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I know the person who took these pics and he's a bit of a celebrity now as the pics went round the internet like wildfire and were picked up by a few newspapers

ESB = Electricity Supply Board

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Lives being put at risk die to electrical pole in housing esate in Ballylinan There's claims lives are being put at risk at a housing estate in Ballylinan in Laois due to an electrical pole in the middle of the street. There's growing fears that there will be a serious accident as cars are forced to swerve round the dangerous pole. Laois County Council say it's the responsiblity of the ESB and there was reflective taping on it which had to be removed due to anti social behaviour. Meanwhile, the ESB says it falls into the remit of both authorities and insists the pole will be removed this week.

The good news ->

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ESB say it's going, going . . . it's gone An ESB pole that had was standing in the middle of a road junction for several months has been whipped down, within hours of a media report branding it a danger to motorists. Residents at a new housing estate in Ballylinan, Co Laois have spent the last few months struggling to avoid the electricity pole as they enter the development at Rahin Towers. It took just a matter of hours to fell the offending pole after the story was highlighted in a national newspaper yesterday morning.

This one is also good too, look at the pic ->

http://www.independent.ie/education...ol-1267687.html

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the post should be in the middle of the road at the junction.

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Originally posted by THE_Chris Taken in Ballylinan, Co. Laois in Ireland. Spot the slight issue here.

well first and foremost, i would say judging by the high prevelance of large aggregate in the wear course of the asphalt pavement, the screeds on the paver were not applying correct compaction force nor were the augers preventing seggreagation. This could also have been caused by the asphalt batch plant using a drum mixer instead of a pug mill.... amateurs... furthermore, there is a large paver shadow down the centerline caused by the asphalt handcrew not raking the cold joint before finish rolling, this will contribute to greater water infiltration of the pavement structure and in the presence of colder climates, this can cause frost lense de-lamination of the pavement structure.

Secondly the placement of the masonry walls on either side of the roadway reduce the stopping sight distance and provide a potential for collision. As a general guidline, no structure taller than 0.5m should be placed within 3m of a curbline.


Oh and i almost forgot, the pole in the middle of the asphalt does not have propper hazard marker signage affixed to it. A Wa-33LR should be affixed to both approaches of the pole, as well as square bar guide rail barrier should be affixed in a protective configuration around the pole in accordance with OPSD 903.1.

Alternatively, you could fire the dunce who put a pole in the middle of a frikken road. It must have been an electrical engineer that designed that hydro line. they are all dunces....

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Originally posted by Theresa Did they just recently expand the road or something? Perhaps it's the "dumb detector pole". If you hit it, you're dumb as fuck and lose your license. I think we should have some of those here. Turn the roads into slalom courses just to test if people are paying attention. It would be pretty sweet.

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