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More Mobile Activity and Stupidity

September 21, 2007 – 10:31 am

On Wednesday last, I was coming from Little Island in Cork and heading home to Cobh at about 7.30pm. As you leave Little Island you take a left at the roundabout and as you cross the dual-carriageway bridge you take a right at the “FILTER” lights (caps on purpose) to head down the slip road [...]

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24 Hours of Pants

September 14, 2007 – 11:31 am

On Wednesday afternoon I drove to Dublin and came back yesterday afternoon. In that 24 hour period here are some absolute pants issues I saw:
1) On the Motorway between Portlaoise and Dublin I saw a lorry overtaking another. The overtaking driver was on his mobile.
2) Approaching the Crumlin roundabout from the long-mile road, a lady [...]

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Mobile Phones & Driving

August 30, 2007 – 2:07 pm

I have to say that if there is one thing that really does annoy me very much, its people on mobiles while driving. Bluetooth’s do not cost much while hands-free kits come with some phones now a days. I cannot understand, if indeed this is true, employers not insisting on their employees using these while [...]

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Its not just drivers

August 26, 2007 – 3:10 pm

I know this blog is called Shite Drivers but I feel that if things are to improve on the roads and deaths are to be reduced, then everyone who uses the roads should be more accountable. My wife and sister are sick to their teeth hearing me moan and complain about the daily stupidity on [...]

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How bad is this..

August 14, 2007 – 2:03 pm

My sister and myself headed for Donegal on Friday last for a long weekend at home. On the way we encountered many examples of really poor driving but this one has to take the biscuit. We didn’t manage to get pictures but its not hard to imagine.
A van in front of us overtook a truck, [...]

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