Category Archives: Media

Garda traffic watch is asleep at the wheel!!

November 8, 2007 – 12:16 am

Ok you know that Garda Traffic Watch line on 1890-205805 that you call when some mad idiot on the road does something, well idiotic? I rang it 2 weeks ago early on a sunday morning because on the way into my work, this guy in front was clearly drunk or stoned!!.. in a Japanese import, [...]

By lette | Also posted in Motorway | Comments (5)

Do you agree with the new Learner Driver laws?

October 30, 2007 – 9:18 am

These new laws have gotten a lot of media coverage lately and they’ve been discussed quite a bit here too. Here’s a simple (anonymous) poll – yes or no – do you agree with the tough new Learner Driver laws, which forbid all learner drivers (on any license) from driving without being accompanied by a [...]

By niallok | Also posted in Bad Driving, Learner Drivers, Polls | Comments (15)

Today’s media update (September 25th)

September 25, 2007 – 2:39 pm

Today, I was in the studios of BBC Radio Ulster, speaking to Colin Murphy (yes, that Colin Murphy) about ShiteDrivers.com and my thoughts on other motoring stories he was featuring on his programme. When it’s going to air, I’m not 100% sure, but they’ll be sending me a copy of it so that it can [...]

By niallok | Also posted in ShiteDrivers website | Comments (0)

Stats, media update, ads and more

September 17, 2007 – 10:43 pm

The number of hits to the site has obviously dropped off a bit since the initial media explosion at the end of August, but the number of posts and comments to the site hasn’t. Currently the stats show just under 25,000 unique visits to the site with just under 140,000 page views. So far, the [...]

By niallok | Also posted in ShiteDrivers website | Comments (2)

The night they said ‘shite’ on the BBC

September 2, 2007 – 12:12 am

And they said it twice… I’m just off the phone from talking to BBC Radio Five Live and the whole thing (all 6 mins and 43 seconds) can be heard on the Radio section of the Media page now! I wonder what Five Live’s listenership figures are like… (i.e.: I wonder how many people heard [...]

By niallok | Also posted in ShiteDrivers website | Comments (5)