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THERE ARE DELAYS on the northbound side of the M50 motorway in Dublin following a crash between junctions 11 and 12.
All northbound traffic between the two junctions had been closed for a period causing significant tailbacks. Two lanes have now been reopened and traffic is easing but motorists are still being warned of delays.
Delays were reported back to junction 13 but are expected to improve now that two lanes have been reopened.
“Traffic is moving through slowly and motorists are to expect delays due to the high volume of traffic at this location,” gardaí have said.
Emergency services remain at the scene of the crash between Firhouse and Tallaght and Dublin Fire Brigade has issued a warning about rubbernecking on the other side of the motorway.
“Rubberneckers are causing delays southbound. Avoid the area,” Dublin Fire Brigade said in a tweet.
The emergency service also asked motorists to be aware of workers at the scene.
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Some psychopaths about wanting to gawk at a car crash
@Fergus O’Connor: the same thing happened inbound on the N7 after the Citywest junction yesterday morning. I hate using a cynical tone when someone could be hurt but it is very frustrating.
@Fergus O’Connor: not disputing some people are doing this, but do people not slow down as they see emergency vehicles and often police.
I don’t know about everyone else, but if I see police I slow down.
@Mushy Peas: Mushy, slowing down is fine say to 60 to 80 km but it’s the people who jam on down to zero are the accident makers usually to the next car behind them.
On a separate note: they are called motorways not brakeways, so once on them get motoring!
@Simon O Flaherty: fair points Sy. Suppose the Gardai could better hurry people on by having an officer yield people through, but seems unnecessary…
@Fergus O’Connor: Every driver slows down to see what happened you included.
Why can’t the Fire brigade and the Gardai organize to have the large pop up frames with covers on them like they have in Britain to put around the scene so as to stop the drivers in all lanes rubbernecking.
@Frank Brennan: The tent alone would make drivers as curious and still rubber neck.
@Cork Truck Driver: yes true, but it should reduce the rubber necking time at least if there’s less detail to look at. If they sponsored the tent with something banal like washing up liquid people might just move on.
I make a conscious effort to maintain my speed going past any type of “attraction” / incident that may be considered rubberneckworthy by some and not look at it – what’s the point anyway?!
Inevitably there’s a slow down of car(s) in front of me though and I have to brake.
Fu(king idiots.
I hate rubberneckers with a passion.
@Frank Brennan: Having resourses to do that would be an issue. The fire service priority is to deal with the incident/injuries. They can’t spare the time and manpower to set up screens or tents around an incident. Screens would be set up if there was a fatality but that’s not the first priority.
Can we please just mount a fence or something to block the view to the other side? Honestly would fix a lot of the problems on the m50. Why do we need to see across the concrete baracades?
@Declan Snow: 100% agree with you.
Everyone gives out about rubbenneckers but everyone looks at an accident when their passing it.
@Willie Coffey: not true, that is the time to be extra vigilant to the traffic in front of and around you.
@Willie Coffey: @Willie Coffey: firstly it’s spelt *they’re* btw
and not everyone fu(king rubbernecks at an accident. There’s seeing and slowing down for a slack jawed gawk.
I consciously speed up even to nudge on the idiot in front of me I see slowing down. I might see it in peripheral vision passing by it but make a determination to maintain speed.
Using populist reductionism as a justification for rubbernecking is pretty low brow.
Check yo’self
comical that not one car/bike is using the correct motorway lane
@SkylineSi: not really since motorway driving is not taught as part of our driving curriculum or tested in anyway so not really surprising when the outside lane is still considered to be “the fasht lane” by so many
@Ian McNally: it should be, fully agree.
@SkylineSi: I would assume because that’s a Fire Brigade video the only two open lanes are the middle and overtaking (the crash has been moved to the inside lane).
Once they get up further SOME will probably move over but the number of people that join the motorway and immediately go into the middle lane is, quite frankly, hugely annoying.
@Ian McNally: may I ask what you consider the outside lane as?
@Mjhint: overtaking lane
@SkylineSi: it’s not just Ireland this happens, very prevalent in the UK as well and they have motorways a lot longer than us.
@Dan: I disagree. trucks & buses cannot use it so the definition you give is not correct. It’s the outside lane or fast lane because overtaking can be done in all lanes.
@Mjhint: overtaking can’t be done on the inside lane. That’d be undertaking.
@Jumperoo: sorry but that’s not correct. in the event of road works or smart motorways lane one can be used to overtake.
@SkylineSi: I’m the first biker you see in the video. The Gardai instructed us to use lanes 2 and 3 as lane 1 was closed between Firehouse and Tallaght as it was full of emergency vehicles and crash debris. I know how to use a motorway, don’t be a smart ass
@Mjhint: it’s lane 1 , 2 , and 3. You overtake on right and move back left when lane is empty and safe to do so . “ no body moves on this country only at last minute with massive surprise to following traffic, no indication of movement in time”
@Mjhint: you can pass on the inside lane, but it’s still not OVERtaking. It’s undertaking. Only thing you can OVERtake if you’re in the first lane is something that’s on the hard shoulder. And nothing should be on the hard shoulder on a motorway anyway.
@Jumperoo: Wrong, lane filtering is both undertaking and overtaking and there is no law against it. Also there is no legal definition of “slow moving traffic”.
Some amount of smoke coming out of that wee car in the video! I thought it was slamming the brakes
Being nosey is human nature. The best way to prevent rubbernecking is to put a raised barrier between the two roads! Would also prevent clowns with full beams blinding you at night! Win win!
@Billy Walsh: Exactly dame tired articles about rubber necking. Unless you put up a barrier it will continue as there is nothing you can do about to.
@Billy Walsh: Exactly dame tired articles about rubber necking. Unless you put up a barrier it will continue as there is nothing you can do about it.
Fast and furious lane-hopping homicidal maniacs
Rubberneckers should be fined
Hate to tell you folks an invention has already been created called the GawkStopper for just this purpose. To stop rubbernecking. Check it out at GawkStopper.com
First car out if the traps is an other smokey death trap no Gardai to stop it , it’s not roadworthy. Poor motorcycle rider get the full of it . We’re back in the 1970 but cops did stuff then.
What is a ‘rubberneckers ‘ ?
@Tim Oleary:
Cousins of the ‘brassneckers’ in the Dail!
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