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

Kaisr Sose · 26-05-2017 08:27PM

Chuchote wrote: »

Speak for yourself. They don't give me a bad name, only themselves.

Have to agree with Unknown Soldier here. To many motorists - all cyclists are the same. The optics are one cyclist breaks a red light, we all break them. You can disagree if you wish but their perception is their reality.

VW 1 · 29-05-2017 08:56AM

Had a lovely run in with a taxi driver this morning as I was coming along Kevin Street, he pulled out of a side street, across a yield sign and the cycle lane.

Swerved to avoid him and he was so close I knocked on the window to let him know I was there to stop coming on top of me, at which point he swerved the car at me.

He stopped rolled down the window and told me he'd sort me out if I ever touched his car again. I was asking him had he not seen me why did he pull across a cycle lane and not stop at the yield sign. His explanation was that he has to look out for trucks and cars as well he can't be expected to see everything

His windows were completely steamed up and I told him maybe that getting rid of it would help his vision. At that point he said sure your not wearing a helmet anyway so its your own fault if ya get hit.

In my anger at the whole thing I didn't even take his taxi number never mind his reg. Waited a few minutes for him to come by halfway up Stephens green but he must have gone a different direction.

Rage.

VW 1 · 29-05-2017 08:56AM

Had a lovely run in with a taxi driver this morning as I was coming along Kevin Street, he pulled out of a side street, across a yield sign and the cycle lane.

Swerved to avoid him and he was so close I knocked on the window to let him know I was there to stop coming on top of me, at which point he swerved the car at me.

He stopped rolled down the window and told me he'd sort me out if I ever touched his car again. I was asking him had he not seen me why did he pull across a cycle lane and not stop at the yield sign. His explanation was that he has to look out for trucks and cars as well he can't be expected to see everything

His windows were completely steamed up and I told him maybe that getting rid of it would help his vision. At that point he said sure your not wearing a helmet anyway so its your own fault if ya get hit.

In my anger at the whole thing I didn't even take his taxi number never mind his reg. Waited a few minutes for him to come by halfway up Stephens green but he must have gone a different direction.

Rage.

Pinch Flat · 29-05-2017 09:20AM

Not really a near miss, for me anyway, but a rather unpleasant incident I witnessed in central Dublin yesterday. Haven come back from my Sunday morning spin and suffered a mechanical which delayed me, I'd promised Mrs. Pinch Flat & Pinch Flat junior that we'd head into Dublin Castle for a visit - on our list for ages. Due to time constraint, elected to drive and park at Francis Street and walk down.

As I was parking, I noticed a Stayin' Alive at 1.5 sign on the back of a car, so decided to take a picture and post it on their FB page. As I was doing this, there was a commotion - a car came into Francis Street from Thomas Street, beeping at an elderly cyclist - the chap on the bike was around 70 if a day. Anyway, as the guy on the bike headed down Francis Street, the car continued to swerve at him, the driver hurling verbal abuse from the rolled down passenger window. The car eventually cut in front of the cyclist, causing him to stop suddenly and almost fall over just at the Liberty Belle pub. To be honest, I waited around to see how this panned out - I was sure the motorist was going to get out and deck the cyclist. Car drove off, beeping and leaving a rather shook elderly gentleman at the side of the road, who continued on his way. Absolutely shocking treatment and complete lack of disrespect for him as an elder and cyclist.

All this happened on a quite, wide one way side street on a Sunday afternoon. Truly shocking that there are such utter scumbags in cars. Have the cars details, but not sure If I'm entitled to make a complaint to Traffic Watch / Gardai? I'd be quite happy to follow this true and let this w@nker have his day in court.

jive · 29-05-2017 10:17AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

All this happened on a quite, wide one way side street on a Sunday afternoon. Truly shocking that there are such utter scumbags in cars. Have the cars details, but not sure If I'm entitled to make a complaint to Traffic Watch / Gardai? I'd be quite happy to follow this true and let this w@nker have his day in court.

Report it, worst case scenario is nothing happens which is exactly what happens if it goes unreported.

The more people that get reported for bad driving / behaviour the better. Seeing as the traffic laws in Dublin are a distant memory for cyclists and motorists alike it's the next best thing.

