M50 cyclist

keithsfleet

Heard on fm104 at 9am of reports of a cyclist on the m50 heading south on the North bound side at blanchardstown.
20 minutes later as I'm going past lucan exit (heading north) I spot a cop car pulled in just where the hard shoulder ends before the Bridge starts.

They had the cyclist and were talking to him but the idiot actually managed to get across the Bridge, where there is no hard shoulder just 4 lanes of traffic.

I must say though, he did look like a complete scrote.

166man

Move to cycling forum for some awesome lol's?






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Max Power1

166man wrote: »

Move to cycling forum for some awesome lol's?






:pac:

I'm afraid to even thank that post tbh

Scortho

Max Power1 wrote: »

I'm afraid to even thank that post tbh

I'd say they'd roast him as well in their.

It's idiots like that who give all cyclists a bad name.

ardmacha

They had the cyclist and were talking to him

No doubt he get a bollcking, but will they actually prosecute him?

keithsfleet

ardmacha wrote: »

No doubt he get a bollcking, but will they actually prosecute him?

They f***ing should.
He crossed the Bridge where there is no hard shoulder just 4 lanes of traffic.
I'm well aware the limit on the bridge is 60kph but I've never seen anyone slow down to less than 80 for it.

ba_barabus

keithsfleet wrote: »

They f***ing should.
He crossed the Bridge where there is no hard shoulder just 4 lanes of traffic.
I'm well aware the limit on the bridge is 60kph but I've never seen anyone slow down to less than 80 for it.

I doubt its illegal for a bicycle to use a bridge

Max Power1

ba_barabus wrote: »

I doubt its illegal for a bicycle to use a bridge

It is when it is part of a motorway though

Muckie

Seen an episode of an English Police program.

Where a cyclist had crossed a motorway bridge and was clipped by a truck,

then went in front of a Mini driver.

Chap and his bike were mangled and the woman was scared for life.

No place for Cyclists on a motorway/dual carriage way.

I cycle now and again, your always going to lose.

Scortho

Max Power1 wrote: »

It is when it is part of a motorway though

What bridge is part of a motorway though? The bridge over the m50 isn't a motorway. The slip road may be but the bridge isn't.

Either way he should be done for cycling on the motorway. Or can he be?
I know it's illegal to cycle on them but what's the penalty.

Gary ITR

Scortho wrote: »

What bridge is part of a motorway though? The bridge over the m50 isn't a motorway. The slip road may be but the bridge isn't.

Either way he should be done for cycling on the motorway. Or can he be?
I know it's illegal to cycle on them but what's the penalty.

The bridge over the liffey, the old 'Toll Bridge'

coolisin

I encountered a cyclist Sunday morning on the "n7" around rathcoole.
With the amount of traffic heading up for the match this idea was madness, to be cycling there. There was a Garda car waiting for them though.

MugMugs

I've often seen pedestrians on the M1 and M50.

I always call them in for their own sake.

coolisin wrote: »

I encountered a cyclist Sunday morning on the "n7" around rathcoole.
With the amount of traffic heading up for the match this idea was madness, to be cycling there. There was a Garda car waiting for them though.

One would imagine that a cyclist is entitled to cycle on the N7

Scortho

Gary ITR wrote: »

The bridge over the liffey, the old 'Toll Bridge'

Ah fair enough. I thought he was on about the n4 bridge.

petermijackson

coolisin wrote: »

I encountered a cyclist Sunday morning on the "n7" around rathcoole.
With the amount of traffic heading up for the match this idea was madness, to be cycling there. There was a Garda car waiting for them though.

The N7 is not a motorway and you can cycle on it if you are mad enough

coolisin

MugMugs wrote: »

I've often seen pedestrians on the M1 and M50.

I always call them in for their own sake.


One would imagine that a cyclist is entitled to cycle on the N7

Sorry my point to make was you need to be mad to do it.

Gary ITR

coolisin wrote: »

Sorry my point to make was you need to be mad to do it.

You need to be mad to drive that feckin road. I live just outside Naas and travel in to Dublin most days, feckin hell some of the things you encounter on that road

Mr.Fred

coolisin wrote: »

Sorry my point to make was you need to be mad to do it.

Grand to cycle on if not a bit boring.

However you do see all kinds of crazy on that road it's only a matter of time before a lunatic forces his way in to a lane and wipes out causing a massive pile up.

Athough on a Fri evening you're best bet is on a bike of some description.

Total Grid Lock. :cool:

MugMugs

coolisin wrote: »

Sorry my point to make was you need to be mad to do it.

Why was there a Garda waiting on them so?

tin79

MugMugs wrote: »

Why was there a Garda waiting on them so?

Because the OP can`t read minds and really he/she didn't know what the Garda was actually up to I would say.

Mr.Fred

MugMugs wrote: »

Why was there a Garda waiting on them so?

Probably saw a garda car parked up ahead for some random reason.

It's not like the Irish to let the truth get in the way of a good story.

thecomedian

Gary ITR wrote: »

You need to be mad to drive that feckin road. I live just outside Naas and travel in to Dublin most days, feckin hell some of the things you encounter on that road

That road has the worst drivers in the country on it. Thank god i don't have to drive it everyday anymore.
I don't think I've being on it once when I didn't see something stupid happen.

coolisin

Hoping to try get onto a better road to cycle on, I'm assuming the gaurds where waiting on him, they went by him little up the road pulled in flashing lights.

Sorry not meaning to cause a cyclist v motorist fight.

Just for health and safety I wouldn't cycle that road.

I've made a stupid post, sometimes think before I speak, all good!!

MugMugs

coolisin wrote: »

I've made a stupid post, sometimes think before I speak, all good!!

Wasn't getting at you lad. Just wondering if you knew something about it that I didn't

mattjack

I had an apprentice years ago that used to cycle over the M50 when it still had toll booths in the depths of Winter.As he approached to booths he used turn off his lights and cycle through at breakneck speed behind trucks.He got away with it for about eight weeks.
Eventually he was caught when a motorcycle Garda was waiting for him one morning.
He was given a warning and told to cop himself on.What helped was that the Garda thought it was hilarious.

This might give an idea of the calibre of his intelligence.

He was that daft that he actually built a house in his mothers back garden with planning permission at all and never even told his neighbours what he was doing.
He ignored the council and eventually ended up in court having pay legal expenses and tear the house down.

Seve OB

MugMugs wrote: »

I've often seen pedestrians on the M1 and M50.

I always call them in for their own sake.


One would imagine that a cyclist is entitled to cycle on the N7

M50, last Saturday about 17:30, heading southbound between Red Cow and Ballymount. Some idiot walking (or rather swaying - I'm sure he had drink taken by the look of him) on the outside (nearest traffic) of the hard shoulder.

I called the M50 control room, but mid conversation he cut me off. I'm sure he was spotted on cameras anyway!

serious3

friday evening ther was a tractor and turf trailer heading towards galway on the M6.... few months ago i was doing motorway speeds towards galway when i spotted round bales of hay on a trailer ahead in the distance, the distance got very short, very quickly as it was being towed by a tractor, no orange beacon, no lights on the trailer and not even in the hard shoulder, i reckon if he was doing 30kmh most vehicles would be closing in on him at 100kmh faster, miracle there wasn't an accident