Advertisement
If you have a new account but are having problems posting or verifying your account, please email us on hello@boards.ie for help. Thanks :)
Hello all! Please ensure that you are posting a new thread or question in the appropriate forum. The Feedback forum is overwhelmed with questions that are having to be moved elsewhere. If you need help to verify your account contact hello@boards.ie
Cyclists should be "taken out and shot"
Options
Comments
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
First of all, the cyclists in Dublin are absolute reckless.
Breaking red lights, cutting in front of cars, cycling on footpaths, cycling in between buses.
I'd say the vast majority I've seen are absolute hazards!
I don't know how people are getting killed off bicycles or harming pedestrians. It's ridiculous.
Secondly, I can't understand people who are happy to cycle 30 odd minutes into work and sit there covered in sweat or soaked from rain all day. I certainly won't be doing it. Not every office or workplace has shower facilities.
Thirdly, with regards public transport, why are the buses so infrequent and completely out of sync with their timetables? The Dublin bus app must be wrong 3/4 times a week for me! Buses arriving 10/15 minutes early or late or simply not showing.
The amount of buses going over o connell bridge and then only D'Olier st in the mornings is crazy, and even crazier with the cyclists weaving in and out between them.
The sooner Dublin City Council figures out a proper metro system the better (a sustainable and expandable one).
People used to complain about public transit over in Vancouver when I lived there and it is infinitely better than the service in Dublin and less than half the price per month.
Skytrains over there come along every 3 minutes, aren't late and are totally automatic.
Even this new Luas line is a feckin joke.
But hey, that's Ireland for ya, a tech hub that is still completely backwards and ran by idiots.
probably because there's no actual hazard - if things were as bad as you describe it would be reflected in the collision stats.
Second, it's easy to cycle without getting sweaty - and even if you do get sweaty many workplaces have showers, and if they don't have showers the magic word is "baby wipes"
Dublin is actually quite dry - on any given work day the probability of getting wet is quite low.....
.....the weather patterns don't change that much despite what Healy-Rae might have you believe.
I don't know about buses or the Luas - if I'm not on the bike, I take the car
0 -
-
-
Simply: no.
Good argument pal. :thumbsup:probably because there's no actual hazard - if things were as bad as you describe it would be reflected in the collision stats.
Second, it's easy to cycle without getting sweaty - and even if you do get sweaty many workplaces have showers, and if they don't have showers the magic word is "baby wipes"
Dublin is actually quite dry - on any given work day the probability of getting wet is quite low.....
.....the weather patterns don't change that much despite what Healy-Rae might have you believe.
I don't know about buses or the Luas - if I'm not on the bike, I take the car
Ok go to D'Olier st at rush hour in the morning and have a look. Bikes flying out in front of buses and inbetween them. It's like something out of a bollywood film!
I disagree with the getting sweaty part. I'm quite fit and I would be sweaty after 20 minutes on a bike.
The weather in Dublin is dryer than rest of the country however it can change at the drop of a hat.This is comedy gold on so many levels! Firstly, you can't understand why? Here's a handful of reasons - it makes you feel good, it keeps you fit, it's much faster than most other forms of commute, it's environmentally friendly, it allows for much better and free-er access to the city than a car, it's fun!
Secondly, a 30 minute cycle is easy for most frequent cyclists.
Thirdly, most cyclists won't be covered in sweat after 30 minutes (unless it's their first week cycling). And it doesn't rain that much either. But even when you do sweat, or it does rain, that's why most proper cyclists come to work wearing cycling gear and then get changed at work. Some of us even work for companies that have showering facilities at the office.
No need to be a smart arse. I like exercise, but I also don't like the feeling of smelling like sh!te all day in work. 30 minutes is an easy cycle but if you don't think you'd be sweaty from it, you are clearly deluded.
My final point was that not every company/workplace has shower facilities. Did you read my post?0 -
-
Good argument pal. :thumbsup:
Ok go to D'Olier st at rush hour in the morning and have a look. Bikes flying out in front of buses and inbetween them. It's like something out of a bollywood film!
I disagree with the getting sweaty part. I'm quite fit and I would be sweaty after 20 minutes on a bike.
The weather in Dublin is dryer than rest of the country however it can change at the drop of a hat.
No need to be a smart arse. I like exercise, but I also don't like the feeling of smelling like sh!te all day in work. 30 minutes is an easy cycle but if you don't think you'd be sweaty from it, you are clearly deluded.
My final point was that not every company/workplace has shower facilities. Did you read my post?
after a cycle for 30 minutes I build up a bit of sweat, but once you've taken off your cycling gear, had a bit of a dab with a wet wipe, and put on your office clothing you're right as rain. If it wasn't for the wheezing no one would know I'd done anything strenuous 0 -
-
-
-
-
Advertisement
-
-
-
Good argument pal. :thumbsup:
Ok go to D'Olier st at rush hour in the morning and have a look. Bikes flying out in front of buses and inbetween them. It's like something out of a bollywood film!
Well I'm sure it is - but thankfully no one seems to get hurt.I disagree with the getting sweaty part. I'm quite fit and I would be sweaty after 20 minutes on a bike.
Sounds like you're using your gear wrong - or indeed not using them. Or you could de-layerThe weather in Dublin is dryer than rest of the country however it can change at the drop of a hat.
the study quoted used data from the census (for commuting departure times) and Met Eireann for rainfall.
However, I'm sure your anecdotes are more accurate.0 -
-
-
If you cycle the park much im sure you know that more often than not commuters tend to use the road instead of the cycle track because of the same reason, slower cyclists and/or pedestrians. In fact this topic had come up before on boards and cyclists said they they would be sticking to the road and not the track. I am a regular Phoenix Park cyclist and tend to go at my one pace. I have seen that frustration a number of times on the face of other cyclists as they race past.
Of course, but then bicycles using the road instead of a cycle track is perfectly legal, not sure why you're suggesting otherwise. "more often than not" is a big exaggeration too.
The only red-faced cyclists I see in PP are those, like myself, who are out of breath 0 -
Well the stats in the link you provided do not establish the cause or fault of an incident. Another link i found for stats in the RSA have different fatality stats for cyclists than the one you provided. Not sure if they have reported correctly.
http://www.rsa.ie/RSA/Road-Safety/Our-Research/Deaths-injuries-on-Irish-roads/
Also these stats are from 4 years ago...anything more recent? Ever think that the recent stats are not being published because the government have an agenda to promote cycling and dont want to scare potential new cyclists? just saying.
If things were as 'Mad Max' as you are suggesting, there'd be a lot more bloodied and broken cyclists - cycle fatalities in recent years rarely (and thankfully) make it into double figures in any given year.
Here's the 2015 stats
0 -
-
-
Advertisement
-
Advertisement