Danjamin1 · 29-05-2017 10:29AM

VW 1 wrote: »

He stopped rolled down the window and told me he'd sort me out if I ever touched his car again. I was asking him had he not seen me why did he pull across a cycle lane and not stop at the yield sign. His explanation was that he has to look out for trucks and cars as well he can't be expected to see everything

:eek:

Pinch Flat · 29-05-2017 10:35AM

There's something ironic about taking a lecture in road safety from a taxi man. they have zero respect for other road users, especially cyclists.

Danjamin1 · 29-05-2017 10:38AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

There's something ironic about taking a lecture in road safety from a taxi man. they have zero respect for other road users, especially cyclists.

Ah but they're professional drivers so they know it all don't you know

plodder · 29-05-2017 10:48AM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

All this happened on a quite, wide one way side street on a Sunday afternoon. Truly shocking that there are such utter scumbags in cars. Have the cars details, but not sure If I'm entitled to make a complaint to Traffic Watch / Gardai? I'd be quite happy to follow this true and let this w@nker have his day in court.

Why wouldn't you be entitled? I'd definitely report it. Probably depends on the cyclist reporting it as well, but if he does, then I think a prosecution would be very likely.

Annie get your Run · 29-05-2017 02:31PM

I wrote on the back of my RSA bag cover this morning the words 'Please pass safely' drew an arrow and put 1.5M over it, I've been meaning to get something done up in a printers but never get around to it. Amazingly I didn't have one close pass on my way to work! Will be very interested to see if it works this evening too. Must order a few more of those and do them up properly!

Internet Friend · 29-05-2017 03:40PM

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I wrote on the back of my RSA bag cover this morning the words 'Please pass safely' drew an arrow and put 1.5M over it, I've been meaning to get something done up in a printers but never get around to it. Amazingly I didn't have one close pass on my way to work! Will be very interested to see if it works this evening too. Must order a few more of those and do them up properly!

You can buy the jersey from here, I picked one up a few weeks ago, nice and comfy jersey. It's sold out at the moment though...

magicbastarder · 29-05-2017 03:54PM

the design on the back is too small for a passing motorist to read - would have just been far simpler with a big triangle with 1.5 inside it.

Internet Friend · 29-05-2017 04:04PM

true, be more of a visual impact

check_six · 29-05-2017 04:31PM

Not scary, but annoying. Parent on the school run decides to rush a pass on a tight road with oncoming traffic and an open car door and man halfway into the car on the nearside. Skims past me very close and a little bit further out from my lads as I had been taking the lane to discourage this very manoeuvre due to the road conditions not 10 yards away. I was half expecting this so it didn't bother me too much. The school run parent also had to stop at the red light 30 yards away. Just a really poor reading of what was happening directly in front of them.

They observed:
- A stationary hazard in the road in the form of the man sticking his head into his open car.
- A number of cars coming towards them.
- A group of cyclists in the lane in front of them.
and
- A red light.

They added all this up and decided the best course of action was to accelerate! Very poor driving I feel.

Later, after we had skipped past them while they were stuck in a queue of traffic, they concluded their trip to school by accelerating very hard again to get into a car park area outside the school as we were passing through the same area. Again, there wasn't *much* risk of them actually t-boning us, but it sort of felt like they might. After their previous form it was grating that they didn't seem to cop on how they were affecting other people. Very inconsiderate.

I love Sean nos · 29-05-2017 04:45PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

Have the cars details, but not sure If I'm entitled to make a complaint to Traffic Watch / Gardai? I'd be quite happy to follow this true and let this w@nker have his day in court.

Why not? That's exactly the reason that Traffic Watch was set up for. In fact your report should carry more weight than the chap on the bike as you're an independent witness.

Somedude9 · 29-05-2017 04:56PM

Pinch Flat wrote: »

There's something ironic about taking a lecture in road safety from a taxi man. they have zero respect for other road users, especially cyclists.

Arrogant, ignorant pricks a lot of them are. Sure aren't a third of them said to be convicted criminals?

Lemming · 29-05-2017 04:58PM

check_six wrote: »

Not scary, but annoying. Parent on the school run decides to rush a pass on a tight road with oncoming traffic and an open car door and man halfway into the car on the nearside. Skims past me very close and a little bit further out from my lads as I had been taking the lane to discourage this very manoeuvre due to the road conditions not 10 yards away. I was half expecting this so it didn't bother me too much. The school run parent also had to stop at the red light 30 yards away. Just a really poor reading of what was happening directly in front of them.

