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A bull, a portaloo and a boat: Our roads in 2012
Between animals and inanimate objects, Ireland’s roads had a lot more than cars on them in 2012.
RESPONDING TO PEOPLES’ motoring problems day in, day out could start to get a little monotonous, or so you would think.
Some days can throw up something out of the ordinary, however, as the employees of AA Roadwatch found out during 2012.
Over the last year, they were contacted when the following members of the animal kingdom made their way onto Ireland’s roads:
- Foxes, and fox cubs
- Deer
- Horses (nearly 50 of them in total)
- Sheep
- Dogs
- Cows
- Swans (mostly angry)
- Ducks
- One (raging) bull
Less mobile, but just as problematic, were the following:
- Sofas
- Mattresses
- An oven
- A portaloo
- A boat (yes, a boat, on the N11)
What was the strangest thing that you came across on Ireland’s roads in 2012?
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