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

francois · 22-01-2018 02:06PM

8.30 this AM Cork street, driver pulls out of side road, had to slam on brakes, went over and now off work with twisted sprained knee, driver didn't stop.

CramCycle · 22-01-2018 02:11PM

francois wrote: »

8.30 this AM Cork street, driver pulls out of side road, had to slam on brakes, went over and now off work with twisted sprained knee, driver didn't stop.

Charming, hope you recover OK

xckjoo · 22-01-2018 02:16PM

Tenzor07 wrote: »

As I always say, Bad cycle related infrastructure = Bad cyclists as seen in some of the clips... Irish Roads are designed purely for cars/vans etc, not bicycles.

I've come to the conclusion that there's the same proportion of idiots on bikes as there are idiots in cars. It's only the method of transportation that changes, not the people.

Edit: Forgot my own near miss!

I had the same taxi driver close pass me twice in a row last week. It was on one of the windiest days I've ever been out cycling, but this guy didn't seem to know the difference between 1.5m and 1.5". Third time he passed me he left more space. That might have been an accident though

Ferris · 22-01-2018 02:24PM

francois wrote: »

8.30 this AM Cork street, driver pulls out of side road, had to slam on brakes, went over and now off work with twisted sprained knee, driver didn't stop.

Might be worth seeing if there is any CCTV that might have caught the incident, shop opposite the side road?

Hope you recover soon, knees are tricky, I went over (own fault) and hurt my knee, I didn't realise it was as bad as it was and kept on cycling and it aggravated the injury. Ended being off the bike for 2 months.

mr spuckler · 22-01-2018 02:28PM

francois wrote: »

8.30 this AM Cork street, driver pulls out of side road, had to slam on brakes, went over and now off work with twisted sprained knee, driver didn't stop.

hope you recover quickly and are back on the bike soon.

do you think the driver saw you fall?

francois · 22-01-2018 02:33PM

mr spuckler wrote: »

hope you recover quickly and are back on the bike soon.

do you think the driver saw you fall?

I'm not sure-2 girls who saw it said she also nearly hit them at some lights further down the road, may go and make a complaint later.

Doctor recommended some physio before getting back on bike, so as not to aggravate the injury too soon, but 3 weeks should be fine

bikedude · 23-01-2018 06:23PM

Had a few close passes in Belmont Ave in Dublin
Is a narrow road with cars parked on one side.

On the way home today, cycling from Donnybrook Road -> Sandyford Road

Car squeezes passes me and the footpath. Close enough that I was able to almost fold his passenger mirror with my hand.
He stopped behind the car waiting to turn in the Sandyford Road, 1 second before me.
Dropped pin
near Cloyne, Belmont Ave, Dublin 4
https://goo.gl/maps/PtSzzWZpd7x

Lemming · 23-01-2018 06:34PM

bikedude wrote: »

Had a few close passes in Belmont Ave in Dublin
Is a narrow road with cars parked on one side.

That road is a rat-run with a lot of traffic trying to skip Donnybrook to get over to Milltown at the best of times; always has been as far back as I can remember.

bikedude · 23-01-2018 06:44PM

Lemming wrote: »

That road is a rat-run with a lot of traffic trying to skip Donnybrook to get over to Milltown at the best of times; always has been as far back as I can remember.

This is possibly the most accurate description to this road!

CramCycle · 23-01-2018 09:09PM

I drove up this road one night and pulled in to let an approaching car through (they had right of way). Car behind me decided now was the time to overtake. ended up blocking the road. I despair for humanity sometimes. Same car mounted the pavement turning right at the top and had to reverse as they had missed the signpost on the pavement.

ED E · 24-01-2018 07:41PM

The IBikeDublin folks appear to have identified a serial shbag. Anyone else who's had the pleasure maybe tweet em.

https://twitter.com/IBIKEDublin/status/955807287838375936

https://twitter.com/zynks/status/956212278180876288

Effects · 24-01-2018 07:55PM

magicbastarder wrote: »

hmm; i wonder if they'd be willing to use it without the permission of the cyclist depicted.

They don't need permission from the cyclist.

magicbastarder · 24-01-2018 07:58PM

they don't *need* it. but they may not use it without permission. as it's a current affairs show, i suspect they'd be more inclined to use it than not.

Effects · 24-01-2018 09:07PM

It's quite a compelling piece of footage though!

magicbastarder · 24-01-2018 09:25PM

oh, agreed. i'd prefer they did use it.

homer911 · 25-01-2018 09:34AM

Anyone who comes in the N11 will be aware of this blue/white double decker bus that seems to run from Sandyford into the city. For months I have put up with the driver's excessive speeds in the bus lane, creating huge drafts and giving me little room, but this morning he passed me at speed with about a foot of room to spare - frightened the life out of me. No footage but off to make a complaint on their website..

Hrududu · 25-01-2018 10:15AM

Sitting at a red light yesterday evening. Light went green and I cycled through the junction. As soon as I cleared it the car behind me overtook and pulled back in very quickly. I had to pull the brakes to stop the back of his car clipping me as he moved back in. No oncoming traffic that he was hurrying to avoid.