It's sadly not uncommon at all, regardless of whether or not it's a cyclist in front or any other form of traffic for some people. I witnessed an incredibly dumb near-miss/overtake yesterday in Sheffield; ironically enough right beside Northern General hospital. I was also annoyed as not less than 30 seconds earlier I had let the stupid c@ckbag in his big shiny black range rover complete with designer beard trim and aviator shades out of a side turn-off as a courtesy as the lights were red in front of me.

Basically, two lanes with right lane filtering right-only, followed roughly 20m past that by a fork in the road going left & right respectively. Car at front of traffic lights, then girl on bicycle, then I let Mr. c@ckbag out, then myself. It's a wide enough junction to cross on a bike, but this guy attempted to overtake her ON the junction and then went on to take the right fork whilst she took left fork. He couldn't wait for about 10m to see which way she was going first ... complete inability to think about what's in front of him on the road.

I love Sean nos · 29-05-2017 05:00PM

Danjamin1 wrote: »

professional drivers

:pac:

Annie get your Run · 29-05-2017 07:41PM

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I wrote on the back of my RSA bag cover this morning the words 'Please pass safely' drew an arrow and put 1.5M over it, I've been meaning to get something done up in a printers but never get around to it. Amazingly I didn't have one close pass on my way to work! Will be very interested to see if it works this evening too. Must order a few more of those and do them up properly!

Well that's that blown out of the water, the usual shenanigans on the R149 this evening although one of the worst I've seen. Muppet in a commercial van comes right up behind me at speed, overtakes at the very last second into oncoming traffic

He then claimed his window wouldn't wind down when I tried to have a polite word after I caught up to him at the junction ahead :mad:

Internet Friend wrote: »

You can buy the jersey from here, I picked one up a few weeks ago, nice and comfy jersey. It's sold out at the moment though...

I wear a backpack commuting so the jersey wouldn't be any good. I did ask them if they'd consider making backpack covers but they said no.

Danbo! · 29-05-2017 07:53PM

Two close passes in a row this evening in templeogue, same spot as a previous video in the thread. First few cars are prime example of how you should give space.

The white car wasnt terrible, but right on the line and felt close. The BMW passed on the solid white line and moved back in when he saw oncoming traffic. I'm just glad I avoided the manhole by going left of it, instead of right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxa0IKxWk2o

Corca Baiscinn · 29-05-2017 07:54PM

[QUOTE I wear a backpack commuting so the jersey wouldn't be any good. I did ask them if they'd consider making backpack covers but they said no.[/QUOTE]

I asked too re your equivalent of the RSA bag as I wouldn't be wearing a jersey either and was told it might happen. In dull weather I wear the bag empty, yellow side out. I prefer it to the full high-viz regalia! Safe Cycling Eire is a voluntary pretty much one-man part-time outfit so we can't be expecting commercial type customer service I suppose

Lately I bought the swim noodles in Aldi with a view to using them as a 1m demo on bike! They're 120 cm long so would suffice to demonstrate the overtaking distance you should leave in a 50 kph zone. Haven't done anything with them yet though, not even sure they'd work, but seemed like a good idea at the time! Maybe you could try those next!

cython · 29-05-2017 08:03PM

Corca Baiscinn wrote: »

I wear a backpack commuting so the jersey wouldn't be any good. I did ask them if they'd consider making backpack covers but they said no.

I asked too re your equivalent of the RSA bag as I wouldn't be wearing a jersey either and was told it might happen. In dull weather I wear the bag empty, yellow side out. I prefer it to the full high-viz regalia! Safe Cycling Eire is a voluntary pretty much one-man part-time outfit so we can't be expecting commercial type customer service I suppose

Lately I bought the swim noodles in Aldi with a view to using them as a 1m demo on bike! They're 120 cm long so would suffice to demonstrate the overtaking distance you should leave in a 50 kph zone. Haven't done anything with them yet though, not even sure they'd work, but seemed like a good idea at the time! Maybe you could try those next!

Seems to work for this guy

LpPepper · 29-05-2017 09:59PM

Danbo! wrote: »

Two close passes in a row this evening in templeogue, same spot as a previous video in the thread. First few cars are prime example of how you should give space.

