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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I see there's alot of new speed vans out around the place. So tell me what's the the worst thing for you in regards this. For me it's when you're driving along sticking to the limit religious 50/60 then everyone is going outrageous speeds passing you out lol. Dicuss your pet hates in relation to this topic. |
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By *oo32Man
over a year ago
tipperary |
"Fast lane drivers policing the lane sticking to the limit, motherf#$kers drive me crazy , #getoutofthelane .... It's a passing lane !!!!!! "
Maybe not wanting to get a fine a points for speeding....  |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
Drivers with southern VRN plates who hog the outside overtaking lane, when they come of the border.
Frankly, the overall quality of driving is evidentially significantly lower than in the north; the rates if driving related deaths, serious injuries and accidents is statistically higher.
Southern drivers carry out much riskier and more dangerous manoeuvers, such as overtaking on blind corners, driving at speeds unsuited to road conditions and overtaking long lines of traffic.
The driving skills of very young drivers is evidenced by the number of single driver accidents where the youthful driver is killed.
The situation will improve, but gradually over the next decade.
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"Fast lane drivers policing the lane sticking to the limit, motherf#$kers drive me crazy , #getoutofthelane .... It's a passing lane !!!!!! "
No such thing as a fast lane.....its an overtaking lane |
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I was stuck behind a slow driver for 15 km yesterday, driving at 40km. He slowed down going up hills, braked at every bend, while conducting an animated conversation with his passenger. Frustrating |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Got to be for me people doing 50/60 km along safe roads and all of a sudden they see a straight bit of road they speed up just to make sure you can get past. Drives me nuts. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Fast lane drivers policing the lane sticking to the limit, motherf#$kers drive me crazy , #getoutofthelane .... It's a passing lane !!!!!! "
Regardless of it being a passing lane you shouldn’t break the speed limit even if you’re over taking. I break the limit too when I over take but it’s a bit dumb to get annoyed at somebody for doing nothing wrong haha |
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By *og-ManMan
over a year ago
somewhere |
People doing 80kph on The M50
People staying in the middle lane on any motorway
Drivers that refuse to move over to the hard shoulder on a decent stretch of road so that you can't overtake safely |
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By *oghunter33Woman
over a year ago
on the hill NordWest of |
Idiots driving with an 80km on a boreen where two cars cannot even cross. Absolutely insane.
I'm aware those roads have an assigned speed limit of 80km - assigned by some civil servant on his/her desk without taking the road layout into consideration.
Go mall on boreens!  |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Drivers with southern VRN plates who hog the outside overtaking lane, when they come of the border.
Frankly, the overall quality of driving is evidentially significantly lower than in the north; the rates if driving related deaths, serious injuries and accidents is statistically higher.
Southern drivers carry out much riskier and more dangerous manoeuvers, such as overtaking on blind corners, driving at speeds unsuited to road conditions and overtaking long lines of traffic.
The driving skills of very young drivers is evidenced by the number of single driver accidents where the youthful driver is killed.
The situation will improve, but gradually over the next decade.
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Absolute rubbish if I've ever heard it I've driven North of the border and I find I'm not even given a chance to overtake when I have some arsehole on top of me flashing lights, an overtaking lane is for overtaking and overtaking takes time if the manouver is to be performed correctly, something people in the 6 counties cannot seem to fathom and to mention spending I drive the M1 from the border to Dublin most days and virtually every speeding vehicle has a yellow reg and I'm not talking about speeding I'm talking about driving as fast as the car will allow them, I drive at 110kmph... The speed limit is 120,,every minute I'm left sitting almost as if I'm standing still by a northern / UK reg, they have zero respect for our speed limits and the sooner we get those average speed cameras like the ones in Scotland the better to sort out smart alecs from the 6 counties who think public roads are a racetrack  |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"Fast lane drivers policing the lane sticking to the limit, motherf#$kers drive me crazy , #getoutofthelane .... It's a passing lane !!!!!!
Regardless of it being a passing lane you shouldn’t break the speed limit even if you’re over taking. I break the limit too when I over take but it’s a bit dumb to get annoyed at somebody for doing nothing wrong haha"
The are going wrong if breaking the limit overtaking which is the same limit for both lanes, i think that's what he is getting at. So both lanes are 60km and the others are going 100km plus in the overtaking lane. |
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By *indenMan
over a year ago
Naas which is South West of Dublin |
"Idiots driving with an 80km on a boreen where two cars cannot even cross. Absolutely insane.
I'm aware those roads have an assigned speed limit of 80km - assigned by some civil servant on his/her desk without taking the road layout into consideration.
Go mall on boreens! "
People think the 80km is a target….. |
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For me its lane hogging and stopping at roundabouts, even though there is no other car in sight.
If stopped for speeding,just tell the Garda your on the way to Centra for a chicken roll, they will understand fully |
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I (Dirk) always have this bad habit when I cross the border into the South. I tend to just floor it after the border crossing until I get to where I'm going. I see 120km/h and I treat it as 120miles/h.
Although on my last trip I was saved from the guards twice as I got stuck behind someone in the outside lane doing 120km/h. He obviously knew where they where sitting. Although with the price of fuel too now I can no longer afford to sit at 180km/h  |
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I have seen many many crazy things, couldn't begin to list them all. Most recently the cannon run, waterford to dungarvan Road.....insane speeds and insanely dangerous overtakes against oncoming traffic |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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"I have seen many many crazy things, couldn't begin to list them all. Most recently the cannon run, waterford to dungarvan Road.....insane speeds and insanely dangerous overtakes against oncoming traffic "
There's one going on that road. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Middle lane drivers…..aaaggghhhhhrrrrhhhh!!!
