Near misses - mod warning 22/04 - see OP/post 822

mistermaster

Had a classic SMIDSY at top end the Phibsboro Road around 9 pm last night. Was cycling along in direction of the shopping centre, in the cycle/bus lane that starts just past the bridge over the canal. Some guy drives up from one of the side roads to the left (think it’s called Enniskerry Road) and comes onto the main road to turn left without stopping because he thinks there’s a complete gap in traffic. He hasn’t seen me and I have to slap on the brakes for a sudden halt in order not to run into him.
He did stop and apologise with the “I didn’t see you” line. I suggested politely that he might take more care to look properly the next time.
By the way, “politely” is a relative term!

Pinch Flat

average_runner wrote: »

No one seems to obey that yield. Often seen motorbikes, cars and cyclists pushing on ahead in front of a bus and then wondering why the bus blows them out of it.

Yeah I see varying levels of “yield”, some are where other vehicles are a bit away. This morning, the cyclists were right on top of the “yielding” motorist

magicbastarder

cycling through kilsallaghan this evening, an artic lorry (pallas foods) overtook me. if you know kilsallaghan, you'll know it's not on a straight section of road; and the chap coming the opposite direction in a car had to come to a stop to avoid being driven into.

ganmo

My parents nearly had a run in with a cyclist this morning, on a country lane cyclist only had eyes for their front wheel and only saw my parents car when they were inches from the car's bumper.

Seth Brundle

ganmo wrote: »

My parents nearly had a run in with a cyclist this morning, on a country lane cyclist only had eyes for their front wheel and only saw my parents car when they were inches from the car's bumper.

Eh?

amcalester

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Eh?

Assume the parents car was stopped, cyclist was focused on his own front wheel and nearly ran in the back of the car?

ganmo

amcalester wrote: »

Assume the parents car was stopped, cyclist was focused on his own front wheel and nearly ran in the back of the car?

Front of the car

AndrewJRenko

ED E wrote: »

I'm going to take a stab that the freeman esque drunken cyclist was crossing here or the far end of the same section. Not from Cork but seems like its the most applicable.


Depending on direction of travel I can see how he'd be a "bloody cyclist". Facing isnt defined. Facing isnt defined but if using the road I can see how a judge would determine he wasnt facing it.

Just getting back to the issue of the little bike lights again - I've been thinking more about these each time I go through Sam Beckett Bridge.


So the law says that the cyclist can go on green if they are facing the green cyclist light.


But it doesn't actually say that the cyclist must stop if the cyclist red light is red, right? So when the big green light is green and the little cyclist light is red, there's nothing in law to stop the cyclist going through, right?



And that's before you even get into a debate about what 'facing' means.

donvito99

ganmo wrote: »

My parents nearly had a run in with a cyclist this morning, on a country lane cyclist only had eyes for their front wheel and only saw my parents car when they were inches from the car's bumper.

If that was someone in a car you'd have been lucky not to get a phonecall and the worst news in the world...

And yet we treat cyclists as though their potential to inflict death and serious injury on the roads is on par with cars.

mvt

donvito99 wrote: »

If that was someone in a car you'd have been lucky not to get a phonecall and the worst news in the world...

And yet we treat cyclists as though their potential to inflict death and serious injury on the roads is on par with cars.

Well, the thread is about near misses, the chaps post might not have been very clear but it kinda sounds like the cyclist wasnt paying attention to other road users.
Have been guilty of it myself a few times.

magicbastarder

you're not a real cyclist until you've felt the embarrassment of cycling into a stationary car at speed, due to lack of attention.

ED E

magicbastarder wrote: »

you're not a real cyclist until you've felt the embarrassment of cycling into a stationary car at speed, due to lack of attention.

We had a club spin brining some newish members around the place. 80K done, just getting close to home and one of em rear ends a car in Balinteer traffic. Poor fella was rightfully mortified.

magicbastarder

i've done it at least twice. once was when i was cycling home from school nearly 30 years ago, and i blame my mate aidan for distracting me that time.

ct5amr2ig1nfhp

A Garda walked out in front of me earlier in the week. Thankfully I didn't hit him but it was bloody close. He was busy chatting to his Garda pal and wasn't watching the road. I let out a roar along the lines of '****ing asshole', probably not the best thing for me to have done. Would have been interesting if I had hit him though.

Deleted User wrote: »

Was only reading this morning about a case in the UK between a pedestrian who stepped onto the road while looking at her phone and a cyclist.

https://www.cyclingweekly.com/news/latest-news/payout-yoga-teacher-hit-cyclist-crossed-road-looking-phone-427651

ganmo

In the grand scheme of things it wasn't a big deal, it's the third time it's happened.
I was with my dad on one of the occasions and the cyclist got fairly abusive at us for being stationary on the road, we must of ruined his time or something

amcalester

ganmo wrote: »

In the grand scheme of things it wasn't a big deal, it's the third time it's happened.
I was with my dad on one of the occasions and the cyclist got fairly abusive at us for being stationary on the road, we must of ruined his time or something

Strange that he nearly hit the front of the car.

