Author Archives: conwest

West Cork Truck Drivers

January 14, 2008 – 5:04 pm

IM SICK AND TIRED OF WEST CORK LORRY DRIVERS!! You make my driving life hell. This submission is to explain why. Over the past year I have had some terrifying experiences in my travels around West Cork. I will list some of them as succinctly as I can. Travelling up the Cousane Gap, cement truck [...]

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Boy racers….. again.

September 24, 2007 – 3:23 pm

Last friday night I witnessed an unscheduled road race.  A purple fiesta and a purple toyota corolla left the Jack Lynch tunnel one in each lane, and proceeded to have a road race.  I have never seen anything like it.  Both cars were travelling at high speed, weaving in and out behind other cars and [...]

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Would you like lime with that????

September 24, 2007 – 3:03 pm

I was travelling to Cork city from West Cork two weeks ago. It was a wednesday morning at around approximately 9.30am.  I left Crookstown and proceeded to make my way onto the main Cork Macroom road.  Everything was fine until I realised a thick fog was decending.  After about ten minutes I realised that this [...]

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White Lines and Blind Corners

September 3, 2007 – 3:15 pm

I spend a lot of time driving around West Cork.  It is a beautiful part of the world and I feel lucky that Im not stuck in traffic jams in the middle of the city.  However, my nerves are shot to pieces and this is my attempt to aleviate my stress by telling you all [...]

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Baby on Board

August 30, 2007 – 3:31 pm

I am always intrigued at cars who display this in their rear windscreen.  I was driving on the main Mallow to Cork road behind a car displaying said sign.  The driver, female was weaving from one lane to the other on her mobile with a small baby in a car seat in the back.  I [...]

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