How many lorries to cripple a city?

[Neil_M]

Traffic and public transport is a complete joke in this city. Today just shows what useless p***ks are running the place.

100% agree.

Even when the M2 was widened they were told by the time it was completed, the traffic would have increased to saturate the expansion. It was a token gesture.

Without getting political, they need to start spending money on the countries infrastructure and move forward.

 

[avo5021]

That's nothing compared to what it will be like when the M2/M3 - WestLink flyover works start.

3 years of disruption if it goes to plan !!

 

[pablo]

glad I cycle to work!

 

[jimcupra]

I'm for the alcoholic woman beater airport what is east Belfast like now.

 

[mrloaf]

Took me an hour going up the m1, Nutts corner Antrim, Magherafelt, the amount of cars I passed on my way out attempting to get into the city centre was crazy, the while city centre was obviously gridlock, why even bother trying!

 

[pablo]

what else you gonna do?

 

[Rocko]

I turned at the bottom of Parkway and got bloody stuck again going to the Belmont road roundabout ffs.

 

[johnboy888]

100% agree.

Even when the M2 was widened they were told by the time it was completed, the traffic would have increased to saturate the expansion. It was a token gesture.

Without getting political, they need to start spending money on the countries infrastructure and move forward.

agree so much with this

 

[mrloaf]

what else you gonna do?

Engage brain and try an alternative route which avoids city centre?

 

[pablo]

There usually are none. By the time you do that youve driven twice the distance and its taken longer.

 

[mrloaf]

There's usually an alternative route available to be fair, I take a few extra miles on the journey vrs sitting in gridlock for an hour

 

[Pumesta]

An RMS member kept me late collecting his new TV so by the time I got out of work it was busy on wine tavern street but was clear sailing from st Ann's, bridge street etc

 

[mike150]

I would love to see a Belfast bypass, not everyone wants to go into Belfast, it but I have to drive through the Westlink 3 times a week at 5pm and the there is a hold up on at least one of those days, today was the worst ever.

What flavor of F***TARD designs a motorway with traffic lights at the end, I imagine they stood back and thought 'Job Done'.

How do you roll a lorry on a straight, wide, dry road?

 

[Gambit]

How do you roll a lorry on a straight, wide, dry road?

I'll bet someone coming off the m3 decided they immediately had to cross the lanes to get across towards m2 as they're going to the airport....and bin lorry swerved caused the car didn't see it and just piled into the lane

 

[BarryPort]

How do you roll a lorry on a straight, wide, dry road?

Those ejector type lorries are a pig to steer. Top heavy even without a load due to heavy steel sides.

@chris_b can verify

 

[Mark_C]

no bus lanes on the M2 mate

Strictly speaking there are at sandyknowes on slip for example

 

[Pumesta]

How do you roll a lorry on a straight, wide, dry road?

Bet the incident was preceded by the phrase 'watch this'

 

[mike150]

Bet the incident was preceded by the phrase 'watch this'

Most stupid incidents are!

 

[Ben]

Blame the troubles.....otherwise the motorway would have been a lot lot different
History - Northern Ireland Motorway Plans - Northern Ireland Roads Site

Thanks for this btw, I found that really interesting!

 

[andy_gdon]

West link crumlin rd hightown is what I'm at 2 hrs in. Shore and antrim rd both fked

I went Springfield , west circular, twaddel, Ardoyne, antrim road, jordanstown. 2 1/2 hrs. Madness

 

[stevieturbo]

I was stuck in Dublin for 90mins around same time...must have been that same ****** lorry !

Same moron who ****ed up transport in Dublin is the same muppet ****ing it up here. I wonder if the driver of the lorry will get done for the carnage and chaos caused ? That's bound to be more serious than 34 in a 30 ?

Everyone inconvenience should be able to claim compensation off them !

 

[Ghisallo]

Left work at 5pm in the city centre to head home to Bangor. Spent 40mins getting 200 yards down high street simply because of the ****ers on Victoria street who ignore the lights and box junction in front of the Albert clock. Once past that mess it only took 20 mins to get to Bangor. Couldn't believe the tailbacks on Sydenham headed towards town though, poor schmucks. I bet there were a few flights missed at the airports and ferries at the ports

 

[O.C.D]

I was working from 14.00 till 23.00 so I made sure I found the longest and slowest moving traffic jam around Belfast and just sat in the truck listened to the radio and got paid to do so. Chill everyone. Lol

 

[O.C.D]

I was stuck in Dublin for 90mins around same time...must have been that same ****** lorry !

Same moron who ****ed up transport in Dublin is the same muppet ****ing it up here. I wonder if the driver of the lorry will get done for the carnage and chaos caused ? That's bound to be more serious than 34 in a 30 ?

Everyone inconvenience should be able to claim compensation off them !

How do you know it was the driver of the truck that caused this carnage. ?

 

[Arfur]

How do you know it was the driver of the truck that caused this carnage. ?

Took the words outta my mouth! Very presumptuous surely?? @SteveyTurbo