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

What Username Guidelines · 24-05-2019 07:56PM

Weird one this morning, approaching Leonard’s corner inbound. A Dublin bus near the front of the queue has kind of positioned himself with the front half of the bus sticking into the cycle lane at an angle, which seemed odd. Knowing the light sequence, ped lights had just turned green ahead, I know I can undertake before he moves. As I get to the door of the bus, he does two quick beeps, when I notice in front of him is a coach, in the right hand turn lane, but indicating left. Because of the tight corner, the coach needed the swing but you could easily miss it. I give him a smile and thumbs up, feeling a little dopey for not twigging it was on purpose.

Rechuchote · 26-05-2019 04:57PM

papu wrote: »

I was cycling up Townsend street in the right hand lane of two lanes. Just before the junction with Shaw Street, Dublin bus 757 in the left hand lane tries to accelerate and overtake me, as the road narrows to a single lane (on the right) due to road works. He accelerates, sounds his horn, then proceeds to move in ontop of me, forcing me to take evasive action and move out of the centre of the right lane to the very side of the road or be struck by the side of the bus.

Caught up to the driver not much further down the road, he was very unapologetic, and said I should be wearing a High viz and helmet.

I trust you asked him why he was not in his full bus driver's uniform and cap, and whether that was the way he dressed to represent his company?

AndrewJRenko · 26-05-2019 08:29PM

buffalo wrote: »

There's a small fortune to be made standing on that bridge pulling in drivers taking that left turn.

I don't know what you could possibly mean;

https://streamable.com/jpdbs

Pinch Flat · 26-05-2019 10:52PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

I don't know what you could possibly mean;

https://streamable.com/jpdbs

Nearly took out a cyclist as well. Assuming the motorist drove across a green pedestrian / cyclist crossing

27-05-2019 10:31AM

I cycled by a driver this morning who had a cigarette in one hand and his phone in the other (pretty sure he was watching a video) and using his elbows and knees to steer the car. Ridiculous driving.

average_runner · 27-05-2019 11:10AM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

I don't know what you could possibly mean;

https://streamable.com/jpdbs

Are those signs new? Used to run down that way alot and always saw cars turning there.

buffalo · 27-05-2019 11:15AM

average_runner wrote: »

Are those signs new? Used to run down that way alot and always saw cars turning there.

They've been there since the bridge was installed.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/samuel-beckett-bridge-opens-1.850540

Motorists have been advised that there is no right-turn from the bridge on either side of the river and there is no left-turn from North Wall Quay onto the north side of the bridge.

What Username Guidelines · 27-05-2019 11:19AM

buffalo wrote: »

They've been there since the bridge was installed.

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/samuel-beckett-bridge-opens-1.850540

One of the hottest spots on my commute for absolute blatant rule breaking. Particularly dangerous if you're in the cycle lane on the bridge heading north and waiting at this corner

CramCycle · 27-05-2019 11:50AM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Two cyclists in a slight near miss at Leeson St bridge, with the guy coming over the bridge against the red light nearly being t-boned by the lady taking off with the green;

https://streamable.com/qpvxj

And taxi doing illegal left turn nearly left hooks cyclist going straight on;

https://streamable.com/36fuh

Its the perfect spot for a camera, once there is no Garda there, everyone breaks that turn, zero people give a sh1t, and while I don't agree with it, I can see why it is done. Like everything, until they start enforcement, via automatic means, it will continue.

rubadub · 27-05-2019 11:57AM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Two cyclists in a slight near miss at Leeson St bridge, with the guy coming over the bridge against the red light nearly being t-boned by the lady taking off with the green;

https://streamable.com/qpvxj

Looks like she was "reading/predicting the lights" and taking off early and breaking a red for a split second too.

28-05-2019 09:31AM

Left hooked by an absolute idiot in Phibsborough this morning. What the **** is wrong with people.

Utter Consternation · 28-05-2019 09:31AM

Tanner Careful Sorbet wrote: »

Left hooked by an absolute idiot in Phibsborough this morning. What the **** is wrong with people.

Did you come off?

28-05-2019 09:36AM

Utter Consternation wrote: »

Did you come off?

No thankfully was able to turn in myself. There were two of us (cyclists) as well beside each other, no bother to the driver though.

average_runner · 28-05-2019 10:42AM

rubadub wrote: »

Looks like she was "reading/predicting the lights" and taking off early and breaking a red for a split second too.

The two on the road went through a clear red light there.

The girl might be "reading/predicting" the lights, but those lights go red well before the other ones go green there!

Could say all three were at fault, as her bike shouldn't be parked in the cycle lane also.

AndrewJRenko · 28-05-2019 11:54AM

average_runner wrote: »

The two on the road went through a clear red light there.

The girl might be "reading/predicting" the lights, but those lights go red well before the other ones go green there!

Could say all three were at fault, as her bike shouldn't be parked in the cycle lane also.

Parked?

average_runner · 28-05-2019 12:04PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Parked?

Bad term there, static lets say

AndrewJRenko · 28-05-2019 12:52PM

average_runner wrote: »

Bad term there, static lets say

She was waiting for the lights to change. What else is she supposed to do?

average_runner · 28-05-2019 01:14PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

She was waiting for the lights to change. What else is she supposed to do?

