Category Archives: Crash

Idiot in a Jeep

October 19, 2007 – 12:19 pm

Coming through Portlaoise on Saturday evening, the traffic was heavy enough. Coming from O’ Moore Park direction, heading towards Carlow, there’s a small roundabout at the bottom of the hill past SuperValue. It was bumper to bumper. A jeep with two orange flashing lights on top and a 15ft trailer took the roundabout in the [...]

By RonBurgundy | Also posted in Bad Driving, Overtaking, Roundabouts | Comments (9)

Close call.

August 31, 2007 – 4:55 pm

I regularly drive between Mayo and Cork so I’ve seen my share of poor driving. One incident that nearly saw a fatality happened last January on the N17 between Tuam and Claregalway. Two articulated trucks were at the head of a long queue of cars, mine being about halfway back. Some hero behind decided that [...]

By Briano | Also posted in Bad Driving, Overtaking | Comments (1)