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Female SUV drivers and mobiles

georgev — Tue, 10 Jun 2008 08:34:14 +0000

Am I the only one now who is now totally pissed off with the amount of SUV women drivers who continue to use their mobile phones when driving. It’s as if the law doesn’t apply to them, only to the rest of us. I have now started blowing my horn at any I see on the phone, and wagging my finger saying No!!. These are the very people who have more to loose, as they usually have infants on board. It seems they don’t know how to pull in to use the phone, or maybe bluetooth technology has them baffled, as you never see them wearing bluetooth earpieces, it might interfere with the hairstyle or maybe clash with the colour of the shades parked on their heads. Maybe it’s time for the law to be changed, with 4 penalty points, or even 6, if you are caught using a mobile when driving.

I am also appalled at the number of truck and van drivers who still use their phones when driving, you would imaging that the Road Hauliers Association, who pontificate about everything else, might insist that their members obey the law on mobiles. I personally feel that it is more dangerous to drive while talking on a mobile then driving with one or two pints, this is purely my personal view but I, and the majority of my friends, have always felt that speed, and driving while on a mobile, are the most common causes of accidents on our roads. Escessive speeding and driving while on a hand held mobile hould be treated in the same way that drinkers are now penalised.

Thank you, Radio Kerry

ShiteDrivers.com — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 09:02:24 +0000

Thank you to Deirdre Walsh of Radio Kerry’s “Kerry Today” programme who spoke to Niall O’Keeffe of ShiteDrivers.com this morning from 9.30am. They spoke about various aspects of the site and bad driving with particular reference to Kerry drivers – speed limits being too high on bad roads, elderly farmers on their tractors, bad parking, children not being strapped in correctly and more.

We do not currently have a recording of this interview, but if we get one, it will be put onto the Media page with the others.

Cycling woes

Spudz — Wed, 26 Mar 2008 09:58:35 +0000

I`m a cyclist, and by jaysus do i see some gobshites every single day. When i cycle i wear a US Army Hi-Vis vest so there is absolutely no possible way that i cannot be seen, yet the amount of scrapes and near misses i`ve had is ridiculous,- most notably and recently a female driver coming out of a junction.

I had the right of way, and had she bothered to look right she would have seen me, but no she drove straight out, forcing me to turn sharply and brake suddenly, (all male cyclists should know the ‘fear’ of braking suddenly and getting the nuts bet off the handlebars.)

She also braked, obviously after noticing a big bright orange thing almost hitting the side of her car, but what happened next really took me aback, a child that was STANDING in the back went flying between the driver and passenger seat and whacked his head on the gearstick, she lowered her window where i was and shouted at me ” look what ya f**kin did”………….

I`m considering buying a foghorn to attach to the handlebars.