I've run into our own car in the drive way, left it empty and partner had come home in the mean time and parked up. I swung in and stared messing with the computer and bang

queldy

In the morning I was walking in Lincoln Lane, I hear a lorry coming at high speed from the distillery and entering the road in the opposite direction, approaching the quays.
I tried to gesture to him he was wrong way, but he couldn't give a s... about it.
As soon as he enters the Arran Quay (on the river), a cyclist had to avoid the lorry and crashed badly into a light pole.
I made sure he was ok and run to check regulation plate, which I hope I checked well as it was far away already. I shared it with the cyclist, I hope he will proceed on reporting.

I am terrified how many "professional" drivers are around.

Sad thing, I was with my girlfriend which is still shocked by the incident. It is 6 months she does not touch the bike anymore, as she does not feel safe to cycle in the city (having used it for a few years, she slowly gave up on cycling in Dublin).

Saddest thing, I am glad she does not cycle in this city.

Duckjob

Got caught in the downpour coming out of Dublin this morning. Drumcondra road was a sh*tshow, half flooded, with drains fountaining up like they were burst water mains. Cycling up through it felt like a salmon swimming upriver.

Later on, a delightful individual on the swords road decided I wasn't quite wet enough and gunned it across from the outer lane to the inner lane and nearly into the hard shoulder to drive through the heavily flooded area right beside me. No other reason to do what he did other than to being a massive cock. Congratulations mate, you're a f**kng failure of a human being.

micar

Emmet Chubby Memory wrote: »

A Garda walked out in front of me earlier in the week. Thankfully I didn't hit him but it was bloody close. He was busy chatting to his Garda pal and wasn't watching the road. I let out a roar along the lines of '****ing asshole', probably not the best thing for me to have done. Would have been interesting if I had hit him though.

Had a garda in a squad car turn right last week as I was going through the junction.....I fu##king roared at her......something along the lines "what the fu#&k are you doing, you're a fu#@king guard who should know better".

She and her bewildered look.

site_owner

Not sure it's 100% right for this thread, but I'm sure many know the fantastic cycling experience that is the road between Portmarnock and Baldoyle.

Stay safe out there

https://twitter.com/DubFireBrigade/status/1143251884259643392?s=19

ED E

"the driver a male (19 years old) and a female (age unknown) were taken to Beaumont Hospital"

Why the fvck has a 19yo boy racer got an A4/TT/Whatever? Share the road eh, share the feckin road.

Type 17

Duckjob wrote: »

Got caught in the downpour coming out of Dublin this morning. Drumcondra road was a sh*tshow, half flooded, with drains fountaining up like they were burst water mains. Cycling up through it felt like a salmon swimming upriver...

Username checks out.

(Got caught in the same shower, but didn’t meet any Cocks, sorry for your trouble).

magicbastarder

ED E wrote: »

"the driver a male (19 years old) and a female (age unknown) were taken to Beaumont Hospital"

Why the fvck has a 19yo boy racer got an A4/TT/Whatever? Share the road eh, share the feckin road.

dad is gonna be well pissed off.

average_runner

magicbastarder wrote: »

dad is gonna be well pissed off.

Daddy will probably buy him a new one

Tenzor07

ED E wrote: »

"the driver a male (19 years old) and a female (age unknown) were taken to Beaumont Hospital"
Why the fvck has a 19yo boy racer got an A4/TT/Whatever? Share the road eh, share the feckin road.

I could be wrong but it looks like a 10yr old Audi A4, can get them for around €4,000, less than the cost of a Dura Ace CF bike..

magicbastarder

probably would cost the same to insure if the 19yo was the primary driver on the policy.

magicbastarder

magicbastarder wrote: »

probably would cost the same to insure if the 19yo was the primary driver on the policy.

I checked earlier, it came in at about €3200 on 123.ie assuming a few things like car age of ten years, engine size/type and no claims etc.

Alanstrainor

Tenzor07 wrote: »

I could be wrong but it looks like a 10yr old Audi A4, can get them for around €4,000, less than the cost of a Dura Ace CF bike..

It's an A3, looks like 2013 or so on. Most likely a 1.6 diesel and costs 10 grand or there abouts. Not a sports car in any way, and not unobtainable if you have almost any job too. Just a nice looking normal car. Who knows what happened really, I've come across lots of weird things on that road, horses roaming free, cows, dogs etc anything could have happened, glad nothing too serious came of it.

CramCycle

MOD VOICE: I really don't think the type of car, how much it cost, cost of insurance etc. has any relevance to the thread, you can have good and bad drivers in Audis, no matter how much we would like to pigeon hole them into one of the two.