Speed Vans (77)
mjpd67galway, Galway Ireland181 Threads 5 Polls 6,550 PostsLucky enough i have a clean licence so far ,seen a good few Speed Vans on my travels and they always seem to be hiding ,anyone care to air their views
mjpd67: Lucky enough i have a clean licence so far ,seen a good few Speed Vans on my travels and they always seem to be hiding ,anyone care to air their views
Yeah, I hate the way they just sit there, silently still, watching....waiting; what a misnomer eh 'speed vans'
mjpd67: Lucky enough i have a clean licence so far ,seen a good few Speed Vans on my travels and they always seem to be hiding ,anyone care to air their views
I can see the speed from the back of my house they hide beside the forest
So I send a text to the community alert number "warning white van about"
It's proven very successful.
mjpd67: Lucky enough i have a clean licence so far ,seen a good few Speed Vans on my travels and they always seem to be hiding ,anyone care to air their views
Congrats man , me too . While they are seemingly 'at pains' to say that speed camera vans are made more visible to us the paying motorist they'll never get past the 'c@*t behind the bush' image also associated with the cops when they go about 'collecting'. That said however it's a dirty job and if there were no regulation of road speed then I think we'd all throw some more caution to the wind .emerald888: I can see the speed from the back of my house they hide beside the forest
So I send a text to the community alert number "warning white van about"
It's proven very successful.
So I send a text to the community alert number "warning white van about"
It's proven very successful.
vanBrannigan70: Congrats man , me too . While they are seemingly 'at pains' to say that speed camera vans are made more visible to us the paying motorist they'll never get past the 'c@*t behind the bush' image also associated with the cops when they go about 'collecting'. That said however it's a dirty job and if there were no regulation of road speed then I think we'd all throw some more caution to the wind .
ah i think we all go a bit daft on an open quiet road,but a lot of young people killed on our roads in recent times .mjpd67: We were on the motorway passing by exit for Bunratty Castle and a fella done a U Turn on the motorway right in front of us we narrowly avoided him lucky enough my mate was driving ,but by jesus it was close
Was behind a truck one day on the dual carriageway between the 2 roundabouts beside Collooney......was wondering why the car behind was flashing.......turns out there was a car in the outer lane coming towards us all!!!
Taureanmale: Was behind a truck one day on the dual carriageway between the 2 roundabouts beside Collooney......was wondering why the car behind was flashing.......turns out there was a car in the outer lane coming towards us all!!!
by jesus i got fright of my life that day it all happened so fast,by jesus ye were lucky as well 
traffic control is one thing, rediculous speed limits are another, the road from coonagh cross down to the dock road in limerick, 60kmph down to the jetland turning, bad enough, then a mile of 50kmph on a 3&1/2 lane black top with half a mile visibility, and speed signs the size of desert plates...god help anyone not familier with the area....
and in contrast i remember seeing a boureen in co monaghan which i sware to god was an unmade dirt track and it had a 80kmph sign up, i defy a rally driver to manage 50 or 60 down the said road....
and in contrast i remember seeing a boureen in co monaghan which i sware to god was an unmade dirt track and it had a 80kmph sign up, i defy a rally driver to manage 50 or 60 down the said road....
Brandenburger: traffic control is one thing, rediculous speed limits are another, the road from coonagh cross down to the dock road in limerick, 60kmph down to the jetland turning, bad enough, then a mile of 50kmph on a 3&1/2 lane black top with half a mile visibility, and speed signs the size of desert plates...god help anyone not familier with the area....
and in contrast i remember seeing a boureen in co monaghan which i sware to god was an unmade dirt track and it had a 80kmph sign up, i defy a rally driver to manage 50 or 60 down the said road....
and in contrast i remember seeing a boureen in co monaghan which i sware to god was an unmade dirt track and it had a 80kmph sign up, i defy a rally driver to manage 50 or 60 down the said road....
Yea they d badly want to audit the roads properly....not just go by class of road...theres national secondary roads down here that are not fit for 80k let alone the 100k they re set at while there are regional roads out there well capable of taking the 100k ...and as for automatically downgrading national roads when they re bypassed ....lunacy in places
One could fit this to their automobile.
Its a garage door opener, which has other uses shall we say
Its a garage door opener, which has other uses shall we say
there4u80: One could fit this to their automobile.
Its a garage door opener, which has other uses shall we say
nice to know Its a garage door opener, which has other uses shall we say
mjpd67: nice to know
Might fit one to my cbr some day, to open the garage door
there4u80: Might fit one to my cbr some day, to open the garage door
is it a blade or a 600:?6, V.Rossi colours, have it over a year, will keep for another year or so.
Funny, i was talking to a guy last night who had sold his gixxer 1000 last year and now has a more sensible bike, he misses it so much and will buy another one next summer, i like the last of the 900 blades, i've heard bad stories about the 1000RR's, too light and steering way too sensitive for Irish roads, fast as fu€k though
Next one is something to look forward to
Ah.. all them biker people.. too dangerous.. should be run out of the place. 
My experience of motorbike riders has been less than positive. I see a lot of hem speeding and weaving in and out of traffic. Very rarely have I seen them wear high visibility clothing or a Sam Browne belt.
Jim_38: My experience of motorbike riders has been less than positive. I see a lot of hem speeding and weaving in and out of traffic. Very rarely have I seen them wear high visibility clothing or a Sam Browne belt.
At least you "saw" them, hey, i drive for a living, large van, i drive with my dipped headlights switched on during daylight (everyone should IMO), i witness car drivers who for whatever reason, still fail to see a big white van with 2 dipped headlights on!
As for the speeding motorcyclists, i see the same thing, not very often i must add but the odd idiot for sure, they are in the minority though and most, unfortunately, meet their doom, sooner or later.
I don't agree with the price but this new EDT that new car licence holders must undertake is something that i agree with, i think it should go one step further though, as with motorcycles, new car licence holders (after passing their final test) should be restricted to a certain engine cc and/or power output for the 1st two years. In reality, a person of 18 or under (?) can buy, for example, a high powered Subaru Impreza and insure and drive it, a train wreck in the making!
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