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Another cyclist killed today in rathfarnham

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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,062 ✭✭✭cjt156


    Terrible news from Rathfarnham this afternoon, male cyclist pronounced dead. 'Truck driver uninjured'.

    RIP



    Sorry, simultaneous post with tatranska.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,098 ✭✭✭NamelessPhil


    Yes, it happened near my address and I saw the aftermath.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 12,554 Mod ✭✭✭✭Amirani


    Very close to where I live, passed the scene earlier. So sad. :(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 4,121 ✭✭✭amcalester


    Another wasteful loss of life.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 891 ✭✭✭JohnFalstaff


    This breaks my heart. I sometimes cycle out that road to go for a walk in the park there.

    It's getting to the stage where I'm thinking of retiring the bike altogether.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,124 ✭✭✭mr spuckler


    after no cyclist fatalities in a few months, to hear about the man in Meath last weekend, the critical injuries suffered by the cyclist up north yesterday and now this has left me lost for words here.

    RIP to this poor man - this carnage must stop.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,162 ✭✭✭homer911


    With so many near misses on a daily basis its easy to think "there, but for the grace of God.." There is no such thing as being too careful, and even that might not be enough


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 23,157 ✭✭✭✭Alanstrainor


    I used to cycle that road weekly... shocking.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 446 ✭✭Ranjo


    Poor guy. Not great to hear that kind of news. Hope the truck driver is able to get support too, can't be easy walking away from that.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,655 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    it has been reported that the other vehicle was a large roadsweeping truck.

    https://www.irishtimes.com/news/ireland/irish-news/male-cyclist-dies-after-truck-collision-in-rathfarnham-1.3295785


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,508 ✭✭✭Esroh


    Danbo! wrote: »
    Are these usually left hand drive?

    Yes they are to facilitate driving close to the path/edge of road to pick up the debris that ends up there.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 68,190 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    RIP to the rider.


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 15,881 Mod ✭✭✭✭smacl


    Very sad to hear this and condolences to the family. Also very close to me and a road I'd cycle very regularly.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,830 ✭✭✭doozerie


    I came across this shortly after it happened. The driver looked very badly shaken, the cyclist was still under the truck. Even at that early stage the outcome seemed certain.

    I use that junction every day, mostly by bike, sometimes by car. It's a wide junction, it was broad daylight, visibility was very good in all directions. I have no idea how this happened, but sometimes bad things just happen.

    It would be easy to let an incident like this skew peoples' perception about the dangers of using the roads, but that would be a mistake. You do what you can to keep yourself safe, you hope that everyone around you will do likewise, that's all you can reasonably do and all any of us can be expected to do. Bad stuff can still happen, obviously, but you've given yourself the best chance of avoiding it happening.

    In short, be careful and behave responsibly on the roads and your chances of becoming a statistic are very small. Incidents like today's one are awful, but it's worth remembering they are (thankfully) rare.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,655 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    posts debating the use of photographs in media coverage have been moved to the journalism thread, which is a more natural place for that debate. please keep this thread for condolences, etc.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,584 ✭✭✭✭Steve


    I knew the guy personally, nicest guy you could ever meet, lived a few doors down from me.

    Saw the Guards at his house earlier and then heard the news and feared the worst, just got news it was him.

    All the neighbours are in shock.

    RIP.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,375 ✭✭✭padser


    this carnage must stop.

    RIP the poor man.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 36,170 ✭✭✭✭ED E


    RIP.


  • Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 51,655 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    all - please no discussion or speculation on the circumstances of the incident. i've removed a couple of posts, we are not in a position to determine what happened based on insufficient knowledge.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,431 ✭✭✭✭billyhead


    RIP to the deceased. Incidents like this do question your sanity for taking the bike to work each morning. I keep saying to myself when I hear tragedy happen like this that I will commute by other means but its that addiction that makes me take the bike.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,298 ✭✭✭✭John_Rambo


    <Snip>

    Condolences to the riders friends and family. Shockingly needless loss.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,593 ✭✭✭circular flexing


    billyhead wrote: »
    RIP to the deceased. Incidents like this do question your sanity for taking the bike to work each morning. I keep saying to myself when I hear tragedy happen like this that I will commute by other means but its that addiction that makes me take the bike.