CramCycle · 25-01-2018 10:43AM

homer911 wrote: »

Anyone who comes in the N11 will be aware of this blue/white double decker bus that seems to run from Sandyford into the city. For months I have put up with the driver's excessive speeds in the bus lane, creating huge drafts and giving me little room, but this morning he passed me at speed with about a foot of room to spare - frightened the life out of me. No footage but off to make a complaint on their website..

I put a pic up of them here before from a training bus of theirs. The bus driver apologised but his trainer told me I was incorrect and that I was given plenty of space, he knew, he was also a cyclist.

Their bus touched my elbow, after I had moved in to inside the yellow lines when I could feel the bus pulling in.

They have CCTV on all their buses AFAIK

PaulieC · 25-01-2018 12:49PM

CramCycle wrote: »

I put a pic up of them here before from a training bus of theirs. The bus driver apologised but his trainer told me I was incorrect and that I was given plenty of space, he knew, he was also a cyclist.

Their bus touched my elbow, after I had moved in to inside the yellow lines when I could feel the bus pulling in.

They have CCTV on all their buses AFAIK

Had the same this morning, I think just past Nutley lane outbound. Not even the first time this week. They do seem to drive much closer to the cyclist than DB.

Annie get your Run · 25-01-2018 02:57PM

PaulieC wrote: »

Had the same this morning, I think just past Nutley lane outbound. Not even the first time this week. They do seem to drive much closer to the cyclist than DB.

I find this in general with the private companies, you notice it much more coming down the quays especially, where DB drivers are usually much more patient and aware the private guys couldn't give a fiddlers.

VW 1 · 25-01-2018 04:43PM

I personally find BE the worst culprits of busses, probably because I have more interaction with them than private busses though to be fair.

Taxi men the worst of the lot thought.

amcalester · 25-01-2018 05:06PM

I was nearly sideswiped by a motorist yesterday, nothing serious. Traffic was moving very slowly and I was filtering up the left hand side of the vehicles.

I wouldn't have thought much of it only for the motorist was watching a video on her phone which she had sitting behind her steering wheel.

Alanstrainor · 25-01-2018 05:08PM

amcalester wrote: »

I was nearly sideswiped by a motorist yesterday, nothing serious. Traffic was moving very slowly and I was filtering up the left hand side of the vehicles.

I wouldn't have thought much of it only for the motorist was watching a video on her phone which she had sitting behind her steering wheel.

I've seen that trick plenty of times. Absolute madness.

amcalester · 25-01-2018 05:09PM

Absolutely.

This was in the city center, how she hasn't run into the back of someone I don't know.

rushfan · 25-01-2018 05:34PM

amcalester wrote:

This was in the city center, how she hasn't run into the back of someone I don't know.

This. Absolutely does my head in.

duffer247 · 25-01-2018 05:57PM

francois wrote: »

8.30 this AM Cork street, driver pulls out of side road, had to slam on brakes, went over and now off work with twisted sprained knee, driver didn't stop.

My commute covers Cork street, it has to be one of the worst areas for parking in the cycle / bus lane, especially outside the Aldi/Lidl coming from the city centre. Extremely dangerous when dark to navigate out into bus lane or further to pass these cars, traffic is proceeding at quite a speed too.

Hope you're okay, sounds nasty

duffer247 · 25-01-2018 06:05PM

Annie get your Run wrote: »

I find this in general with the private companies, you notice it much more coming down the quays especially, where DB drivers are usually much more patient and aware the private guys couldn't give a fiddlers.

Agreed. I think DB drivers are excellent in my experience, very aware of their size and space, respectful of other road users. They are professional drivers, I think other "professional drivers" could learn a lot from. I have asked DB in the past do they run special training for their drivers in relation to cyclists - no reply, maybe they think I'm trying to catch them out!!
Some of the tourist bus operators don't appear to afford the same respect to cyclists.

CramCycle · 25-01-2018 06:11PM

duffer247 wrote: »

Agreed. I think DB drivers are excellent in my experience, very aware of their size and space, respectful of other road users. They are professional drivers, I think other "professional drivers" could learn a lot from. I have asked DB in the past do they run special training for their drivers in relation to cyclists - no reply, maybe they think I'm trying to catch them out!!
Some of the tourist bus operators don't appear to afford the same respect to cyclists.

Depends on which DB as well. You can almost tell by route number which ones are going to give you space or time. I find the 145 the best for behaviour around other traffic. Whereas the 46A drievrs seem to have given up on life.

BE drivers over from DB also seem to hold onto the respect bit for awhile at least.

JazzyJ · 25-01-2018 06:19PM

Alanstrainor wrote: »

I've seen that trick plenty of times. Absolute madness.

I've seen it a load of times too over the last 6 months. Life time bans should be handed out for that carry on. If only there was some sort of organisation that should be detecting and prosecuting this.

rushfan · 25-01-2018 08:56PM

JazzyJ wrote:

I've seen it a load of times too over the last 6 months. Life time bans should be handed out for that carry on. If only there was some sort of organisation that should be detecting and prosecuting this.

How many times have you seen the glow, whether you're cycling, walking, or beside a car in traffic?? Utterly disgraceful. I'd fully support long bans but it'll never happen unfortunately.

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