ShiteDrivers.com – Bad driving on Irish roads exposed!

Geez, dats a hard one!! Its v close between (C) and (D) but I tink I’d have 2 say (C) Taxi Drivers, dey just pip d vans at d post!! Its d whole “I own d road, I can do wat I like” attitude dat gets on my wick!! I have a friend whos a taxi driver whos probably d sole exception 2 d rule so I really shudn’t b tarring dem all with d one brush but on d whole dey really are awful!!

Of the four categories above one section stands out above the others, specifically because the standards required from those within that section is under a constant cycle of review, testing, retesting and retraining. Because the vehicle comes upon you as a monster that appears to be constantly trying to get its own way, its very presence appears intimidating and uncompromising. I am referring here to buses and the people who drive them.

The people I would acknowledge a greater level of respect and understanding, must be directed towards drivers of articulated vehicles, juggernauts and vehicles of such magnitude, who constantly have to drive arou
nd knowing that the vehicle they drive are machines of mass destruction, but still there are motorists in cars who at the best of times take on these machines or at worst make life difficult for those who try to guide these the vehicles through the city.
This does not go to say that some of the same drivers are all inspiring in their driving standards, but their job is made that little bit more difficult when a driver in a BMW decides his social status gives him the unquestionable right to drive in a manner he so pleases irrespective of the consequences to others.

Looking at bus drivers, very few people know, and at the best of times do not want to know the constant ongoing checking that is undertaken by bus drivers.

Firstly, the vast majority of Dublin Bus drivers have been trained and certified by the institute of Advanced motorists as advanced drivers.

Drivers are constantly checked for driving standards by uniformed inspectors and plan clothes driving standard inspectors.

Drivers are requested to attend a meeting in the divisional mangers offices where a driving inspection report is handed to them, and based on the severity of the report, are more often sent to the training school for corrective driving training.

Drivers can be suspended and even sacked for repeated breaches of driving standards.

Drivers loose certain financial benefits purely by having to attend the driving school.

Drivers can be sent to the training school for what appears to be simple basic mistakes such as;
1. allowing a passenger out before the bus stop(bus against footpath)
2. not using the mirrors as required by the company
3. allowing a colleague onto the bus that is not positioned at a bus stop.
4. despite passengers complaining and at the best of times (mostly evenings) assaults, injuries and passengers causing damage to the bus itself, some drives find themselves opening the doors in order to avoid conflict. If you check the records you will find that some drivers left their job through medical or psychological reasons because of the injuries sustained while carrying out their job.
5 BOGEY Duties, These duties often mean a driver will report for work at 5.00am in the morning- break at 9.00am and will not be required to return to work until 2.00pm in the day to cover the remaining time of the duty. Most people work their shift from start to finish, with a one hour break, bus drivers do not have this luxury in order to refresh their minds for another day.
6. Driving a bus or even an articulated vehicle on a road that at one moment in time is reasonably safe to proceed, is suddenly transformed to a road where obstacles, parked cars and vans, road works and cones litter the road and make the progress of the vehicle that much more dangerous, as learner drivers and the BMW brigade in full support of the taxi’s, try wheel spins and racing tactics in order to get around the bus.
Of all the people above the most regulated people in their driving standards are bus drivers. As seen when the Wellington Quay accident occurred, a significent number of drivers were accused and verbally abused by members of the general public and quite a lot of taxi drivers who would scream out MURDERERS when a bus driver applied the rules of the road and the taxi driver felt he or she was not getting their own way. We must also not forget that the driver concerned was acquitted of all charges relating to responsibility for the accident, but still drivers had to take this abuse long after the truth came out.

Oh yes there are bad bus drivers, just as there are bad workers in all other industries including those from higher professional background.

The vast majority of bus drivers do their jobs to the best of their ability, they have no choice as they are always under the sights of their superiors. The general public is the hardest section to work with, there again we are all part of the general public. Think about it, if you had to drive a bus in a city where taxi’s come out at you from everywhere, drunken adults dance in front of the buses as youths throw bricks, bottles and anything they can find at the bus as it passes by, would you continuing working as a driver. More often than not, passengers on the buses curse, swear, damage,assault and impede the driver in his or her desire to deliver decent and honest people to the place of their destination.

I could go on and on, but I think and hope I have got my message across. Who was it who said “Its a jungle out there” for that he was telling the truth.

Northern registered car drivers

Where is the option to vote for Car drivers, looking at all the bad driving witnessed in one day, private car drivers would make up 80% of all incidents I see…

I say middle aged housewifes with short, severe hair, floral print dress, 3 screaming prats in the back, face like a bulldog chewing a wasp, with a husband that works as an accountant in a large insurance company, driving an MPV sized car that is actually based on a small compact and living in a semi-D in the suburbs. Wahey!

I know this has been discussed on another thread and everyone took your side, but lynharry I find your text-speak so annoying that I just skip your posts.

wot bout cyclists (pedal types)bloody hippies ignoring red lights,riding on the footpath,wobbling on the road,changing direction without looking etc. all the while saving the planet from us co2 monsters.

Help us Obe-Wan Kenobi, help us to use the force, to deal with all the lunatics we encounter as we travel to the far reaches of our towns and cities and back again to our homes and safety. Each and everyone of us have the dark side hidden deep within us, we are all Shite drivers in our own way and should look deep within ourselves before we cast stones at others. We must use the force to overcome the dark side.

THE FORCE PEOPLE, USE THE FORCE.

Wrong the force is doing its paper work, what shift, overtime, days off, and how can i get my figures up without doing much, aaa yes lets stop some cars on the way home.

Northern drivers ! Absolutely the worst.
Reps a close second

Always the Eastern Europeans….ALWAYS! They drive their cars like they’re permanently on the run from the KGB…. stunt drivers. Just replace the ‘st’ in stunt with a very big ‘C’.

Hey sham rogue – The usual reason why cyclists are on the path is because of idiot drivers who drive about 4 inches from the kerb for no good reason at all. Usually when I encounter these idiots, I come round on the outside of the driver, tap on the drivers window (usually interrupting their phone call/text message/paperwork) and inquire if there is any particular reason why they are blocking the routes for cyclists. The more practically-minded cyclists around me will often hop up on the path for a few seconds to get past the idiot.

I presume that given your vociferous criticism of cyclists law-breaking, you have never broken a 50 kmph speed limit yourself -right? It would be just a tad hypocritical to criticise cyclists like this if you regularly break speed limits yourself, wouldn’t it?