Jan and Klodi's Party Bus - part II off topic discussion

crosstownk · 05-12-2015 10:25pm

Today, while driving, I turned left from Merrion Square onto Clare Street. I had to stop at a red light/green pedestrian crossing while I was waiting to turn right to Lincoln Place. As I was stopped, a cyclist came up my left side, went through the red light at the pedestrian crossing, mounted the footpath (full of peds) and continued cycling on the footpath up Leinster Street. He was in no particular hurry.

It was a Garda. In uniform. On a Garda bicycle.

A stellar example.

Beasty · 05-12-2015 10:51pm

He was full of peds? Hope they tested him....

rollingscone · 06-12-2015 12:39am

crosstownk wrote: »

Today, while driving, I turned left from Merrion Square onto Clare Street. I had to stop at a red light/green pedestrian crossing while I was waiting to turn right to Lincoln Place. As I was stopped, a cyclist came up my left side, went through the red light at the pedestrian crossing, mounted the footpath (full of peds) and continued cycling on the footpath up Leinster Street. He was in no particular hurry.

It was a Garda. In uniform. On a Garda bicycle.

A stellar example.

What is this foot "path" you speak of?

APOSTATE!!!!

Cyclists use the FOOTPAD!

OleRodrigo · 06-12-2015 2:59pm

AFAIK Guards are allowed break rules of the road while on duty.

Wishbone Ash · 06-12-2015 3:33pm

OleRodrigo wrote: »

AFAIK Guards are allowed break rules of the road while on duty.

They are exempt from rather than allowed to 'break' the rules (except section 49 etc.)

OleRodrigo · 06-12-2015 4:40pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

They are exempt from rather than allowed to 'break' the rules (except section 49 etc.)

Is it the same thing, more or less?

manafana · 06-12-2015 4:49pm

arn't the rules of the road for motorised traffic

Wishbone Ash · 06-12-2015 6:36pm

OleRodrigo wrote: »

Is it the same thing, more or less?

Well no - one can't break a rule that one is exempt from.

Eamonnator · 06-12-2015 6:47pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Well no - one can't break a rule that one is exempt from.

When was one crowned?

rollingscone · 06-12-2015 7:52pm

manafana wrote: »

arn't the rules of the road for motorised traffic

Nope. There are exemptions from speed limitations for non motorised traffic that's about it.

OleRodrigo · 06-12-2015 7:56pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

Well no - one can't break a rule that one is exempt from.

Now, I'm as fond of the occasional bout of pedantry as the next fella, but I draw the line with delusions of grandeur. :pac:

RobertFoster · 06-12-2015 8:10pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

When was one crowned?

It looks like HRH WA has been crowned at least 14 times, according to VeloViewer anyway :pac:

Wishbone Ash · 06-12-2015 8:30pm

RobertFoster wrote: »

It looks like HRH WA has been crowned at least 14 times, according to VeloViewer anyway :pac:

LOL

(Most of those are pretty tame segments - it's virtually impossible for mere mortals to get crowned nowadays!)

crosstownk · 06-12-2015 9:50pm

Wishbone Ash wrote: »

They are exempt from rather than allowed to 'break' the rules (except section 49 etc.)

That may be the case for the boys in blue but surely an attitude of lead by example could be applied? Just because he can doesn't mean he has to.

Maybe I'm have delusions of grandeur in my idealistic world

Qualitymark · 07-12-2015 9:41am

Is the Stephen Roche monument still up in Dundrum? (It looks rather uninformative from pictures online.)

Various other racing cyclist monuments listed here http://www.hidden-dublin.com/cycling/cycling02.html

buffalo · 07-12-2015 10:15am

Qualitymark wrote: »

Is the Stephen Roche monument still up in Dundrum? (It looks rather uninformative from pictures online.)

Various other racing cyclist monuments listed here http://www.hidden-dublin.com/cycling/cycling02.html

Yes, but they moved it to up beside the new shopping centre, and made it far less visible from the road: https://goo.gl/maps/kLXZShJTn2R2

edit: for full contrast, this is where it used to be: https://goo.gl/maps/VM19ERzSuXs

tomasrojo · 07-12-2015 10:17am

Qualitymark wrote: »

Is the Stephen Roche monument still up in Dundrum? (It looks rather uninformative from pictures online.)

It's down the side of the Dundrum Town Centre now. Was pointing it out to someone yesterday. Not that conspicous, down an alley that runs parallel to the front of the cinema.

EDIT: buffalo got there first.

