I travelled on a Bus Eireann bus recently before their strike. The driver drove with one hand for about 12 km, through 3 villages, mobile phone pressed to his head without fail. He was discussing the coming strike and union/croke park stuff! Passengers paid their fares and he kept yapping away on it as they stated their destination etc! Sadly we passed the spot where a fatal RTA had happened just a fews days earlier, wreath tied to a pole.
I see a lot of dangerous driving around. Do some people not care or realise that they endanger other road users?
Speeding is crazy. Mobile phone usage whilst driving is endemic. Lane changers don't use their mirrors.
On Friday the car in front of myself and wife just did a u-turn without warning at 50km/h.
On Friday an artic driver had a mobile welded to his ear whilst negotiating a busy roundabout on a busy street. After the roundabout, he switched the mobile to the right hand!
Also on Friday, a car overtook a cyclist on an 80km/h road with oncoming traffic dangerously close having to brake and flash.
I travelled on a Bus Eireann bus recently before their strike. The driver drove with one hand for about 12 km, through 3 villages, mobile phone pressed to his head without fail. He was discussing the coming strike and union/croke park stuff! Passengers paid their fares and he kept yapping away on it as they stated their destination etc! Sadly we passed the spot where a fatal RTA had happened just a fews days earlier, wreath tied to a pole.
I think these drivers need to cop themselves on. I also think that traffic policing in general needs to get real and start enforcing rules.
Wow, that's unbelievable Latrade. Is there anyway you can take that any further?
Recently started to bring a learner driver out on the road. Had not really realised the ignorance of a significant number of drivers until I had L plates on the car. If a learner stalls a car at lights, he doesn't deserve to get beeped to hell out of it. I had cars overtake on dangerous roads, drive up our This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language even if we were going the speed limit. I was actually driving the car one day with the plates on and still witnessed aggressive driving towards me simply because they thought I was a learner.
What really irritates me is when you pull into the overtaking lane on the motorway to pass someone out and a car coming behind you, obviously convinced it's a 'fast lane' speeds right up behind you only stopping when they've practically touched your bumper (and given you a heart attack) and then sits on your tail until you pull back in. Had an absolute wagon do this to me on the M50 a couple of weeks ago and then the arrogant cow had the cheek to angrily blare her horn at me when I pulled back in and she sped past at way over the speed limit.
What you've described there could equally be a case of someone pulling out to overtake without having due regard for a vehicle already in the overtaking lane - the rule of thumb I always use is that if a car already in the lane will have to slow substantuially to allow me to do my own overtaking manoeuvre then I should wait until they've overtaken me and I can use the lane without causing disruption to another driver's progress. Maybe you're inclined to impede other people's progress and this causes them to intentionally driver up your This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language to make sure that you actually know they were/are there - I'm not saying it's right, but I can understand the frustration of having someone dawdle out obliviously.
I've never understood the instant aggression towards a car with L plates. Driving aggressively behind a learner driver is likely to make them even more nervous, so they'll go slower, and are more likely to stall. Back off and show a little patience, and you'll wind up getting where you want faster.
This girl was not overtaking anyone, she was using the lane as a fast lane and continued to drive in it, well over the speed limit, after I had pulled back in. She was just rude and arrogant and heedless. If a garda car had been around she would have been pulled over, and rightly so.
What really shocks me with this thread is that no-one has been reprimanded for using the 'a' word - as a reformed offender in this regard I've become a zelous advocate of exceedingly high standards on AAM.......
The only one I can see on the thread is 'This post will be deleted if not edited to remove bad language.'What 'a' word?
I blame women drivers, cyclists and foregin nationals!
And the public sector unions obviously
I blame women drivers, cyclists and foregin nationals!
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