She was across a cycle lane before she had a green light.
Now maybe I am wrong, but I am sure your not allowed to have your bike across a cycle lane to block it?

mr spuckler · 28-05-2019 01:29PM

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Two cyclists in a slight near miss at Leeson St bridge, with the guy coming over the bridge against the red light nearly being t-boned by the lady taking off with the green;

https://streamable.com/qpvxj

At that crossing this morning, van in 1 lane was parked across the ped / cyclist crossing while a car in another lane was parked on the advance stop box, meaning that everyone crossing had to slalom between the 2 vehicles.
I see blatant ROTR breaking there every time I use the broader junction (ie both ends of the bridge) with zero enforcement.

average_runner · 28-05-2019 01:32PM

mr spuckler wrote: »

At that crossing this morning, van in 1 lane was parked across the ped / cyclist crossing while a car in another lane was parked on the advance stop box, meaning that everyone crossing had to slalom between the 2 vehicles.
I see blatant ROTR breaking there every time I use the broader junction (ie both ends of the bridge) with zero enforcement.

That happens at all the junctions near bridges. Its a disaster but some one will be killed on Lesson St Bridge as its too small for everyone

CramCycle · 28-05-2019 01:33PM

average_runner wrote: »

She was across a cycle lane before she had a green light.
Now maybe I am wrong, but I am sure your not allowed to have your bike across a cycle lane to block it?

If you look at the beginning of the video she was waiting with everyone else not on the cycle path, what your looking at is where she moved off before she had a green. The movie just makes it look like she was waiting there as she hit the brakes as the camera swings back. She is in the wrong but so is the cyclist that came through on red. One can be viewed as more wrong than the other, in my view the other person but if you want to be a rule lawyer, then they both are equally wrong as they both broke reds.

queldy · 28-05-2019 01:38PM

average_runner wrote: »

That happens at all the junctions near bridges. Its a disaster but some one will be killed on Lesson St Bridge as its too small for everyone

I used that bridge often in the past, coming from Grand Parade and moving right to get into Fitzwilliam. Cars get on the bridge as it was a high speed motorway.

average_runner · 28-05-2019 01:38PM

CramCycle wrote: »

If you look at the beginning of the video she was waiting with everyone else not on the cycle path, what your looking at is where she moved off before she had a green. The movie just makes it look like she was waiting there as she hit the brakes as the camera swings back. She is in the wrong but so is the cyclist that came through on red. One can be viewed as more wrong than the other, in my view the other person but if you want to be a rule lawyer, then they both are equally wrong as they both broke reds.

In my original post I said all three were in the wrong. I am not sure what the outcome in the court would be if the second cyclists had hit the one in the cycle lane.

But its a junction where people need to be very careful.

average_runner · 28-05-2019 01:41PM

queldy wrote: »

I used that bridge often in the past, coming from Grand Parade and moving right to get into Fitzwilliam. Cars get on the bridge as it was a high speed motorway.

So do cyclists, cyclists cut up the inside of cars that are already turning left, and its clear the cars are turning left as indicators are on.

Alot of cars and cyclists break the lights there coming over the bridge.

DelBoy Trotter · 28-05-2019 02:32PM

average_runner wrote: »

Alot of cars and cyclists break the lights there coming over the bridge.

It is a nightmare of a junction for cyclists, cars and pedestrians. When coming from Charlemont Luas stop and crossing the road at the pedestrian lights to get onto the island where the coffee shop is, every single day when the pedestrian lights go green, cyclists crossing the bridge from Grand Canal direction go straight through the pedestrian lights for anybody crossing onto island

sy_flembeck · 28-05-2019 11:40PM

Thankfully I have little to complain about regarding the drivers of Wicklow, on the contrary in fact. Generally the only issues I ever have are when leaving from, and returning to, Bray.

And this is the third time this has happened at this junction:

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

p15574 · 29-05-2019 09:15AM

sy_flembeck wrote: »

And this is the third time this has happened at this junction:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pTwIxPyFZwY

I feckin' hate when they do that. It's like you don't count, because you're on a bike, therefore you have to yield to their might

xckjoo · 29-05-2019 09:29AM

Of course it's the day I forgot my camera but had my closest pass to date this morning and driver admitted it was on purpose. Literally inches from me with the whole other side of the road was clear. All because I had held position on the road before that point. The part of the road where we're going uphill on a blind corner....
Not leaving the house without my camera again.

Eamonnator · 29-05-2019 09:44AM

sy_flembeck wrote: »

Thankfully I have little to complain about regarding the drivers of Wicklow, on the contrary in fact. Generally the only issues I ever have are when leaving from, and returning to, Bray.

And this is the third time this has happened at this junction:

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

And you even had your flashing front light on.

average_runner · 29-05-2019 09:46AM

sy_flembeck wrote: »

Thankfully I have little to complain about regarding the drivers of Wicklow, on the contrary in fact. Generally the only issues I ever have are when leaving from, and returning to, Bray.

And this is the third time this has happened at this junction:

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

I think the driver was of the opinion that I will pull out but leave you plenty of room on the inside to continue on. But you could never of known or ever assume that. Driver was in the wrong.

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

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