Click for larger imageDriving into Swords this morning, this van was blocking the left-hand lane going onto the Fingallians roundabout causing a slow-down in traffic trying to get onto the roundabout (coming south) which had to go around it. The van didn’t appear to be in any trouble and it’s occupant didn’t seem too bothered by the annoyed motorists around him who were forced to overtake him awkwardly right at the roundabout itself, slowing down traffic by forcing two lanes into one at a junction.
When I was coming back out of Swords a full hour later (at 12.45pm), it was still there, so I took a picture. It had actually moved forward a bit in the picture since I’d first encountered it (from behind).
It’s alright though, it had its hazard lights flashing… that makes everything ok!
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Again, the Irish are way too polite, try that in any other country and you'd be made aware you're causing a nuisance.
So, while half the population is too ignorant to care, the other half is too timid or polite to say anything.
That sends out one signal: Go on, you're grand, sure I don't care, help yourself, good man.