SO… another day, another braindead suggestion by an Irish politician. Senator Donie Cassidy thinks that it’s time we abandoned the whole driving on the left lark and start driving on the right for a change. On the face of it (ie. before the brain kicks in some 3 seconds later) this doesn’t sound like such a bad idea. After all, the only places in the world that still drive on the left (with the exception on Japan) are the old British colonies, and we don’t want to be associated with them anymore do we?

*thinking*

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At this point, anyone with even the slightest shred of intelligence will have copped on that Donie Cassidy’s “suggestion” will not only require an enormous re-education program for the existing drivers in Ireland who, incidentally, have enough fucking trouble driving properly as it is, but will also mean the replacement of close to 1 million right-hand-drive vehicles and the re-marking of every junction in the country. Not to mention the fact that some existing junctions would be unworkable if driving on the right and every street sign would have to be moved to the opposite side of the road. Then someone will have to figure out a new one-way system for Dublin City centre, assuming they can even figure out the bollocks of a system that’s currently in place.

Wouldn’t it be fun if someone told Donie that it was an “excellent idea, we’re changing over next monday” and watch in wonder as he drives headlong into a stream of traffic on his way to work, blowing the horn and cursing at the non-compliant road users before ploughing into a articulated lorry at 100km an hour?

Now that would be worth watching. Heh heh heh.

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