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Thread starter Hunter-Gatherer Start date Feb 25, 2025 More threads by Hunter-Gatherer Hunter-Gatherer Well-known member Jan 31, 2014 Feb 25, 2025 Tapioca pudding....for Ode.tojoy Last edited: 3 minutes ago Golah veNekhar and bagel Well-known member May 26, 2009 Feb 25, 2025 One might argue that a Third World county might be lacking in roads, or modes of transport... "WAKE UP! THE RICH ARE RAPING YOU!" Well-known member Feb 25, 2009 Feb 25, 2025 Have you driven in Italy? That might shock you! Clanrickard, statsman, Boudoir Photo and 3 others Lumpy Talbot Well-known member Jun 30, 2015 Feb 25, 2025 Hunter-Gatherer said: Having recently visited the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland.What shocked me most was how much better-behaved their road users were. Covert filming reveals extent of 'dangerous' red-light breaking Over the course of eight hours, Prime Time recorded more than 60 incidents of drivers breaking red lights via covert filming at several junctions in Dublin and Galway www.rte.ie Click to expand... Yeah but in fairness they were probably only the ones on cocaine. So you can see how we are fixed. King's Inns must be destroyed. Please note that the views expressed in these posts are not necessarily the views of the poster but may be written on behalf of the Irish Dead, the Ecclesiastical Betting Agency (Turf Accountants to the Clergy) and occasionally the Plain People of Ireland. Well-known member Apr 21, 2011 Feb 25, 2025 Have you driven in the 3rd world? I do, every day. The Irish are nowhere near that bad - check out the 3rd world mincemeat vids on YouTube. The Italians were indeed just as bed when I toured Italy by car. Never again. “. the truth and Ryanair are uncomfortable bedfellows” Mr Justice Peter Kelly - 04th June 2010 Well-known member Mar 24, 2011 Feb 25, 2025 Hunter-Gatherer said: Having recently visited the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland.What shocked me most was how much better-behaved their road users were. Covert filming reveals extent of 'dangerous' red-light breaking Over the course of eight hours, Prime Time recorded more than 60 incidents of drivers breaking red lights via covert filming at several junctions in Dublin and Galway www.rte.ie Click to expand... Let's link the pravda piece to the suggested policy "I like a bit of a cavort, I don't send 'em solicitor's letters. I apply a bit of pressure" between the bridges Well-known member Sep 21, 2011 Feb 25, 2025 Not saying mexicants are sh1te drivers but every time moi sees the dreaded white plates zig zaging all over the shop moi automatically stops the car and runs for cover... Nec Aspera Terrent..Is Tuaisceart-Éireannach mé.Mátá meas agat ar mo chultúr, beidh meas agam ar do chultúr. Well-known member May 7, 2007 Feb 25, 2025 Hunter-Gatherer said: Having recently visited the Netherlands, Denmark and Poland.What shocked me most was how much better-behaved their road users were. Covert filming reveals extent of 'dangerous' red-light breaking Over the course of eight hours, Prime Time recorded more than 60 incidents of drivers breaking red lights via covert filming at several junctions in Dublin and Galway www.rte.ie Click to expand... Tuam, Co Galway is awash with dicks failing to stop at red lights. Steak-knife Well-known member Mar 30, 2022 Feb 25, 2025 Motor panic. Lumpy Talbot Well-known member Jun 30, 2015 Feb 26, 2025 Another attempt to set up an 'admin fee' annually to tax drivers I suspect. It wouldn't change the habits of poor drivers much but it would generate a new tax idea from the Deppity for Hogwarts there... King's Inns must be destroyed. Please note that the views expressed in these posts are not necessarily the views of the poster but may be written on behalf of the Irish Dead, the Ecclesiastical Betting Agency (Turf Accountants to the Clergy) and occasionally the Plain People of Ireland. Emily Davison Well-known member Jun 9, 2013 Feb 26, 2025 Steelie said: Have you driven in Italy? That might shock you! Click to expand... This is the one country in Europe I refuse to drive in.But you have to hand it to them on parking, they could park on top of a pin.That's when they don't park bumper to bumper on any bit of path/grass verge/impossible place that one couldn't possible dream off. The OP should also check out Turkey, absolutely lunatics and the Moroccans, beeping like madmen way before the lights go green ! A descendant of all the Witches they could not drown. Well-known member Jan 9, 2018 Feb 26, 2025 Worst place I've driven was Cairo. The horn is also known as "the Egyptian break-pedal". At least according to P.J. O'Rourke it is. Well-known member Nov 3, 2022 Feb 26, 2025 I assume it's all the cyclists fault? Steak-knife Emily Davison Well-known member Jun 9, 2013 Feb 26, 2025 paulppp said: I assume it's all the cyclists fault? Click to expand... The OP didn't mention cyclists, which is a bit odd given he mentioned The Netherlands.Maybe he didn't notice them !!They are no friend to pedestrians ! A descendant of all the Witches they could not drown. Baron von Biffo Well-known