H.E. Pennypacker · 07-12-2015 2:44pm

From the Sindo:

http://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/car-reviews/dont-look-now-but-there-is-a-new-audi-a4-34257286.html

"My daughter got out to see if there was any damage. There wasn't. But the cyclist had passed so close our rear, kerb-side bumper that the Audi A4's hazard lights flashed and the seat belts tightened around us. In other words it sensed impact. And we weren't even moving. I tell you this because there is a prevalence of two-wheel reckless drivers on some roads. Be careful out there."

buffalo · 07-12-2015 3:00pm

H.E. Pennypacker wrote: »

From the Sindo:

http://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/car-reviews/dont-look-now-but-there-is-a-new-audi-a4-34257286.html

"My daughter got out to see if there was any damage. There wasn't. But the cyclist had passed so close our rear, kerb-side bumper that the Audi A4's hazard lights flashed and the seat belts tightened around us. In other words it sensed impact. And we weren't even moving. I tell you this because there is a prevalence of two-wheel reckless drivers on some roads. Be careful out there."

manafana · 07-12-2015 3:02pm

tomasrojo wrote: »

It's down the side of the Dundrum Town Centre now. Was pointing it out to someone yesterday. Not that conspicous, down an alley that runs parallel to the front of the cinema.

EDIT: buffalo got there first.

Yeah it really isn't that well placed now

CramCycle · 07-12-2015 3:04pm

H.E. Pennypacker wrote: »

From the Sindo:

The editor must have been on holidays. It reads like a bit they wrote for some part of the review but decided to exclude it and then the proof readers and editors never copped it was accidentally included so they ended up without that odd, it doesn't fit in with the review, paragraph.

koutoubia · 07-12-2015 3:57pm

Qualitymark wrote: »

Is the Stephen Roche monument still up in Dundrum? (It looks rather uninformative from pictures online.)

Various other racing cyclist monuments listed here http://www.hidden-dublin.com/cycling/cycling02.html

There is a plaque marking the birthplace of Harry Reynolds in Balbriggan.

Eamonnator · 07-12-2015 4:02pm

CramCycle wrote: »

The editor must have been on holidays. It reads like a bit they wrote for some part of the review but decided to exclude it and then the proof readers and editors never copped it was accidentally included so they ended up without that odd, it doesn't fit in with the review, paragraph.

Nah. He has the "my side of the road" bit every week, a bit of a rant against random road users.
If you ignore him, he might go away.
Personally, I think the editor is on permanent sabbatical, but that's another matter.

Eamonnator · 07-12-2015 4:12pm

koutoubia wrote: »

There is a plague marking the birthplace of Harry Reynolds in Balbriggan.

autocorrect can be funny at times.

CramCycle · 07-12-2015 4:25pm

Eamonnator wrote: »

autocorrect can be funny at times.

Its funny the things your eyes autocorrect as well, I never even noticed the dark ways that they commemorate people around that part of the country.

RobFowl · 07-12-2015 4:32pm

koutoubia wrote: »

There is a plague marking the birthplace of Harry Reynolds in Balbriggan.

And he is buried beside the old church in Balrothery

Qualitymark · 07-12-2015 6:22pm

H.E. Pennypacker wrote: »

From the Sindo:

http://www.independent.ie/life/motoring/car-reviews/dont-look-now-but-there-is-a-new-audi-a4-34257286.html

"My daughter got out to see if there was any damage. There wasn't. But the cyclist had passed so close our rear, kerb-side bumper that the Audi A4's hazard lights flashed and the seat belts tightened around us. In other words it sensed impact. And we weren't even moving. I tell you this because there is a prevalence of two-wheel reckless drivers on some roads. Be careful out there."

The absolute crathurs!

RobFowl wrote: »

And he is buried beside the old church in Balrothery

Should have put him in St Andrew's Church, wasn't that a leprosarium?

Unknown Soldier · 07-12-2015 11:35pm

CramCycle wrote: »

The editor must have been on holidays. <snip>

That might explain how the following got through (Or it could just be me)

http://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/amid-the-usual-teen-court-dramas-a-case-that-will-shock-the-nation-34260969.html

ThisRegard · 08-12-2015 12:10am

Jesus that's awful ****e. The first third is an observational piece of what the regular clientele wear to court and other social commentary. Heaven forbid that a Rathfarnham lad would have to mix with the tracker knackers.

manafana · 08-12-2015 9:13am

ThisRegard wrote: »

Jesus that's awful ****e. The first third is an observational piece of what the regular clientele wear to court and other social commentary. Heaven forbid that a Rathfarnham lad would have to mix with the tracker knackers.

disgusting human beings the lot of them anyway, money no good to them now

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