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Guys attacking cyclists in Dublin!!

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    #92
    cython
    Registered Users Posts: 4,757 ✭✭✭cython


    Traumadoc wrote: »
    Ask the gardai to get the drivers insurance details as you plan to take an action through the PIAB.

    The post doesn't mention the driver hitting the poster, so not sure what action there is to be taken through the PIAB, they will want to know about threats even less than the Gardai seemed to want to!


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    #93
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,401 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    btw, when i first read the thread title, i read it as 'gays attacking cyclists'.


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    #94
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    gadetra wrote: »
    Happens to me quite a lot, but outside town heading south. I'd say it happens every week or so. No idea why.

    I was coming back from racing Tuesday night and a grey 131 corolla with 3 lads in it felt compelled to cross the n11, pull up beside me, shout at me, comment on my anatomy, then pull off again. :rolleyes::mad: It does happen, but no enough to put you off. A lot more so in Spring/summer/autumn (the shouting). Almost never in winter for me anyway.

    N11 though. I experienced most of my worst **** on bike or car on N11. Used to live in Killiney and had some crazy experiences.


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    #95
    Harrybelafonte
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    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    N11 though. I experienced most of my worst **** on bike or car on N11. Used to live in Killiney and had some crazy experiences.

    Sorry, to clarify, never cycled when I lived there but still use the N11 for cycles since moving to NORTHSIDE.


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    #96
    eeeee
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    Harrybelafonte wrote: »
    Sorry, to clarify, never cycled when I lived there but still use the N11 for cycles since moving to NORTHSIDE.

    Most of the cycling 'incidents' I experience happen on the n11. Just seems to he a hotspot for it. Hate that road. An unfortunately necessary evil.


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    #97
    Traumadoc
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    cython wrote: »
    The post doesn't mention the driver hitting the poster, so not sure what action there is to be taken through the PIAB, they will want to know about threats even less than the Gardai seemed to want to!

    There is payment for mental health, If you have suffered, e.g. afraid to cycle a particular road or indeed cycle at all because of the actions of a 3rd party you are entitled to claim.

    Its in the PIAB forms

    You do not have to have a collision to have an adverse outcome.

    BTW I always cycle with a fly 6 camera now.


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    #98
    Harrybelafonte
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,450 ✭✭✭Harrybelafonte


    And very boring to cycle


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    #99
    cython
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    Traumadoc wrote: »
    There is payment for mental health, If you have suffered, e.g. afraid to cycle a particular road or indeed cycle at all because of the actions of a 3rd party you are entitled to claim.

    Its in the PIAB forms

    You do not have to have a collision to have an adverse outcome.

    BTW I always cycle with a fly 6 camera now.

    And where did the poster mention having suffered any of this?! Is it any wonder there's a compo culture when this is the goto advice that people get? :rolleyes:


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    #100
    Traumadoc
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    cython wrote: »
    And where did the poster mention having suffered any of this?! Is it any wonder there's a compo culture when this is the goto advice that people get? :rolleyes:

    Nowhere, I just mentioned it as a way to get the guards to take action.

    But go ahead, fly off the handle.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D


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    #101
    Traumadoc
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    KTRIC wrote: »
    Put in a claim against their insurance for your injuries and damage to your bike.
    :eek:


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    #102
    BoardsMember
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    I've had people lean out the window and scream abuse when passing on the road from cruagh to viewing point recently.

    On a couple of nights up at viewing point this winter there were kids in cars doing doughnuts in the car park, if I'd read this thread before then I'd have been even more scared in the dark!


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    #103
    Qualitymark
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    lolo62 wrote: »
    Can't believe this..it confirms what I've been thinking lately about society and that's that average Joe these days is a sociopath

    Scarcely.

    If there were an easy way of knowing what insurance company any driver was with, the easy way to stop this dead in its tracks would be for a few people with helmet cameras to send footage to the insurance companies insuring the drivers in question, and for this to get plenty of publicity. If people thought their insurance (if any, of course) was going to quadruple as a result of dangerous behaviour towards cyclists it might sober them.


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    #104
    omri
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    I'm just gonna post here as I'm not sure if this was mentioned already or if it's true. Yesterday my wife told me that there is a gang targeting cyclists with good bikes in enniskerry especially if they cycle alone. They apparently are knocking people of their bikes in order to steal them. She was told that by few of her colleagues - if its true or not I don't know but better safe than sorry.


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    #105
    RainyDay
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    Qualitymark wrote: »
    Scarcely.

    If there were an easy way of knowing what insurance company any driver was with, the easy way to stop this dead in its tracks would be for a few people with helmet cameras to send footage to the insurance companies insuring the drivers in question, and for this to get plenty of publicity. If people thought their insurance (if any, of course) was going to quadruple as a result of dangerous behaviour towards cyclists it might sober them.

    Interesting idea. It's amazing how many people driving branded vehicles seem to forget that they are an advertisement for their brand. Bring the employers into the picture too.


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    #106
    mal1
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    A little off topic but i'm not a fan of guys cycling around with cameras. I have a Go Pro and use it when I'm thundering down some hill in the Alps but I just don't like the idea of using one for my daily commute. The same s*it happens me as it does others, but I'm not feeling like I need to cycle around with a camera on my head yet. These incidents aren't frequent enough to justify.


