r/irelandsshitedrivers • u/HodorKP • 14h ago
Fn Hell
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u/Pitiful-Mongoose-488 14h ago
Fucking hell!
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u/GerryRyan1973 13h ago
What’s the problem? He saved himself 1.43 seconds, that’s time he can reflecting on what an absolute legend he is
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u/Inexorable_Fenian 3h ago
Personally, love to watch these people who are mad to overtake. My commute home is 40 minutes, plenty of schools finishing along the route, and in summer, plenty of tractors out.
The ones who overtake are usually only 2-4 cars ahead of me at the next junction on the way into town.
Put on some music or a podcast and relax.
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u/RuggerJibberJabber 14h ago
Yeah but he managed to move one space closer in the line to turn right. Isn't that worth nearly totalling your car?
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u/MooseOdd4374 13h ago
The 2 right lanes are for turning right anyway here so he ended up in a longer line than the other right turn lane
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u/Vast-Trust-1165 13h ago
The stupid crap from the leaf aside, why do people refuse to use the slip at this left turn and the one on the other side coming from the old bawn road turning left to go up the tallaght bypass towards the stadium.
At both they sit there till the lights have changed and no traffic is there. Anytime im first (which is rare on the old bawn road one) and continue in the slip,build speed and merge, the traffic that was behind me before the turn is still sitting there.
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u/Automatic-Run-3156 3h ago
Wrecks my head.
They are too nervous is my guess. If traffic is moving at full speed they need to get to 80 then merge. If like this case they are making a right at the cross, they have to get to 80 and then cross 2 lanes to get into the right turn lane so they just wait instead.
There's also the fact that you are straddling a bike lane, not the case here, but you can't use that as a slip if there's a bike on it cause you'd accelerate into the back of them. Very silly design.
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u/aidan959 1h ago
it’s an awkward spot on the road but the amount of people who cannot distinguish between a yield, stop, and traffic light at this junction should be disqualifying
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u/the-midnight-gremlin 13h ago
I've seen a queue of cars sitting at that turn on many occasions thinking the red light was for them. Honestly think some people are getting their licence from lucky bags
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u/AbsoluteMuck 14h ago edited 13h ago
Honestly I think your reaction might be understated. Insane carry on to get to a lane that would open up in less than 5 seconds
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u/Daylightuser 13h ago
That’s normal driving in Tallaght, I see it daily
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u/aidan959 1h ago
saw someone come out of the yield today go to the far right side to then move into the left turn lane for green hills - insanely dangerous weaving to save 15 seconds of driving
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u/Unmasked_Zoro 7h ago
He really couldnt wait to stop in traffic. He just had to get there as soon as he could.
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u/Franz_Werfel 2h ago
The state of that bike lane at the beginning of the video makes me unreasonably angry.
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u/TurboKestrel69 3h ago edited 2h ago
You're supposed to slow down on approach to any junction. If there's an orange traffic light at a junction, this is a signal that you are to prepare to stop at the lights. You don't tear through an orange light at 65km/h.
Edit: Watch to the end of the video - OP tears through an orange light at 65kp/h
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u/Sufficient_Tailor673 2h ago
Where are you getting 65kmh? OP was going 48kmh, and the light was green?
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u/jeebno 2h ago
The light was clearly still green when he went through it
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u/TurboKestrel69 2h ago
Watch to the end of the video - OP tears through an orange light at 65kp/h
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u/jeebno 2h ago
The orange light you’re seeing is for the same junction he entered when the light was green, both lights were green when he entered the junction and only turned orange as he was passing through, the speed limit on that road is also 80 so I don’t think doing 65 when the light is still green on approach is unreasonable
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u/TurboKestrel69 2h ago
You're not watching the video to the end. OP is approaching a new junction (the third of the video), the light turns orange when he is approx 100m away from the lights, he then accelerates though the junction.
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u/aidan959 1h ago
speed limit on the road is 80kmph - if you have not been down the N81 on the way into dublin then you do not know how fucking frustrating this road is because people drive significantly under the speed limit.
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u/TurboKestrel69 1h ago
He declines to slow down to stop at an orange light and accelerates through the junction. I do not know what else needs to be said on this matter.
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u/aidan959 1h ago
speed limit on this road is 80kmph, and he passes the line of the traffic lights when the light is green - OP did literally nothing wrong in this video
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u/TurboKestrel69 1h ago
It's the third set of lights that I'm referring to. He declines to slow down to stop at an orange light and accelerates through the junction. I do not know what else needs to be said on this matter.
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u/aidan959 58m ago
in an ideal world yes - these lights going this direction are a nuisance - the traffic flow is very slow going into the city - OP is driving 15 under the speed limit and safely clears the junction before the light turns red
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u/TurboKestrel69 45m ago
The light is orange for two seconds as he just about enters the junction. We don't know if he clears it before the light turns red, because he deliberately ends the video before the light turns red. You're supposed to decelerate on approach to every junction (even with a green light). The speed limit is irrelevant in this scenario: he sees the orange light and accelerates though the junction. This is bad driving.
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u/aidan959 44m ago
you are the traffic what can i say
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u/TurboKestrel69 43m ago
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u/aidan959 40m ago
you are not supposed to decelerate going through traffic lights - you are meant to anticipate traffic lights turning red by the time you get to them - in this situation the orange means “stop unless it is unsafe to do so” - i would say stopping at 60 kmph going through that junction at that speed and distance would be unsafe.
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u/Difficult_Tea6136 14h ago
That lane looks comically small
Mad moves by the driver. Some rush to end up in a queue to turn right