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A MULTI-VEHICLE collision on the M50 has caused major delays on the motorway.
The five-vehicle collision happened just over an hour ago between Firhouse and Tallaght on the northbound side of the road.
All lanes were blocked, but have since reopened, as people head home for the bank holiday weekend.
No injuries have yet been reported, but the tailback stretches from junction 12 Firhouse to junction 16 Cherrywood and is having knock-on delays entering the motorway at those junctions.
Dublin Fire Brigade is urging motorists to be patient and they will get through.
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Good old M50 where you are never more than 50 meters away from someone driving like an absolute twit.
Well when some people almost stop and take a selfie what do you expect but traffic to get backed up.
Where’s hailo now?
No bus lanes to help these people out ..
And idiots driving in the middle lane with left lane free
Its simple folks…… a fair whack of the delays & slowing down is caused by one simple phenomena. People just dont know how to enter a motorway at speed nor do those who are on know how to let them on……Solve that & things will be better.
bigger idiots who don’t take advantage. yet lecture on Rules of the Road!
Joe Boyle….seriously??? Is that your idea of sarcasm? Pathetic.
going by red thumbs, around 90% don’t know the rules on motorways. Let me remind you, the inside lane is the driving lane, so use it, for if you don’t you’re a lane hogger.
Fred! That was not sarcasm . It was the truth ..
Did I touch a nerve?
Well I do sympathise for people trying to get home for the BH weekend but at least there’s no serious injuries or casualties, that’s the main thing
Simply put, many people don’t know how to drive on a three lane road. Stay left. Left lane is for driving in. Middle and right are over taking lanes. So many people driving at 80 in the centre lane with idiots undertaking. Drive slower in the left lane. Not in the middle.
Paul Undertaking is perfectly legal if you are in the correct lane and under the speed limit. Much like the recent UK enforcement drive on middle lane hoggers, that restrict proper traffic flow and block inside lane drivers in we need proper enforcement here
No so sure about that Wayne. Pretty sure undertaking is illegal.
If the traffic on the right is moving at a slower pace than the traffic in the left lane, you can undertake them.
At least that’s what the rules of the road stated when I last read them.
Also ones interpretation of that is taken into account, is it only when traffic is gridlocked/heavy or when some di(kwad is middle lane hogging.
Meh the UK has 3 lane motorways as the norm and its still a problem over there
Reg, rules of the road are very clear and exact article has been posted here by myself and others before. If you are within the speed limit on a motorway it is perfectly legal to u fertile using the inside lane.
It is however illegal to sit on either the middle or outside overtaking lane on our motorways
it’s absolutely dangerous driving that’s what it is,
Paul..I drove on the M9 motorway in thick fog one morning this week and counted 14 cars , on a 20mile stretch, that I saw that didnt have any lights on,not to mention Fog Lights!!!
And you expect these people to understand how to navigate a 3 lane carriageway correctly!?!?!?
Overtake only on the right, unless traffic is travelling in slow moving queues and the traffic queue on your right is travelling more slowly than you are.
it is NOT an offence to simply pass on inside lane on motorways. Those who think otherwise ought to start reading up the RSA”s Motorway Booklet.
Thanks Wayne. I made a similar comment about 3 years ago and was ridiculed by these expert drivers who would get their information from listening to older idiots. Yet when you ask them to show you where it says it’s illegal on motorways to pass on inside, they cant. By your green thumbs it proves my point.
Simple — get in out of the fooking lane if someone is behind you and wants to overtake.
The overtaking lane has no meaning on the m50 because some gob$hites just doddle along in it and others feel they are driving at the speed limit so they have a duty to make sure no one else can drive any faster
http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/Learner%20Drivers/Rules_of_the_road.pdf
Page 146, Overtake only on the right, unless traffic is travelling in slow moving queues and the traffic queue on your right is travelling more slowly than you are. If you intend to move from a slower lane to a faster lane, adjust your speed first.
The introduction to that booklet says the words “must/must not are used to draw attention to behaviour the law clearly demands or forbids. So by using the first two words of that rule “only overtake” means it is not a legal obligation but advisory!
It also says that the rules are written in PLAIN English to encourage GOOD ROAD BEHAVIOUR. let’s not split legal hairs. Undertaking is not good road behaviour at any speed above a slow, heavy traffic crawl.