The white car wasnt terrible, but right on the line and felt close. The BMW passed on the solid white line and moved back in when he saw oncoming traffic. I'm just glad I avoided the manhole by going left of it, instead of right.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxa0IKxWk2o

What's new - I hate that bloody road. Anyone else feel like reporting the road design to the council? Then again, on that stretch of road what's the other option? The previous off road cycle path was also useless and not for for purpose, what's the other option?

Chuchote · 29-05-2017 10:09PM

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I wear a backpack commuting so the jersey wouldn't be any good. I did ask them if they'd consider making backpack covers but they said no.

You can buy cheapo backpack covers in the camping shop in Capel Street. Odd that RSA wouldn't do it with so many people wearing backpacks.

That road in Templeogue - where is it, so people might be able to suggest cyclerounds?

Annie get your Run · 29-05-2017 10:12PM

Chuchote wrote: »

You can buy cheapo backpack covers in the camping shop in Capel Street. Odd that RSA wouldn't do it with so many people wearing backpacks.

That road in Templeogue - where is it, so people might be able to suggest cyclerounds?

The RSA do have back pack covers, it's the 'stayin alive at 1.5 ' folks that don't do them.

AndrewJRenko · 29-05-2017 10:20PM

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I wear a backpack commuting so the jersey wouldn't be any good. I did ask them if they'd consider making backpack covers but they said no.

Just for anyone who's not aware, the Stayin Alive at 1.5 movement is largely down to one man, who works his ass off on an entirely voluntary basis and has achieved a huge amount. I just wouldn't want anyone to be left with the impression that the lack of backpack covers is down to someone being lazy.

ED E · 29-05-2017 10:21PM

LpPepper wrote: »

What's new - I hate that bloody road. Anyone else feel like reporting the road design to the council? Then again, on that stretch of road what's the other option? The previous off road cycle path was also useless and not for for purpose, what's the other option?

Ped path is much wider than required for most of it, pull it back 35-40cm and give the "car" lane enough room to not promote punishment passes.

Chuchote wrote: »

That road in Templeogue - where is it, so people might be able to suggest cyclerounds?

https://goo.gl/maps/CNRZ3L5E3wR2

If coming from town you can vear off at HX and go the Kimmage route but that has its choke points too. Doubling back to get onto Butterfield via Fairways wouldnt be worth your time as there are two quite slow right turn lights followed by another three lights (and bus priority).

Mec-a-nic · 29-05-2017 10:42PM

VW 1 wrote: »

Had a lovely run in with a taxi driver this morning ...
I didn't even take his taxi number never mind his reg.

Rage.

I'm still learning to be calm in the face of rage and adrenalin. A while back a taxi cut me off in front of Heuston station by squeezing left into the bike lane in front of me - I was able to tap the side window and roof. When we had words not 10m away at the red lights he also mentioned the "don't touch me car". Without looking up I quoted his taxi number to him and offered to continue this conversion with the Gardai in the carriage Office since he was being an effing idiot. He shut up and another passing taxi that witnessed it gave me the thumbs up.

Danbo! · 29-05-2017 10:48PM

LpPepper wrote: »

What's new - I hate that bloody road. Anyone else feel like reporting the road design to the council? Then again, on that stretch of road what's the other option? The previous off road cycle path was also useless and not for for purpose, what's the other option?

I think just removing the lines would help to be honest. Motorists feel if they're in their lane and I'm in mine there's no issue.

I noticed too they painted new lines on the awful cycle track on Cyprus grove road in the last week. Except they didn't repaint the yield signs so those unfamiliar won't know to yield at every junction. On one stretch where the grass verge is reclaiming the cycle track, they only painted the line on one side, rather than pulling back the grass and doing it right.

I'd love to know who in SDCC is making these decisions. Someone purposefully decided to repaint the lines but not the junction markings. It's bizarre. Just means those avoiding the track will likely get grief as it's now more clear to motorists.

ED E · 29-05-2017 10:52PM

Danbo! wrote: »

I'd love to know who in SDCC is making these decisions. Someone purposefully decided to repaint the lines but not the junction markings. It's bizarre. Just means those avoiding the track will likely get grief as it's now more clear to motorists.

Probably some drone "ya told me to paint the lines so I did the lines". CoCo maintenance positions don't necessarily attract the most enthusiastic candidates.

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

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