Lousy drunks!DUBLIN (Reuters) - Ireland should consider giving up driving on the left to reduce accidents by foreigners accustomed to right side motoring, a senior politician said Friday.
Donie Cassidy, the leader of Ireland's upper chamber Senate, cited Sweden -- which moved to the right in 1967 -- as an example of a country that switched decades after most of Europe did.
Ireland's economic growth over the past decade has attracted tens of thousands of workers especially from central and eastern European countries. It is also a popular tourist destination for visitors from the United States.
"We have all of these people coming in from Europe and from America and (because of) the roads that they are used to driving on in their own countries it is a huge difficulty when they start driving here," Cassidy told public broadcaster RTE.
"I know when I go to America it takes me five or six days to adjust." (H/T - Yahoo!)
Oh yeah, the accidents are the Americans' fault. I'm surprised Donie didn't blame George Bush and Karl Rove. Maybe they should hold off on a decision, since most people in ireland are half in the bag when they drive, anyway.
Editor's note: Please do not send hate mail, as Wyatt is part Irish. Thus, he cannot be called a racist, sexist, or ethnocentrist when it comes to the Micks. Wyatt also despises Notre Dame, but many Irish people do as well, so it's all good.
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