Driving in Ireland
is terrifying - it's like Mario Kart, with slightly more serious consequences. I've driven in Africa, the former USSR and what used to be Yugoslavia - none of them can hold a candle to the sheer fucking lunacy I witnessed daily while navigating Dublin and the surrounding areas. A van won't save you or elevate you either - I've had all sorts trying to run me off the road or shorten my stay.

Is there any truth in the story that the Dal just started handing out licenses like sweets for people who'd only previously held a provisional license?
(mymilkshakebringsallthemongstotheyard poison hearts, poison minds - joining hate, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 13:29, 4 replies)

Back in the early eighties there was a huge backlog of people waiting for tests.
And there was an election coming up, so Fianna Fáil decided to give licenses away.
( Dr Preference AjcuiVd289, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 14:44, closed)

Ah, Ireland
The only country I've visited where you can be overtaken whilst overtaking.
( .Yeti. El amor en los tiempos del cólera, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 18:05, closed)

You've never been to Sri Lanka then.
In one incident I recall, we were in an 8-seater minibus, overtaking a lorry, which was overtaking a pushbike with 4 people on it, going uphill round a blind left-hand bend (they drive on the left).
My arsehole was like a rabbit's nose.
( Snappyuk gets BIGGER with free sample., Sat 24 Apr 2010, 18:13, closed)

try israel
it must be something about countries beginning with "I"
(zenmeban thinks the weather could be better, Sat 24 Apr 2010, 21:45, closed)