    More pedestrians than cyclists were killed on the roads in Ireland last year, yet you'd be unlikely to question the sanity of someone walking to work (depending on the route of course). Same for driving to work.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,289 ✭✭✭deandean


    "The driver of the truck was unharmed."
    This type of reporting makes my fcuking blood boil.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,544 ✭✭✭hesker


    More pedestrians than cyclists were killed on the roads in Ireland last year, yet you'd be unlikely to question the sanity of someone walking to work (depending on the route of course). Same for driving to work.

    I would be inclined to think such comparisons would make more sense if you looked at percentages.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,203 ✭✭✭Tenzor07


    I'm in shock, he was such a nice lad and from a great cycling family, so very sad to hear this news..

    May he rest in peace and deepest condolences to his lovely family....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,685 ✭✭✭triggermortis


    RIP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,430 ✭✭✭RustyNut


    RIP to the victim and condolences to his family and friends.

    deandean wrote: »
    "The driver of the truck was unharmed."
    This type of reporting makes my fcuking blood boil.

    He might have been physically unharmed but his life has changed forever. I hope he gets the help he will need to move on from this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,831 ✭✭✭Annie get your Run


    This is so sad, RIP and my sympathies to those on here that knew him personally.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Horrendous, RIP


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,027 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    RIP to that poor lad and his family.

    <Condolences only >

    I suppose it can happen to the best of us, but it's truly shocking. :(:(


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 3,942 ✭✭✭Danbo!


    <Snip>
    Condolences only


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    Mod note: This a condolences thread, no speculation please out of respect to the deceased and their family.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,582 ✭✭✭Kaisr Sose


    RIP.
    My condolences to the family and friends.

    This is another black day for cycling and road safety in general. Let’s hope that something good comes out of these terrible days. It’s mere luck there are not more days like this.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,863 ✭✭✭✭crosstownk


    RIP to the cyclist. Truly shocking and a sad, sad day for his family. A tragic bereavement for them and deepest sympathies to them also.

    Without derailing the thread, we know nothing of the circumstances - let's leave that to those who are tasked with investigating it. But for those who have mentioned thinking twice about cycling that road or even retiring the bike (please don't) think of it this way: When we hear of a fatal car accident we continue to drive, we hear of an aeroplane crash but we continue to fly and so on and as doozerie said - it's rare.

    Stay safe.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,239 ✭✭✭✭nullzero
    °°°°°


    <Snip>
    Condolences thread only

    Glazers Out!



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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 641 ✭✭✭DanDublin1982


    Terribly sad. Rest in Peace.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,812 ✭✭✭C3PO


    A lovely young fella - may he rest in peace!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 815 ✭✭✭mp31


    RIP


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,933 ✭✭✭smurgen


    Absolutely terrible.RIP.Nervous enough nowadays heading out especially with winter setting in.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1 Jeromea


    RIP - as a daily cyclist commuter this makes my heart sink.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 944 ✭✭✭monkeyslayer


    Terrible. Im only too familiar with this road, even spinned down it this morning and had been wondering what the flowers were for... Just terrible to hear.... RIP


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 24,609 ✭✭✭✭arybvtcw0eolkf


    'There but for the grace of God go all of us here.

    Poor lad, may you rest in ever lasting peace.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6 med10n


    anyone know how it happened ?. i also use that road at times.


  • Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 6,857 Mod ✭✭✭✭eeeee


    med10n wrote: »
    anyone know how it happened ?. i also use that road at times.

    Mod note: This thread is for condolences only, no speculation out of respect for the deceased and their family.


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