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Two abreast in a bus lane - potential Friday thread ....

  • 09-09-2011 9:46am
    #1
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭


    Two abreast in a bus lane. Traffic relatively light. Approximately 30kph.

    Game on?

    Don't be so ignorant?

    Two abreast in a cycle lane 32 votes

    Game on, punk.
    0% 0 votes
    You are such a punk, punk.
    100% 32 votes


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  • #2
    macnab
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,505 ✭✭✭macnab


    Bus/Cycle Lane: game on

    Khannie wrote: »
    Two abreast in a bus lane. Traffic relatively light. Approximately 30kph.

    Game on?

    Don't be so ignorant?


  • #3
    Sr. Assumpta
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 411 ✭✭Sr. Assumpta


    Two Breasts in a bus/cycle lane, game on :p


  • #4
    maloner
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭maloner


    Make a poll (not a pole...).

    However,this'll likely descent pretty rapidly into a bit of a mess.

    Side by side is ok IMO.

    Bike lanes are about wide enough for 2 bikes (not quite but pretty close), so 2 people side by side would be fine I reckon.


  • #5
    Khannie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 37,485 ✭✭✭✭Khannie


    maloner wrote: »
    Make a poll (not a pole...).

    Go on then. Added.


  • #6
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    ...blocking who? A bus that is sweeping by the other traffic anyway...:pac:

    How do the riders in question negotiate junctions?!?!?!?!?!?!? :eek::eek::eek:     (last Friday thread)


    GAME IS SO ON!


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  • #7
    Crow92
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,017 ✭✭✭Crow92


    I think in busy traffic it's only courteous to give a bus driver room, you don't have to but I think you should if you safetly can.


  • #8
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    No - because bus lanes inevitably attract buses and I don't want to be on the outside when one tries to squeeze by......


  • #9
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Love that second option, punk!


  • #10
    petethedrummer
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,604 ✭✭✭petethedrummer


    Illegal? No.
    Unsafe? Indirectly maybe.
    Inconsiderate? Probably.


  • #11
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Crow92 wrote: »
    I think in busy traffic it's only courteous to give a bus driver room, you don't have to but I think you should if you safetly can.
    Jawgap wrote: »
    No - because bus lanes inevitably attract buses and I don't want to be on the outside when one tries to squeeze by......


    What buses :cool:


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  • #12
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    What buses :cool:

    I see no ships:)

    nelson.png


  • #13
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Khannie wrote: »
    Two abreast in a bus lane. Traffic relatively light. Approximately 30kph.

    Game on?

    Don't be so ignorant?

    Why are they going so slow?


  • #14
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    Why are they going so slow?

    It's a new bus lane up the right side of the church in howth :pac:


  • #15
    ROK ON
    Closed Accounts Posts: 6,831 ✭✭✭ROK ON


    I misunderstand this thread -

    Is it game on in that the two cyclists race each other, or game on in that it is ok to cycle two abreast at 30km/h in a bus lane.

    IIRC, buses in an urban setting (ie where there are bus lanes) have a speed restriction of 50kmph (rarely obeyed IMHO). Perhaps other can check.

    Given the stop start nature of the bus, if the two cyclists were to increase effort to say produce 40kmph, then no bus driver could reasonably complain at this.


  • #16
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    ROK ON wrote: »
    I misunderstand this thread -

    Is it game on in that the two cyclists race each other, or game on in that it is ok to cycle two abreast at 30km/h in a bus lane.

    IIRC, buses in an urban setting (ie where there are bus lanes) have a speed restriction of 50kmph (rarely obeyed IMHO). Perhaps other can check.

    Given the stop start nature of the bus, if the two cyclists were to increase effort to say produce 40kmph, then no bus driver could reasonably complain at this.

    No no no. You're missing the point. There are no busses :pac:


  • #17
    Lumen
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,218 ✭✭✭✭Lumen


    I think that when you have a lot of tits on the road it's inevitable that they'll be abreast from time to time, cleaving their way through the traffic.

    Sounds like a recipe for a bust up, but it should be OK as long as we don't get frustrated motorists leaning on their hooters.


  • #18
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Also, to further this, what time are they in the bus lane?


  • #19
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    How many punters are on the bus?


  • #20
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    How many punters are on the bus?

    Aye, and is it an express bus in a hurry or a normal around the world bus?


  • #21
    Idleater
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,236 ✭✭✭Idleater


    Are the riders wearing Helmets or not? :pac:


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  • #22
    Jawgap
    Closed Accounts Posts: 20,297 ✭✭✭✭Jawgap


    what if it's an expresso as opposed to an espresso?


  • #23
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    My vote may be influenced by whether they are more than 1.5m from the kerb or not;)


  • #24
    mcmoustache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 7,237 ✭✭✭mcmoustache


    What kind of locks are to be used? You should spend about 10% of the bike's value on the lock.


  • #25
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    I'd like to hear from markcroninbsc!


  • #26
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    I'd like to hear from markcroninbsc!

    You can see his rantings here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056381231


  • #27
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    You can see his rantings here
    http://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2056381231

    There's a prison on boards! :eek:


  • #28
    Caroline_ie
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,400 ✭✭✭Caroline_ie


    One angry 38A bus driver is honking relentlessly while approaching the 2 cyclists at speed. The driver doesn't slow down or swerve and forces the two cyclist to jump out of their bikes onto the footpath as an attempt to save their lives.

    That happened to me last April.


  • #29
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Caroline_ie wrote: »
    One angry 38A bus driver is honking relentlessly while approaching the 2 cyclists at speed. The driver doesn't slow down or swerve and forces the two cyclist to jump out of their bikes onto the footpath as an attempt to save their lives.

    That happened to me last April.

    Lucky there was no garda there. Can't cycle on paths :p


  • #30
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Lumen wrote: »
    I think that when you have a lot of tits on the road it's inevitable that they'll be abreast from time to time, cleaving their way through the traffic.

    Sounds like a recipe for a bust up, but it should be OK as long as we don't get frustrated motorists leaning on their hooters.

    I just got that!


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  • #31
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    I just got that!
    Internet must be particularly slow in Poland I guess ...


  • #32
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Beasty wrote: »
    Internet must be particularly slow in Poland I guess ...

    It's not even dial up here and the donkey pushing the wheel is particularly stubborn today.


  • #33
    Beasty
    Administrators, Social & Fun Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 78,393 Admin ✭✭✭✭✭Beasty


    Lusk Doyle wrote: »
    It's not even dial up here and the donkey pushing the wheel is particularly stubborn today.
    They're making you push the wheel?


  • #34
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Beasty wrote: »
    They're making you push the wheel?

    Oh I get jokes. I get you don't I?!? ;)


  • #35
    manwithaplan
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,200 ✭✭✭manwithaplan


    Two breasts in a lane. Those were the days.


  • #36
    Chips Lovell
    Moderators, Politics Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,269 Mod ✭✭✭✭Chips Lovell


    Who's Elaine? And why did she get her tits out on the bus?


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  • #37
    Raam
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,318 ✭✭✭✭Raam


    Where can I find this bus?


  • #38
    Lusk Doyle
    Closed Accounts Posts: 2,365 ✭✭✭Lusk Doyle


    Raam wrote: »
    Where can I find this bus?

    I think it's the nitelink!


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