Reporting close passes to AGS or traffic watch

TK Lemon

Mr. Lemon who's gotten a bit pudgy lately decided to burn it off by going for his first 10k cycle (5km) each way in a while.

He came to a narrow one-way section and was squeezed by another car.

He waved at the car and gestured with his thumb and index finger as if to say "too close".

The car swerved into a supermarket carpark. He followed him in and a man got out of the passenger side with and stared at him.

Mr Lemon said "that was way too close", the driver got out and flew into a rage telling him to learn the rules of the road. No matter what Mr Lemon said or attempted to say, he just kept roaring louder and louder "learn the effing rules of the road".

He told Mr Lemon to get a license and drive and not to hold up traffic (Mr Lemon has driven buses before but whatever).

The exchange eventually ended with him saying to Mr Lemon he won't be lucky the next time and he will knock him off the bike if he sees him again.

Mr Lemon said he was going to forget the situation but he'll change his mind and call traffic watch over the comment.

The man said he'll get a solicitor over breach of privacy and GDPR if Lemon writes down the reg.

Any advice?

MojoMaker

TrafficWatch, if even just for the hassle factor for the motorist.

Don't suppose anything was on camera?

antodeco

Your man is talking through his hole about GDPR and breach of privacy in relation to the reg. Sounds like a nutjob

Pkiernan

Report to the Gardai.

If you dont then that asshole gets away with it.

zerosugarbuzz

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magicbastarder

zerosugarbuzz wrote: »

Seriously sick of cyclists, would love to report the amount of them bombing around the Phoenix Park today on the pedestrian side not giving a toss about anyone except themselves. Cyclists need to be made pass a test, have speed limits and pay road tax like all other road users. If you find out who to report the driver to let me know as I plan on reporting cyclists, oh wait, no reg numbers... add that to whats needed too.

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Weepsie

"TK wrote:

The man said he'll get a solicitor over breach of privacy and GDPR if Lemon writes down the reg.

Any advice?

Hahaha. Wow. That's a new level of stupidity from someone. He sounds like he's thick and dangerous to be honest

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MojoMaker

How long has it been MOTOR tax, 15 years, 20 years? :rolleyes:

Rodney Bathgate

OP, can you clarify that your partner was not cycling against traffic on what appears to be a one way street from your description?

TK Lemon

Rodney Bathgate wrote: »

OP, can you clarify that your partner was not cycling against traffic on what appears to be a one way street from your description?

Thanks for the reply.

For clarity, I meant to say a narrow street with stop/go traffic lights which only allows traffic to flow in one direction at any given time. Mr Lemon was going with the flow of traffic and did not break any red lights.

TGD

Well, you did say he threatened to murder you. I think the police should take an interest in that. Then again, have you any evidence of any of this.

robertpatterson

Why did he go after him in the car park, there are idiots on the road, just accept it and move on
If you've no video as proof the AGS will just put it down as no further action to be taken

juicer

robertpatterson wrote: »

Why did he go after him in the car park, there are idiots on the road, just accept it and move on
If you've no video as proof the AGS will just put it down as no further action to be taken

If we ignore this kind of behaviour nothing gets done about it.

tnegun

Nothing is done anyway I've reported 3 of the worst incidents I've had over the last few years and nothing significant has come of any of them. I've spent hours chasing Guards just trying to give a statement and got fed up calling the station for an update as the guard is on his days off, on leave, out in the car, taking a statement or has 100s of active cases so will get to mine in turn and never does. It's simply a waste of time and chasing single guards/incidents will change nothing.

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OP, get onto Traffic Watch. The driver sounds dangerous and unhinged. I have had a good follow up from them, It depends on where it happened and how interested the guards there are in it but the ones out by me are excellent.
It's important to report dangerous driving if you can, so they don't do it to someone more vulnerable, the outcome may be a lot worse.

I hope Mr. Lemon keeps on pedalling, the addiction should be kicking in soon!

TK Lemon

Thanks for all the replies so far.

Mr Lemon will have to wait until Tuesday to make a call for Traffic Watch to reopen.

If he does make the call and the Gardai confront the driver, he’ll probably just deny it anyway as there’s no camera evidence.

Could Mr Lemon be charged for wasting Garda time for that?

Seth Brundle

TK Lemon wrote: »

Could Mr Lemon be charged for wasting Garda time for that?

There are two options: make a statement and formally report the driver which may lead to a court appearance or allow the gardai to give a verbal warning to the driver.
Either way, Mr. Lemon will not be in any trouble.
Remember it is his word against the drivers so unlikely anything will come out of it.

TK Lemon

TK Lemon wrote: »

Could Mr Lemon be charged for wasting Garda time for that?

No. Making a complaint is not wasting time unless it's blatantly fictitious

fishfoodie

Seth Brundle wrote: »

There are two options: make a statement and formally report the driver which may lead to a court appearance or allow the gardai to give a verbal warning to the driver.
Either way, Mr. Lemon will not be in any trouble.
Remember it is his word against the drivers so unlikely anything will come out of it.

Two thing I'd say about this.

1) this individual sounds like he has a bit of a road rage problem; so it's not that unlikely that he's had run ins with the law before, so AGS may well be interested in getting him off the road, if this is his normal behaviour.

2) if he has road rage problem, the next cyclist or pedestrian or whomever, may not be so lucky !

fishfoodie

fishfoodie wrote: »

Two thing I'd say about this.

1) this individual sounds like he has a bit of a road rage problem; so it's not that unlikely that he's had run ins with the law before, so AGS may well be interested in getting him off the road, if this is his normal behaviour.

2) if he has road rage problem, the next cyclist or pedestrian or whomever, may not be so lucky !

1, previous history of complaints means nothing in a current investigation.

2. That's true enough but it seems like Mr lemon had a bit of a problem too. After all, he was the one that made the approach.

MojoMaker

TK Lemon wrote: »

The exchange eventually ended with him saying to Mr Lemon he won't be lucky the next time and he will knock him off the bike if he sees him again.

This statement, out of all the subsequent noise on the thread, is reason alone to pursue this to the bitter end.

How fcuking dare some cnut utter that to a VRU.

TK Lemon

Hi all.

An update to the incident. Mr. Lemon reported to traffic watch but didn't think he'd get far (his word vs the other man's word).

The operator asked him if he had a hi-vis on, he said he didn't.

He hasn't heard back since.

AndrewJRenko

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

1, previous history of complaints means nothing in a current investigation.

I've had Gardai tell me, while investigating complaints that I've made, that the driver has a clean record, or on two occasions, that the driver has a not-so-clean record.

Niner leprauchan wrote: »

2. That's true enough but it seems like Mr lemon had a bit of a problem too. After all, he was the one that made the approach.

What's the problem with one adult approaching another adult?

Do you get the difference between approaching an other adult and threatening to kill another adult?

TK Lemon wrote: »

The operator asked him if he had a hi-vis on, he said he didn't.