Traffic lights

Don't really see anything like that, but then I think a lot of our traffic lights have camera's on them.
I remember my Father was building a Mormon church in Dublin back in the 70's I think, we used to go down and stay in a caravan now and again. I remember clearly that traffic lights were just a thing you ignored and they were only there as ornamnets

I see it everyday at the Moira/M1 roundabout, just as the lights go red there will be some idiot who runs through, if everyone else can stop why cant they! There are times I would love to be a traffic police man! Can you imagine how big a barsteward I could really be (dont answer that!)

Maybe they are all color blind,and dont know the sequence of the lights,

And i think fat controller you would make a very fine police man

Most mornings I'm on the motorbike and extra care is needed. Yes, when the lights go green for me, I instinctively wait a second or so and look for idiots who might be inclined to blast on through the red. The odd time someone behind me blasts on the horn thinking I didn't see the green!! Theres no pleasing some people.

Too much aggression out there..

I heard recently that we are likely to get cameras installed at major intersections down here to deal with red light runners. More revenue for the government I guess. As long as no one gets blown away beforehand, especially me on me bike! :whistle:

Digger he was waiting for you. Lol

Agreed! roundabouts are a nightmare especially those wee ones they have put everywhere. No one seems to know how to use them.

Hate to admit it but spent a lot of years in England and they are much better drivers than here. Overtaking and roundabout negotiations go a lot smoother.

I have to agree with you about the roundabouts! I don't know about the North but in 1977 when I did my Driving Test in Tipperary there was no Roundabouts so we were never shown the correct way around them. I only learned years later when doing a test for a lorry. In 1978 I think they gave out a large number of amnesty licences because there was too much of a backlog to Test, so there is a large number of people out there that don't know how to use roundabouts

Sorry to disagree chaps and lasses but the driving standards in the UK leave a lot to be desired.
It is only where there are camera clearly mounted on top of the lights does there seem to be a following of the rule that once the light turn red the first car should stop and not the third or fourth.
Just to make a few new friends the worst culprits are those on two wheels either pedal of engine powered
As for Mini roundabouts why the H**l do they exist we have one at the end of our road on a main road with a good bus service. My observation is that less than one in 10 go round the island the rest over it and if you get 2 or three arrive at the same time every body stops because no body seem that they know who have right of way.
"my" mini roundabout has been up about a year now and the accident rate has increased massively I know this as when some either hits or is hit by a double decker it makes the local paper and to date I can remember over 10 reports (so about 1 per month) not bad when I cannot recall any last year before the dam thing was painted on the road and those on the main road had priorty
Re those things that flash
I thought that all roundabouts had some blocking devices that meant that indicators didn't work on them.
OOh I feel so much better after that rant
David

FC i hope she does not read that or you will be missing a couple of ball bearings (ouch)

She knows what I think of her driving and I must say it's the only thing the two of us would argue over, never try telling a teacher they are wrong

Have to agree about the bike test, I did mine and it makes you aware that everyone is out to get you

Used that roundabout every morning for a few months, it's quite daunting when you first see it but works very well!