Category Archives: Roundabouts

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 [...]

By choicer | Also posted in Bad Driving, Motorway | Comments (13)

Why wait, when you can use the hard shoulder?

September 18, 2007 – 4:29 pm

Cycling to work this morning on the M50 roundabout at junction 14 – Leopardstown Road. Traffic was, as usual, backed up so the slip road from the M50 was pretty static. Entering the roundabout on the previous road – i.e. with precedence over the M50 – it was annoying enough having cars on the roundabout [...]

By steveb | Also posted in Bad Driving | Comments (5)

Just When You Thought It Was Safe To Go back On The Dual Carriageway

September 17, 2007 – 4:07 pm

So I had a nice early night on saturday night because I had to be up at four in the morning to bring the Mother in law to Shannon Airport. I dutifully ignored the texts to go to the pub for the rugby, had some icecream and lemonade to compensate myself and watched the match [...]

By Dr Orgasm | Also posted in Bad Driving, Motorway, Overtaking | Comments (3)

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, [...]

By choicer | Also posted in Bad Driving, Motorway, Overtaking | Comments (0)

we all think we’re right all of the time

September 3, 2007 – 12:10 pm

yeterday i had an interesting day,i had a number of near misses at different roundabouts. To cut a long story short. when entering a roundabout we all think that the car coming /on the roundabout must give way to us approaching from their right.i was fuming yesterday when a car half way on the roundabout [...]

By meanie | Comments (16)