Operation Bicycle

humbert

The should have called it, "Operation night-rider".

blorg

Jip wrote: »

My main commuting jacket is not high-vis, it's blue but has flashings on it (so too does my rucksack) and I have two lights front and back, would I be one of those to get a verbal warning ?

No, as a practical matter the gardaí are generally happy with anyone who is sufficiently well lit, which generally means one working light of the right colour front and back, flashing or otherwise. The working bit is pretty key, I often see cyclists with "lights" but where the battery has run down to the point that they are practically invisible (I saw one last night, saw the cyclist before I saw his light.)

stevie_b

TimAllen wrote: »

umm, yea Seattle ..... so that rules out anal reference - glad we sorted that. I am disturbed that you are getting excited at the erroneous expectation that you were going to get probed - its not going to happen, the smiley would have indicated to most people that I was not being serious - sorry to disappoint you!!! Anyways, I might get done for cruelty to your gerbils!!!

jaysus, Tim's in an awfully good mood today......... petrol prices must have come down.

TimAllen

stevie_b wrote: »

jaysus, Tim's in an awfully good mood today......... petrol prices must have come down.

nay, just getting jolly in anticipation of my duties under the Santa Clause!!! Its getting close you know, I'm putting on a few pounds and growing a big beard at the moment- oh and getting back after being hit with the ban stick. Eeven blorgs provocations dont work! Ho Ho Ho

stevie_b

TimAllen wrote: »

nay, just getting jolly in anticipation of my duties under the Santa Clause!!! Its getting close you know, I'm putting on a few pounds and growing a big beard at the moment- oh and getting back after being hit with the ban stick. Eeven blorgs provocations dont work! Ho Ho Ho

leave them kids alone tim.

TimAllen

stevie_b wrote: »

leave them kids alone tim.

careful now, I'm told that smileys dont work - I might have to complain to the mods on what is, an innocent joke!

Hungrycol

Can someone linky me to those seat stay lights please. Oh and where I can buy shares in Duracell.

Raam wrote: »

This reminds me, I must slap a few of those reflective strips on to the turbo trainer bike for the winter.

How funny's that! (see what I did there?)

Bunnyhopper

Has the law on bike lights been updated? I seem to recall that it was quite out of date and referred only to incandescent bulbs, giving a minimum size for surface area of the lens on that basis. I think it also specified a height from the ground at which the light had to be mounted.

If they're going to start enforcing the detail of the law then they really should update the legislation to reflect current realities (LED lamps etc.). I hope the Gardaí are reasonable in practice. I'd hate to see someone with a clatter of lights and a hi-viz jacket on getting told off for not having pedal reflectors.

niceonetom

I think I preferred the old angry-Tim. That was only annoying.

New affable-Tim is creeping me out slightly.

Bunnyhopper

Hungrycol wrote: »

Can someone linky me to those seat stay lights please.

I think it's these ones:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Smart_1~2_Watt_3_LED_Rear_Light/5360026001/

Captain Havoc

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

I think it's these ones:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Smart_1~2_Watt_3_LED_Rear_Light/5360026001/

I have one of these lights, they are fantastic

Caroline_ie

niceonetom wrote: »

I think I preferred the old angry-Tim. That was only annoying.

New affable-Tim is creeping me out slightly.

Calm before the storm? ... Halloween Tim Allen explosions, Throwing Hi Viz at cyclists?

I still suspect Tim is one of us and fancies talking to himself as his alter ego ....

niceonetom

See? Creepy.

ROK ON

I was almost knocked off my bike last winter by two busybodies handing out high viz as part of some scheme.

Cycling up toward the Cabra Road from the bus station close to Kings Inns, when this daft bint shoved a high viz into my face as I was cycling past.
I was wearing a reflective jacket at the time and had a working front light and two rear lights in the bike.

Down with this sort of thing.

monument

Ah, this reminds me, my light fell off the bike and broke this morning!

There was a bit of paper in the fitting making it not fit right.... Grrrr...

tomasrojo

I think they should maybe just remove VAT from lighting equipment. The hiviz jacket is effective if cars are shining their lights directly at you, but that isn't always the case. For example, a car waiting to enter a roundabout in poor lighting will not see a cyclist who is already on the roundabout and who has only a hiviz jacket, since the car's lights will be pointing away from the cylist.

