warning to dublin cyclists

teddansonswig

not sure how to put this....
was witness to an assault in Dublin the other day,
road rage driver vrs cyclist, driver gets out with crow bar shaped weapon and the cyclist ends up in hospital but is ok dont worry

so my warning, its a bord gais van <snip reg number>*


stay safe folks

Joxer_S

teddansonswig wrote: »

not sure how to put this....
was witness to an assault in Dublin the other day,
road rage driver vrs cyclist, driver gets out with crow bar shaped weapon and the cyclist ends up in hospital but is ok dont worry

so my warning, its a bord gais van <snip reg number>*


stay safe folks

You went to the guards yea?

teddansonswig

Joxer_S wrote: »

You went to the guards yea?

i wasnt attacked.

super_furry

teddansonswig wrote: »

i wasnt attacked.

You still should have called them. What good is posting that message here without speaking to the Gardai?

teddansonswig

super_furry wrote: »

You still should have called them. What good is posting that message here without speaking to the Gardai?

how do you think i know that he is well known to the gardai
and that its not a bord gais van

MarkR

teddansonswig wrote: »

i wasnt attacked.

So you posted it on the internet instead? Pointless. How the hell is the person going to be prosecuted if witnesses don't have the stones to come forward?

marketty

teddansonswig wrote: »

i wasnt attacked.

:eek:

teddansonswig

wow you guys are just... wow...

your man needed an ambulance caus there was blood all over my driveway
its his call to go forward with anything,

Joxer_S

teddansonswig wrote: »

i wasnt attacked.

And I thought I was asking a stupid question...

Joxer_S

teddansonswig wrote: »

caus there was blood all over my driveway
its his call to go forward with anything,

Man I think you may give us a bit more context here before we start making assumptions, your driveway??

teddansonswig

how hard is it to figure out.... obviously the cops were involved.

monkeypants

teddansonswig wrote: »

wow you guys are just... wow...

your man needed an ambulance caus there was blood all over my driveway
its his call to go forward with anything,

I call horse**** on this yarn.

Beasty

Note

If the Guards decide to release any details of the individual or vehicle involved it's OK to post a link. If not, do not post any such details here

Any questions PM me - do not respond in-thread

groovyg

This thread is hilarious. It reminds me of a jokey e-mail a friend of mine sent me titled Irishness is

One of the lines was - 'Calling Joe Duffy instead of the Gardai'

Now people go on Boards.ie instead of calling the Guards!!! :eek:

The whole thing doesn't really add up - if you were a cyclist and somebody got out of a van and comes at you with a crowbar, anyone with a brain would be getting the hell outta there not waiting to get attacked. I know I would.

super_furry

teddansonswig wrote: »

wow you guys are just... wow...

your man needed an ambulance caus there was blood all over my driveway
its his call to go forward with anything,

So did you call an ambulance?

monument

OP - thanks for coming on and letting us know.

If you witnessed anything at all it'd be very helpful if you went to your local garda station and let them know that if the person attacked does want to pursue it, that you'll also back him up as a witness. It's up to you but it's a very helpful thing to do so it's not just a cyclist vs a crazy driver who assaulted him.

Also, around about what area in Dublin did this happen? Clearly you're not going to give your address, but maybe the general area?

groovyg wrote: »

This thread is hilarious. It reminds me of a jokey e-mail a friend of mine sent me titled Irishness is

One of the lines was - 'Calling Joe Duffy instead of the Gardai'

Now people go on Boards.ie instead of calling the Guards!!! :eek:

The whole thing doesn't really add up - if you were a cyclist and somebody got out of a van and comes at you with a crowbar, anyone with a brain would be getting the hell outta there not waiting to get attacked. I know I would.

Relax, he says it happened a few days ago and the gardai know about it, so it's not like s/he just rushed on here first.

Also, I can think of loads of way a cyclist may not be able to get away fast.

CardinalJ

Maybe putting up a brief description of possible road rage followed by one liner answers isn't the best way to tell a story or get a point out there.

kneemos

Yis are all very brave when it's not you that has to go in the witness box.

Darkglasses

kneemos wrote: »

Yis are all very brave when it's not you that has to go in the witness box.

Here, it's not a mafia trial. It's road rage.

Kevwoody

teddansonswig wrote: »

how hard is it to figure out.... obviously the cops were involved.

No need for the attitude

TheChizler

Care to maybe start again OP? At this stage I have no idea what happened.

Beasty

OP - thanks for alerting us to this

As already pointed out this sort of thing should be reported to the Guards. If they decide to release further information in the hope of securing a prosecution, PM me and I will re-open the thread to link to the relevant infromation. In the meantime I don't think anything useful will come from keeping the thread open