Traffic Act)
Its thoughtless, lazy and unsafe.....oh hang on a mo,
that sums up driving here!
yes when it brightens up, or the mist or fog lifts they would
please use your noggin here, or else start looking to upgrade your 1995 fiesta for something more modern
your rant is fair enough but spouting a load of incoherent ramblings about small penis's et al is nausiating, you sound like a right loony :eek:0 -
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When you pull up to the lights do you not put your foot on the brakes and keep it there until the lights change?
Fair point.....answer is no. I read somewhere keeping an auto in drive often when stationary isn't good for the gearbox or other components. May or may not be true, but given the price of Jeep parts, I ain't risking it
With an auto, its no more difficult to put it in neutral and put the handbrake on, which I do on a slope if theres a vehicle behind me. On a flat surface, I just sit in neutral.0 -
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Fair point.....answer is no. I read somewhere keeping an auto in drive often when stationary isn't good for the gearbox or other components. May or may not be true, but given the price of Jeep parts, I ain't risking it
With an auto, its no more difficult to put it in neutral and put the handbrake on, which I do on a slope if theres a vehicle behind me. On a flat surface, I just sit in neutral.
I think your right about keeping it in drive when stationary but I believe your supposed to put it in to park instead of neutral with the handbrake on.0 -
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What burns my balls is the kind of people like youTrue, the standard of driving here is shocking. Rights of way, red lights, lane discipline, braking distances, pedestrian crossings, all seem to be optional here. Don't get me started on the free for all that are roundabouts.
What really burns my balls is the number of f***wits that drive around with their front foglights on all the time. I even saw a police traffic car doin this last week ffs. If yr car is so sh*t that you think foglights enhance the look, you're just advertising you have a sh*t car and/or yr advertising that yr so shallow/inconsiderate/retarded that this kinda thing matters, maybe cause you have a tiny penis and yr brains in it.
Almost as bad are the f***tards who sit on their brake lights when stopped, or the dumbasses who think they have right of way when filtering onto a main road/motorway.
Its enough to make you weep.
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True, the standard of driving here is shocking. Rights of way, red lights, lane discipline, braking distances, pedestrian crossings, all seem to be optional here. Don't get me started on the free for all that are roundabouts.
What really burns my balls is the number of f***wits that drive around with their front foglights on all the time. I even saw a police traffic car doin this last week ffs. If yr car is so sh*t that you think foglights enhance the look, you're just advertising you have a sh*t car and/or yr advertising that yr so shallow/inconsiderate/retarded that this kinda thing matters, maybe cause you have a tiny penis and yr brains in it.
Almost as bad are the f***tards who sit on their brake lights when stopped, or ...
Its enough to make you weep.
Rant over
I'd agree with you on the fog-lights, but it's impossible not to use your footbrake at traffic lights if you're driving an automatic car and there are a lot more of them around than you'd think, particularly with the growing popularity of the Toyota Prius etc.
On another note, I had a flat tyre a few weeks ago and was stuck on the side of the M8 just on the way into the Dunkettle roundabout.
We were pulled over safely, hazards on, Warning Triangle etc but we had no choice except to call out the AA as the nuts would not come off the wheel even when jumping up and down on the wheel brace (the usual user-friendly over-tightened by machine thing).
Anyway, while we were stopped there was a minor accident in the fast lane, nobody was injured but someone lost control and was stuck on the dividing barrier.
The Gardai were on the scene really quickly, like within about 3 mins of the accident happening but, I was really horrified at a few things.
1) The Gardai didn't have the equipment to properly close the fast lane i.e. it needed a few signs put ahead of it for about 1km warning that the lane was closed and then cones. Instead it was just a few of those flashing blue lights they drop on the road.
In my view, that put the Gardai's lives at risk and they really should have the necessary equipment and training to properly close a lane in a situation like that.
2) People were driving WAY WAY WAY too close to each other there were at least 50 near misses as people ploughed into the closed lane at at least 150km/h and the person behind them was ridiculously close.
I was amazed that there wasn't a pile up.
They have to start enforcing rules on tail gating, they are enforced elsewhere. in fact, in parts of France there are cameras on the motorways which register your number plate if you drive too close.
It should carry 3 penalty points if you're caught tail gating. It's more dangerous than speeding on a motorway.
Likewise, driving in the over taking lane should carry penalty points e.g. perhaps 1 or 2 points.
and the Garda Traffic Corps, for the sake of safety on the road and for the sake of their own safety need to be properly equipped and properly trained to deal with motorway incidents.
They can't just do this half-assed approach, someone, most-likely a Garda is going to get killed one of these days.0 -
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is it my wacky thinking or has this thread drawn in the super confident/arrogant/ eejits who think they know it all and own the roads
these people seem to me that THEY are more of a hazzard on the roads with their attitudes
id hate to ever be in front of you and press the brake pedal at mahon point as im in stop start traffic waiting for badly initiated traffic lights, it sounds like you're on the verge of climbing out the window of your car with a big vein bulging on your forehead with a rules of the road handbook in your pocket
brake lights causing eye strain? are you actually for real? sheldon is that you? 0 -
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id hate to ever be in front of you and press the brake pedal at mahon point as im in stop start traffic waiting for badly initiated traffic lights, it sounds like you're on the verge of climbing out the window of your car with a big vein bulging on your forehead with a rules of the road handbook in your pocket
brake lights causing eye strain? are you actually for real? sheldon is that you?