There is no splitting of legal hairs. It either is or is not legal, and is also written in plain English in the Introduction to the rules of the road. If people made an effort to read this instead of coming out with this plague of rubbish and myths our roads would be much safer. The driver who undertakes is not the dangerous one. It’s the idiot who may change lane without checking their mirrors, which is an offence, under careless driving. If undertaking is so dangerous wouldn’t it be equally as dangerous overtaking a lefthand driven vehicle? If you want to pass a hogger who is in lane 3 of a 4 lane motorway how can you say it is safer to make 6 lane changes plus an overtake than simply not break any rule and simply pass on inside? The only time you could be charged for undertaking is if it’s carried out dangerously by weaving in and out of lanes.
ahhhh gotta love living in the west
Yes Frank it’s the place to be no tailbacks.
No tailbacks…….Or jobs :(
and muck savages…
There’s no traffic because there’s nowhere to go to and nothing to do anyway.
There’s only tailbacks in the country @ 2am in the morning when the ldas in the local are driving home from the pub.
When they’re all pissed?
^^^^ The innocence of urbanites.
Normally, there’s one taxi between 2 full pubs worth of people Jonathan, and he only works Fri to Sunday nights. That means if anyone in the village wants to go for a pint on a weeknight, they either drive or walk home. No in between.
Or scobey Dubs.
Except in between the grille of a truck when they walk home gee-eyed.r
If people learned the rules of a motorway and the purpose of the overtaking lanes there would be no problems.
Or people stopped driving like asreholes
I just can’t believe that there aren’t more crashes on the M50. The standard of driving is disgraceful, it’s a “dog eat dog” kind of lunacy. Even if the traffic corps were at every exit and ramp it would not improve. If you even attempt to keep in lane and drive within limits you will be cut up,tailgated,undertaken . Avoid when at all possible because that road is reserved for a special kind of ignoramus.
A frequent traveler then, Clinton?
If you can be undertaken Mike, you’re in the wrong lane.
I live close by comings ,I leave the M50 experience to others that feel the need to compensate.
Hard shoulder, but thanks for the lesson.
Actually Mike constant traffic enforcement from 2 cars with proper enforcement would see behaviour improve quickly.
Try driving in Abu Dhabi, the M50 is a lesson in manners and decorum in comparison.
Very hard to be undertaken if you are in the proper lane to begin with.
Well if he was driving at exactly the speed limit and the guy who undertakes him over the speed limit who then is at fault?.
They both are. Keep left unless you are overtaking.
William both are commuting an offence, speeding and dangerous overtaking and driving in the wrong lane on a motorway
Cheers guys, I remember driving on the same stretch of road where the above accident took place and there was literally a monsoon like deluge puddles building up all over the m50, visibility extremely poor wipers on full pelt, to be honest a pretty scary experience, I slowed right down like many other drivers and slipped into the inside lane, but I was amazed to see drivers on the outside lanes still driving like they had a plane to catch, not only are they a danger to themselves but the lives of other road users.
I doubt it Mike but you’re welcome.
M50 is over the design capacity, the speed limit is entirely notional and rarely if ever enforced…
Drive in lane one only to be barged out of it by drivers who don’t know how to merge onto a motorway
Drive in lane two only to be barged out of it by merging drivers, and cut up by drivers from lane 3 speeding and cutting you up so they can cut into the next off-ramp..
Drive in lane three at 100kph? Expect to have an Audi/BMW/Merc SUV sitting on your bumper, leave a proper 3 or 4 second gap to the car infront? Well expect to have a car/van cut into that gap causing you to brake…
In short… it’s like Max Max the movie on that road!
@intrated you are 100% spot on it is a fcuking nightmare driving on the M50 i could nearly tell the colour of the eyes of the bimbo in the BMW driving up my arse this morning so irritating
You should have stood on the break it usually sorts out that messing
have done a few times the look on their faces is priceless
yea cos two wrongs always equal a right?