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    #107
    Kavrocks
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    mal1 wrote: »
    A little off topic but i'm not a fan of guys cycling around with cameras. I have a Go Pro and use it when I'm thundering down some hill in the Alps but I just don't like the idea of using one for my daily commute. The same s*it happens me as it does others, but I'm not feeling like I need to cycle around with a camera on my head yet. These incidents aren't frequent enough to justify.
    Surely 1 incident of a cyclist being assaulted is 1 too many and warrants any cyclist taking measures to prevent it happening to them self or others?


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    #108
    Unknown Soldier
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    mal1 wrote: »
    A little off topic but i'm not a fan of guys cycling around with cameras. I have a Go Pro and use it when I'm thundering down some hill in the Alps but I just don't like the idea of using one for my daily commute. The same s*it happens me as it does others, but I'm not feeling like I need to cycle around with a camera on my head yet. These incidents aren't frequent enough to justify.

    If you ever get knocked off your bike by a car, like I did on the Walkinstown Roundabout, you'll understand how important a camera can be.

    I hope you never need one!


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    #109
    William F
    Closed Accounts Posts: 473 ✭✭William F


    cython wrote: »
    And where did the poster mention having suffered any of this?! Is it any wonder there's a compo culture when this is the goto advice that people get? :rolleyes:

    What's wrong with compo culture? People pay ridiculous amounts to insurance companies every year. It's only right they cough up when there's an accident.


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    #110
    cython
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    William F wrote: »
    What's wrong with compo culture? People pay ridiculous amounts to insurance companies every year. It's only right they cough up when there's an accident.

    Are you really so naive as to ask that question?! The culture of compensation in Ireland is exactly why we pay so much to insurance companies. Insurance companies have always been businesses, and as such have always had to make a profit, but the cost of insurance (for everybody, not just those claiming!) is being forced up massively by exaggerated and frivolous claims. I have no qualms with people claiming for genuine losses incurred, but I'm fed up of seeing my costs of insurance continually increasing because of this culture, in spite of not having had to claim made against me to date (touch wood!). People on threads like this encouraging claims where no suggestion of loss/damage/distress have been made are only encouraging frivolous claims, and that is exactly what is wrong with the culture.


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    #111
    cython
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    Traumadoc wrote: »
    Nowhere, I just mentioned it as a way to get the guards to take action.

    But go ahead, fly off the handle.:D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

    I'm not flying off the handle, but threatening the Gardai with a frivolous insurance claim (see my previous post as to why I regard this as frivolous in this context based on the poster's description) will not (or at least should not) push them to take action any more than the original complaint.


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    #112
    JJJJNR
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    I wonder would one of these mounted on your bike be much of a deterrent.

    $_35.JPG


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    #113
    mal1
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    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    If you ever get knocked off your bike by a car, like I did on the Walkinstown Roundabout, you'll understand how important a camera can be.

    I hope you never need one!

    I obviously understand what you are saying, I'm not blind to it and as I said the same happens to me as you, I've been knocked off a bike more than once. A camera might come in handy. It didn't for me since the driver has always stopped and we sorted it.

    So I'm still not going to wear a camera and at the moment.

    Worse things happened to me off the bike. That's my point.


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    #114
    fat bloke
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    The only sure place to ride to avoid being attacked as a cyclist...... is in A4 racing.




    *Ba dum tish :D*


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    #115
    ThisRegard
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    Not quite in the same league, but about an hour ago there was a crazy girl walking along the coast at Baldoyle holding her arm up giving everyone, cyclists and motorists, the finger. I think she was just pissed she was wet and freezing.

    Now where are those insurance forms for my claim?


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    #116
    Qualitymark
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    mal1 wrote: »
    A little off topic but i'm not a fan of guys cycling around with cameras.

    Me neither, but at a time when saaaairtin paaaarties are pushing a dangerous anti-cyclist line, it may be temporarily necessary.


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    #117
    HivemindXX
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    I had to stop reading this about half way through because it was just too sickening. Yet, I imagine if you asked the random Joe Duffy listener or Finian McGrath type you would be almost certain to hear that cyclists are the biggest danger on the road.


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    #118
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    Macy0161 wrote: »
    If you have the reg number(s) of these Italian reg cars, you could try to report them to Revenue. If they're resident here, they're supposed to transfer the car to an Irish Reg within 7 days of it entering the state.

    That is for an Irish person buying a car abroad and bringing it in. A foreigner coming to Ireland has a grace period of 12 months:
    http://www.revenue.ie/en/tax/vrt/leaflets/temporary-exemption-foreign-registered.html
    The period of time that the vehicle is in the State does not exceed 12 months.

    7 Days would be very difficult for any foreign reg cars that are here for longer than a week but not resident here.


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    #119
    dr.fuzzenstein
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    William F wrote: »
    What's wrong with compo culture? People pay ridiculous amounts to insurance companies every year. It's only right they cough up when there's an accident.

    Have you ever wondered why you pay a ridiculous amount for insurance? I guess not. Better put in your claim before they jack up the premium (again).


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    #120
    mal1
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    Kavrocks wrote: »
    Surely 1 incident of a cyclist being assaulted is 1 too many and warrants any cyclist taking measures to prevent it happening to them self or others?

    Absolutely disagree. I can't agree with the attitude that we all must react and change our behaviour due to the actions of a few.


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    #121
    Kevincavan83
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    Personaly before i started cycling i used to get quite frustrated with cyclists hogging lanes, that was until i got back onto a bike after many years and you realise how vulnerable that you are on a bicycle and now show a lot more.
    But even at that i would never have felt the need to try attack a cyclist with my car, and if someone tried it to me i would not be too impressed and if someone tried assaulting me when i stop i will do what is legally entitled of me to stop someone from carrying it out.


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