Inconsistent speeds on back roads, hard braking for every slight bend and every time a car passes the opposite direction then accelerating away when they notice you close i their rear view! |
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"Drivers with southern VRN plates who hog the outside overtaking lane, when they come of the border.
Frankly, the overall quality of driving is evidentially significantly lower than in the north; the rates if driving related deaths, serious injuries and accidents is statistically higher.
Southern drivers carry out much riskier and more dangerous manoeuvers, such as overtaking on blind corners, driving at speeds unsuited to road conditions and overtaking long lines of traffic.
The driving skills of very young drivers is evidenced by the number of single driver accidents where the youthful driver is killed.
The situation will improve, but gradually over the next decade.
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As a neutral from Scotland, I do get the point your making. However I think standards in general are just worse, I passed my test and built up my experience back home and though the driving level here was bad when I came over but it’s slipping back home too.
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"Drivers with southern VRN plates who hog the outside overtaking lane, when they come of the border.
Frankly, the overall quality of driving is evidentially significantly lower than in the north; the rates if driving related deaths, serious injuries and accidents is statistically higher.
Southern drivers carry out much riskier and more dangerous manoeuvers, such as overtaking on blind corners, driving at speeds unsuited to road conditions and overtaking long lines of traffic.
The driving skills of very young drivers is evidenced by the number of single driver accidents where the youthful driver is killed.
The situation will improve, but gradually over the next decade.
Absolute rubbish if I've ever heard it I've driven North of the border and I find I'm not even given a chance to overtake when I have some arsehole on top of me flashing lights, an overtaking lane is for overtaking and overtaking takes time if the manouver is to be performed correctly, something people in the 6 counties cannot seem to fathom and to mention spending I drive the M1 from the border to Dublin most days and virtually every speeding vehicle has a yellow reg and I'm not talking about speeding I'm talking about driving as fast as the car will allow them, I drive at 110kmph... The speed limit is 120,,every minute I'm left sitting almost as if I'm standing still by a northern / UK reg, they have zero respect for our speed limits and the sooner we get those average speed cameras like the ones in Scotland the better to sort out smart alecs from the 6 counties who think public roads are a racetrack "
Everyone is Scotland hates them as they cannot speed. Everytime we go home I easily see plenty spending on through them, I guess it’s a case of it will deter the majority. |
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"Middle lane drivers…..aaaggghhhhhrrrrhhhh!!!
Inconsistent speeds on back roads, hard braking for every slight bend and every time a car passes the opposite direction then accelerating away when they notice you close i their rear view! "
I agree with the braking when people pass them, I don’t get why you would. The speeding up part is most likely ensuring they create a two second/length gap between you and them for their safety if your right behind them. |
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Apart from the middle lane hoggers.
The worst type of motorway driver will do 120 consistently in the left lane for ages, but as soon as they have to overtake a truck, they will slow down to 100. Then speed up again after passing.
WHY? |
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By *ubal1Man
over a year ago
Newry Down |
The crucial statistical evidence of appalling driving standards, south if the border, is the high number of single vehicle accidents very late at night usually involving the death of a single occupant or a young driver and passenger.
The persons I feel for are the parents who receive devastating news from the Gardai into middle of the night.
Those parents' lives are destroyed forever; and it cannot be an easy task for the Gardai.
The solution: rigorous driver training, a stringent test, and a nightly driving curfew for the first two years after passing the driving test. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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Driving lessons should be taught in our schools, first car should be nothing bigger than a 1.2 engine , the speed limits on roads should be adjust to the actual road layout etc not whether its local, national or regional, |
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Unfortunately a number of single car/single occupant fatalities are young drivers, usually male, taking their own lives. I am from a small town and I can think of 3 accidents here over the years where this was the case. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"Unfortunately a number of single car/single occupant fatalities are young drivers, usually male, taking their own lives. I am from a small town and I can think of 3 accidents here over the years where this was the case. "
Exactly. I do not know how but they should not be included in the statistics as "accidents" because sadly they are anything but. |
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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago
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I think there should be more zone signs in certain areas because i have often been driving along looking for signs thinking what zone is this. They change one into the other so quickly sometimes aswell and sometimes it's kind of a case of why is this changing especially on main link roads. |
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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago
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"The crucial statistical evidence of appalling driving standards, south if the border, is the high number of single vehicle accidents very late at night usually involving the death of a single occupant or a young driver and passenger.
The persons I feel for are the parents who receive devastating news from the Gardai into middle of the night.
Those parents' lives are destroyed forever; and it cannot be an easy task for the Gardai.
The solution: rigorous driver training, a stringent test, and a nightly driving curfew for the first two years after passing the driving test."
Can you provide evidence to back up these statistics, perhaps a link or is this just hyperbole?? |
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By *ermbiMan
over a year ago
Ballyshannon |
"Driving lessons should be taught in our schools, first car should be nothing bigger than a 1.2 engine , the speed limits on roads should be adjust to the actual road layout etc not whether its local, national or regional,"
Don't agree that schools should provide driving lessons. Schools are not the fix for everything in this country. |
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By *ermbiMan
over a year ago
Ballyshannon |
Frustrated by Southern drivers driving slowly looking around them instead of the road ahead. They have sn awful habit of slowing down and indicating so you can pass. Sometimes this happens on a bend.
Southern drivers overtaking on the worst spot possible. |
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