Following too close is dangerous and careless, but causing another driver to suddenly brake, and thusly causing drivers behind the idiot to brake, slows down traffic and could potentially cause an incident, so don’t be an idiot with that sort of carry on… Just move into lane 2 when is safe and let the tailgater away, your life will be much less stressful…
john g & lee. Just to let u know that a car rear-ending you is no longer seen as in the wrong a 100% of the time anymore. By the guards or insurance companys. What you two have just said is beyond dangerous and will only result in death. Especially when travelling at such speeds.. Just take a deep breath and swollow your pride and move out the way. Safe driving people…
Ask yourself why the car is tailgating you – would it be because you are hogging the o/taking lane and the drivers behind you are running out of patience ?
no larry i am following the traffic at a safe distance in the correct lane it’s just the ar*ehole behind me loves driving in my boot
Does anyone else have a really smug feeling of delight when driving on the M50 and the opposite side isn’t moving, like in the picture?
Little bit…
Careless drivers, esp rubber necking previous accidents , who cause crashes that cause massive delays and inconvenience 1000′s of people should be prosecuted, penalty points, fines or my personal preference given a good ass kicking (ok not the last bit)
Watched a young fella and his mate in a BMW fly off the road between Douglas and Carrigaline in Cork today. No injuries, minor damage, but he looked like a total knob who took the corner too fast showing off, and hadn’t factored in the wet road. Had a good laugh off him as I was driving by and smirking in his dopey face.
I know the emergency services do their best but getting the flow moving has to be faster.
I love when I get to go to Dublin and drive on the M50 I get all my built up aggravation out on idiot drivers whom haven’t a clue how to use motorways just like they don’t have a clue how to use roundabouts in the west. Was in the left lane for going straight on the other day on a roundabout and some idiot was on the right lane of course going into a single lane road something had to give he ended up having to stop and he blew the horn at me and stuck his finger up at me. It’s not my fault he did not learn how to navigate a roundabout I usually drive on the defensive but sometimes you just gotta take the offensive because idiots will run rings around you.
What was truly obscene was the ‘rubbernecking’ traffic heading southbound at the time of the crash. Slowed down to a crawl. Once past the scene there was normal speed and flow. Macabre and horrible.
Would have been easily avoided by a 6 foot wall in the middle of the M50 with the odd break for emergency services to enter through if needs be.
m50 southbound is a car park every morning Mon- Fri I think it’s just as bad now as it was before the toll booths were removed and the bridge widened. I don’t think it would be a bad idea to reconsider building an outer ring road north of the airport linking up with the n3 n4 and n7. if it gets any worse I think people will do the same as 10 years ago and start cutting through the city centre believing it to be just as quick and cheaper. by the way, sorry for the rant, hopefully nobody was injured.
No chance of it being quicker with the same street bus gate in place
There are plenty of other routes through the city, you know. The bus fare hasn’t made any major difference; it’s the Luas works that are making it difficult to cross parts of the city.
*bus GATE
Poor guy trying to get to the airport to visit his fiancé.
Or at least there was until his tweet was deleted from this article.
Was Shaw deleted too?
Not related to the accident but more to the M50 in general…
Its such a shame that there’s no foresight in this country. Dublin needed an inner ring road decades ago. The north and south circulars should have been widened years ago with an outer ring road beyond that. The M50 is a single motorway that’s doing the job of three ring roads
Yea, build more and bigger roads, definitely the answer to traffic congestion, just ask “L.A”
Middle-lane hoggers and cat drivers on the M50 should be forcibly deported to the west, Cromwell style. 3 evenings out of 5 it’s nightmarishly slow.
Most will pay their toll fees regardless of delay. Obey and pay.
Yes, you have to pay for long terms car parking.
the recession is over lads!!!
Probably on the phone
What do people expect ? absolutely zero enforcement of rules of the road on M50
Blinded by fog lights in a clear night? tailgating? Not leaving a sufficient gap? Not indicating in good time? Sweeping from outside lane to exit in one go ? And not a guard in sight!
That’s every day of the week leaving Manhattan, often taken me 2 hours to go 25 miles , that’s a minor back up an hour and five minutes
I think ppl should have lessons on how to use motorway it’s just happening to frequent . I was traveling Sth bound got on at red cow just after 4 pm no word of lie it was well after 6.30 before I got to nutgrove total grid lock on all routes . People need to learn how to use there mirrors proper.
What is the M50 like now? Is it still bad?
Even in inside lane driving speed limit,100km an hour people still flash you to move or pass on middle lane. No rules in M50 it seems
Dublin City FM for traffic reports…..my saviour….. did a u-turn at Clayton Hotel at 4pm
..back up the mountains via lamb doyles and onto M50 at Tallaght…..home in 1hr, normally 40mins.
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