member May 16, 2007 Feb 26, 2025 artfoley56 said: Let's link the pravda piece to the suggested policy Click to expand... We really ought to be re-tested at our highest licence category every 10 years. Not just the theory but a full driving test. I used to have my own horse lorry and to improve my driving (and have a pissing contest with one of my brothers) I went for artic and coach licences as well. My last driving test was in 1983. Despite my not driving either a coach or an artic in more than 40 years I'm still legally entitled to take one out on the road if I was irresponsible enough to do so. That really is beyond stupid. We should also have a system for monitoring and re-testing driving instructors. I say this because some types of poor driving are becoming so frequent that I suspect they're being taught. Bunreacht na hÉireann riven and mr_anderson mr_anderson Well-known member Dec 12, 2007 Feb 26, 2025 Certainly mandatory re-testing over 70's every 2 or 3 years. Some atrocious lane discipline and lack of indication etc. as they decline. Another is not keeping up with traffic (e.g. 80kph on a motorway). My own mother is 85 and I certainly notice her driving decline, along with small dents and scrapes pockmarked around the car. Thankfully it appears none involving other vehicles, just things like brushing bollards and columns in car parks etc. Judgement definitely deteriorates with time. On the issue of cyclists, they need to be taught that just because they can see a car, it doesn't mean the car can see them. I'm constantly stunned at the amount of cyclists who don't have/use lights. Genuinely amazed more aren't killed during our dark winters. Cars now have daytime running lights (because it has been proven to reduce accidents) and they should be a permanent fixture for cyclists too. Can guarantee you this would save lives. Last edited: Feb 26, 2025 Steak-knife Well-known member Mar 30, 2022 Feb 26, 2025 Baron von Biffo said: We really ought to be re-tested at our highest licence category every 10 years. Not just the theory but a full driving test. I used to have my own horse lorry and to improve my driving (and have a pissing contest with one of my brothers) I went for artic and coach licences as well. My last driving test was in 1983. Despite my not driving either a coach or an artic in more than 40 years I'm still legally entitled to take one out on the road if I was irresponsible enough to do so. That really is beyond stupid. We should also have a system for monitoring and re-testing driving instructors. I say this because some types of poor driving are becoming so frequent that I suspect they're being taught. Click to expand... You do realise that the current system of testing is creaking under the current load not to mind taking on new work. More than 72,000 people are currently waiting for driving tests including an increase of 10,000 in the past three months alone, the Dáil has heard. Sinn Féin transport spokesman Pa Daly said the numbers waiting for a test had risen by 60 per cent since 2022, with 72,414 currently on the waiting list. Average test waiting time is 22 weeks with the longest at 35 weeks in Navan, Co Meath, while a maximum of 10 weeks is the target. Click to expand... Driving test waiting list rose by 10,000 in last three months More than 72,000 in queue, with 22 weeks average and longest at 35 weeks in Navan, Co Meath www.irishtimes.com Baron von Biffo Well-known member May 16, 2007 Feb 26, 2025 mr_anderson said: Certainly mandatory re-testing over 70's every 2 or 3 years. Some atrocious lane discipline and lack of indication etc. as they decline. Another is not keeping up with traffic (e.g. 80kph on a motorway). My own mother is 85 and I certainly notice her driving decline, along with small dents and scrapes pockmarked around the car. Thankfully it appears none involving other vehicles, just things like brushing bollards and columns in car parks etc. Click to expand... If we were to impose age related testing then we should start by having yearly tests on the under 25 cohort. Far better I think to have renewal contingent upon re-testing. Bunreacht na hÉireann Hunter-Gatherer Well-known member Jan 31, 2014 Feb 26, 2025 Emily Davison said: The OP didn't mention cyclists, which is a bit odd given he mentioned The Netherlands.Maybe he didn't notice them !!They are no friend to pedestrians ! Click to expand... Cycling on footpaths being the bane of every pedestrian.Not only at high speed, but they also like to come flying around blind corners.....on the Foothpath. It is now so frequent that many assume it to be fully legal. Steak-knife mr_anderson Well-known member Dec 12, 2007 Feb 26, 2025 Baron von Biffo said: Far better I think to have renewal contingent upon re-testing. Click to expand... Not arguing too much against that, but you're now creating a bureaucracy that results in demand for thousands more testers that we don't have. Insurance company GPS installed on the car will solve the under-25 problem. Perhaps it might solve the over 70's too ? You must log in or register to reply here. 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