Category Archives: Motorway

Learn the rules and highway code please

May 4, 2008 – 11:53 pm

I must admit being Irish myself that the standards of driving in this country leave a lot to be desired….
Driving appears to be a new revelation here! People seem to be under the impression that the OVERTAKING lane is called a FASTLANE… Theres no such thing. Day in, day out, I come across a**holes who [...]

By thumbsy | Also posted in Bad Driving, Overtaking, Speed Limit | Comments (14)

Feeling good about reporting somebody … must do it again!

April 16, 2008 – 12:01 am

I was on the M1 this morning approaching the Dundalk exit going north when I witnessed another DKIT (Dundalk Institute of Technology) Hot hatchback screaming up in the outside lane all over the back of another driver who was overtaking me at the time. I was under cruise control at 120 on the inside lane.
This [...]

By senna | Also posted in Bad Driving, Boy racer, Overtaking, Speed Limit | Comments (2)

Great news- I’m giving up the dangerous practice of using a mobile phone when driving. I’m taking up the art of sat-nav watching.

March 6, 2008 – 1:56 am

Naw, I’m only joking, I don’t have a sat-nav, I find no interest in sitting in traffic looking at a four inch screen, wondering where Westmoreland Street is, only to look up and realise I’m in Westmoreland Street already. Likewise, the thoughts of driving down the M50 at 120KPh with my eyes concentrated on a [...]

By jim travers | Also posted in Bad Driving, Sat Nav | Comments (0)

Roundabout MUPPET

January 20, 2008 – 4:27 am

Portlaois 17th january 08
Its very obvious when you drive in other countries in Europe that our driving standards are shocking, one mondeo driver 08 reg may drive a new car but hasn’t got a clue how to use a roundabout;- coming off the motorway entering Portlaoise, I’m in the inside lane at the roundabout [...]

By rt600 | Also posted in Bad Driving, Indicators, Roundabouts | Comments (2)

Foreign Flashers

November 25, 2007 – 10:21 pm

i know when some people read this they just might think i’m biased towards foreign drivers but today i was driving along the M50 when all of a sudden these 2 foreign cars with plates that read [LT] where we have [IRL] moved close behind me i was doing the limit of 120km per hour [...]

By ConcernedDriver | Also posted in Bad Driving, Foreign Drivers, Overtaking | Comments (13)