BArra I think your quite selfish and self involved,the next time you are in stop start traffic you need to get out your emergency brake light suppressing glasses and give them to the driver behind you.0 -
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I'd agree with you on the fog-lights, but it's impossible not to use your footbrake at traffic lights if you're driving an automatic car and there are a lot more of them around than you'd think, particularly with the growing popularity of the Toyota Prius etc.
On another note, I had a flat tyre a few weeks ago and was stuck on the side of the M8 just on the way into the Dunkettle roundabout.
We were pulled over safely, hazards on, Warning Triangle etc but we had no choice except to call out the AA as the nuts would not come off the wheel even when jumping up and down on the wheel brace (the usual user-friendly over-tightened by machine thing).
Anyway, while we were stopped there was a minor accident in the fast lane, nobody was injured but someone lost control and was stuck on the dividing barrier.
The Gardai were on the scene really quickly, like within about 3 mins of the accident happening but, I was really horrified at a few things.
1) The Gardai didn't have the equipment to properly close the fast lane i.e. it needed a few signs put ahead of it for about 1km warning that the lane was closed and then cones. Instead it was just a few of those flashing blue lights they drop on the road.
In my view, that put the Gardai's lives at risk and they really should have the necessary equipment and training to properly close a lane in a situation like that.
2) People were driving WAY WAY WAY too close to each other there were at least 50 near misses as people ploughed into the closed lane at at least 150km/h and the person behind them was ridiculously close.
I was amazed that there wasn't a pile up.
They have to start enforcing rules on tail gating, they are enforced elsewhere. in fact, in parts of France there are cameras on the motorways which register your number plate if you drive too close.
It should carry 3 penalty points if you're caught tail gating. It's more dangerous than speeding on a motorway.
Likewise, driving in the over taking lane should carry penalty points e.g. perhaps 1 or 2 points.
and the Garda Traffic Corps, for the sake of safety on the road and for the sake of their own safety need to be properly equipped and properly trained to deal with motorway incidents.
They can't just do this half-assed approach, someone, most-likely a Garda is going to get killed one of these days.
Completely agree with you. A few weeks back Gards pulled over a transit on the on-ramp of the south link at the magic roundabout headin for the tunnel, when only 100 yds ahead there is a hard shoulder. Caused a long tail back ONTO the roundabout, rubber neckers driving at walking pace on the on-ramp and lotsa confused and hazardous driving cause one lane was blocked. Bout a week/ten days ago (maybe more) I wasn't surprised when I heard someone had hit a stationary garda car that had pulled over a vehicle on a main road.
Yr right about tail gating....happened to me only last night on the airport road. Concerns me too cause even though I drive a 4x4, because its a 4x4 with ABS etc it'll probably out break most other vehicles.
Long time ago I heard a head of a traffic branch overseas interviewed about every day driving and his advice was and how he drove off duty was 'assuming other drivers are homicidal and bent on killing you'. Graphic perhaps, but no one will persuade me he wasn't right and defensive/progressive driving is the best way to drive, esp in this country.
Whats wrong with having a harmless rant on somewhere like boards?
We're lucky we live in a country where free speech is allowed.
On the subject of break lights when stopped......seems to me the intensity of break lights is not dissimilar to fog lights, yet few drivers seem to think driving with rear fogs on at all times is thoughtful of others, nor are they treated as a fashion accessory.
Disagree with you on using 'park' at red lights. Takes about a second to slip it into park and the same into drive, when the light turns green. Honestly don't see the problem.0 -
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It's actually not practical to do that in certain cars, if you put the Prius into Park for example, it won't come out of Park again unless you press the foot brake and change into drive. If you wait for more the a few moments in park it also sets off an alarm to alert you that the foot-operated hand-brake is not engaged and that the keys are still in the ignition!
Incidentally, it's actually illegal to put your car in park at traffic lights in most of the USA. You are required to show your brake lights when stopped at an obstruction (including a stop sign or traffic signals). Technically speaking, you should keep your foot brake depressed even with the handbrake on in a manual car there too!
I discovered this the hard-way by getting a ticket in NY.
Was taken out of the car, license demanded, guns waved at me etc etc..
The cop's attitude was 'what if a car went into the back of you?!' 'you weren't showing your brake lights to alert on-coming traffic that you were stopped. If you are broken down, you apply your 'blinkers' (hazard warners)'
Such a warm and welcoming country !!
I would be *FAR* more concerned about a car not knowing that I was stopped/stopping because the rear fogs were outshining the brake lights.
Cars should by default, disable fog-lights each time they're started. I think many drivers, particularly in older cars that had switches rather than electronics just don't realise they're on at all.
Then again, some drivers don't even realise that they're driving from what I can see!
Lord! Never knew that about driving in the U.S and I used to live there!
Yeh, get your point about having to depress the footbrake to switch from Park. Every auto I've driven going back 25 yrs has that feature and so has my Jeep, but to my mind, depressing the brake pedal, instead of a clutch pedal to select Drive, takes only fractionally longer than staying in Neutral or Drive with yr foot on the brake. Personally I'd choose not to dazzle the driver behind me, but maybe I'm too soft 0 -
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