Anonymous wrote...

[I wrote this post over 2 years ago in reply to an Anonymous commentator on this blog post where I detail the failings of the then current road safety TV ad campaign. I held back from posting but decided to now as I have a related new blog post waiting to be published.]


"you are an idiot. politely putting this your views on the road safety ad were wrong and you missed the point completely with the advertisement winning an effectiveness award. Also the reason the speed limit was dropped on the fermoy road was more than likely due to people like you who think speeding is relative to how confident you are as a driver causing accidents because they were unable to react to a situation that suddenly occurred and due to their high levels of speed. Their is a reason why the RSA are promoting a reduction in speed from drivers. Its because statistically proven speed kills, not bad roads."

I can barely read what you wrote; have you ever heard of punctuation? I'm forgiving when it comes to grammar usually, but sometimes you just need it. ,,,,,,, Theres a few free comma's for you to use next time you deside to try your hand at writing English.

"you are an idiot"

Fair enough I guess, since your authority on idiocy obviously exceeds my own.

"you missed the point completely with the advertisement winning an effectiveness award."

So the ad. won an effectiveness award and yet I missed the point of it? Well if "idiots" like me don't "get it" then I guess its not all that effective after all.

"Also the reason the speed limit was dropped on the fermoy road was more than likely due to people like you who think speeding is relative to how confident you are as a driver causing accidents because they were unable to react to a situation that suddenly occurred and due to their high levels of speed."

Christ, what were you attempting to say in all that gibberish? I "think" you were suggesting that the limit was lowered because the speed limit was unsuitable. Yeah maybe youre right, maybe after all these years the county council decided to "fix" the limits... or maybe its because it was downgraded from a primary route to a seconardry route when the M8 motorway was opened, and as you may be aware (although I doubt it), that means that the speed is automatically dropped from 100kph to 80kph, irrespective of road quality. The road hasn't changed physically, just its colour on a map. Cynics will point out that this was a deliberate attempt to force people onto the tolled motorway. I wont comment on that, but I will say that there is no longer a government controlled national primary route between Fermoy and Cork, on the Dublin to Cork Road. Thats beyond a fucking joke!

Anyway listen, you little snot of a commentator, the roads in Ireland are a fucking disgrace! Until we wake up and realaise that successive governments have been wasting EU money on shite and not spending it on needed infrastructure it doesnt matter how many ads we have on tv with Gay Byrne waving his micky around the place.

"Their is a reason why the RSA are promoting a reduction in speed from drivers. Its because statistically proven speed kills, not bad roads."

Oh jeez, statically speaking, you will find that people die mostly on "bad stretches of roads". I'm so glad you've proven that you actually didnt read what I wrote, it makes me even more smug in the deffinate knoweledge that you are a cretin who deserves to be scraped up off the road some day. I mentioned umpteen times that I accepted that speed kills. What I don't accept is the ignorence to poor road quality completely missing from these adds. Why is it always a child or a dog thats the "unexpected", when in reality its usually a fucking crator of a pothole around a band bend that happens upon you without notice. Make just one ad where you admit that the roads are shite and I will give my 100% suport to all road safety campaignes.

You fail to understand what relativeity is. Of course speed limits are reletive, to suggest otherwise is buffoonery! Why is the speed limit on motorways 120kph while in built up areas this drops to as low as 30kph. It's because motorways are "relatively" safer at high speeds than city driving. Just the same as secondary roads are meant to be "relatively" inferior in carriageway quality than that of primary routes, but as I proved with the Fermoy road changing its class overnight, this system is made a joke of in Ireland.

You seem to be of the opinion that I think speed limits should be increased. Oh no my dear, "people like me" think, if anything, that most roads need a drastic cut in speed because their quality is so dangerous. A point missed by an "idiot" like you.