Hiviz jackets also don't help you to see the road on unlit streets (which is increasingly less of a problem nowadays, to the detriment of people who like seeing the night sky now and then).

silvo

monument wrote: »

Ah, this reminds me, my light fell off the bike and broke this morning!

My back light fell off the other day and as I was turning my head around to see where it fell, a bus most inconsiderately ran over it

kona

thebouldwhacker wrote: »

I really want to be that saddle.

Jawgap

TimAllen wrote: »

Hilarious...."I felt a bump under my wheels but saw nothing m'lord" "think he moaned 'bloody paradox' as he inspected the undercarriage of my vehicle":rolleyes:

Actually, unless you find yourself in a Crown Court with a Recorder sitting, the correct form of address would be "judge" or "sir / madam" - if you're in the district court or mags court you don't use m'lord....

Higher courts in the UK use "M'lord" but in jolly ol' Ireland we don't

.....in the Mags Court you can get away with "your worship"

.....just so you know.

Captain Havoc

Just saw the properties on this: http://www.stratobiker.com/wp-content/uploadsfrench_tart[/B].jpg

Made me laugh

(Offense not meant to the French)

Caroline_ie

jerseyeire wrote: »

Just saw the properties on this: http://www.stratobiker.com/wp-content/uploadsfrench_tart[/b].jpg

Made me laugh

(Offense not meant to the French)

here are a few more
Tarte Tatin

Tarte au Chocolat

Tarte aux fruits rouges


I bet you all think you'd love to be the plate under that tart ...

Jawgap

Caroline_ie wrote: »

here are a few more
Tarte Tatin






I bet you all think you'd love to be the plate under that tart ...

If you don't mind me saying that Tarte Tati looks a bit under-cooked - doesn't look like the apples have carmelised - hungry now for warm apple tart and cream.........

Caroline_ie

Better?

Jawgap

Caroline_ie wrote: »

Better?

much......

......I'm even hungrier now!!

Marvinthefish

I think this has been said before, but the Cake and Pie forum is thatta way.:D

Seaswimmer

Bunnyhopper wrote: »

I think it's these ones:

http://www.wiggle.co.uk/p/cycle/7/Smart_1~2_Watt_3_LED_Rear_Light/5360026001/

not going off topic (much) but can these go on the rear seat stays. do you get a selection of brackets. I dont want to put one on the seat post as anything on the carrier then obscures it..

Raam

http://www.hgvireland.com/10/30/operation-bicycle/

An innovative road safety campaign is taking place in Co. Mayo today in a bid to reduce the alarming number of collisions involving cyclists and pedestrians with motor vehicles.

Gardai will be out in force along with Road Safety officers from Mayo Co. Council stopping cyclists who are not wearing reflective clothing. The cyclists will be given Hi Vis jackets to make them more visible to other road users.

“Cyclists should make themselves visible to other vehicles on the road by wearing fluorescent and reflective clothing. Ensure the lights are working before every journey. It is an offence to cycle at night without a white front light, a red back light and red reflector at the back,” Mayo Co. Co road safety officer Noel Gibbons said.

He added: “ Pedestrians and cyclists are particularly vulnerable road users. They need to make sure they can be seen clearly in dark conditions and bad weather.”

Operation bicycle will demonstrate the importance of integrating multi-amenities, advertising and the media to deliver a strong road safety message to save lives.

“This operation has been designed to target our most vulnerable road users,” Gibbons added.

“Too many people think ‘It won’t happen to me’ when they run across the road or ride their bike with no lights.”

“The reality is, however, that it does happen every day and unfortunately a car is going to come off much better than the pedestrian or cyclist it hits.”

Caroline_ie

do guarda bikes have front lights?

Podge_irl

daymobrew wrote: »

I was speaking with a Superintendent in Store Street Garda Station a few years ago. I was complaining about their lack of action against law breakers (motorists and cyclists). He said that, instead of fining cyclists without lights, he and his Gardai force them to come into the station with working lights.
I don't know how it all works but it sounded like a good idea.

The police in Cambridge did a big crack-down on cyclists without lights just after the clocks went back, but when people came in to pay their fine the police gave them a free set of lights.

Lumen

Guard: here, have a hi-vis vest
Me: no thanks, it clashes with my quick releases and it's against the rules
Guard: which rules?
Me: The Official Rules of The Euro Cyclist
Guard: what?
Me: LOL, like, OMG it's on Facebook and everything
Guard: where's your red reflector?
Me: I refer you to my previous answer
Guard: that's in, get in the van