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

magicbastarder wrote: »

I just had a guy in a Jeep overtake another cyclist, with me oncoming. He left it late and close. And I think the other cyclist was Weepsie?

CramCycle wrote: »

I had the same this morning, it was weird, they gave so much room to the cyclist on a slight curve that I thought they were going to hit me head on, missed my by about 50cm in the end as I dived into the side. I doubt they even noticed.

Happens me every day here, in both directions. Great craic altogether..

Witnessed a takeaway courier nearly being smushed by a DFB estate car on the quays earlier. I was behind both of them on Wellington Quay, traffic had slowed because of the lights at Parliament St. so the courier ended up on the left of the DFB car when the lights turned green.

As they both got to Parliament St., the indicator went on (late) and the car started turning left. It looked like it was happening in slow motion, and I gave an involuntary "Look out!" shout. Only a few centimetres in it when both courier and DFB driver reacted, the cyclist braking hard and the driver continuing straight instead. The last I saw, the driver pulled in on Essex Quay, and the courier stayed on the quays until Hueston.

There must be something about that junction. A couple of months back I witnessed a motorbike coming the wrong way out of Parliament St. into the path of a van. Lots of beeping and aggressive chasing/brake checking from there to Merchant's Quay, resulting in a shouting match between the two of them. It would have to be the narrowest part of the quays where it happens.

RobertFoster wrote: »

As they both got to Parliament St., the indicator went on (late) and the car started turning left.

Isn't that a no left turn junction too? See near misses there a lot

RobertFoster wrote: »

You're right, at least 4 signs on the approach too.

You can't be expected to read the road signs, look out for other road users, and read your texts all at the same time now, can you?

30kmh zone too. No excuse for near misses here seeing as its a known bottleneck going on to Essex/Wood Quay, and yet there always is!

CramCycle wrote: »

Too fast, too slow or no one pays it any heed?

Motorists will think it too slow. Cyclists and pedestrians will feel uncomfortable with the crazy speeds / close passing and even if it was doubled to a 60kph limit people would still pay no heed.

All I all the quays are a decidedly unpleasant experience

This person didn't give much thought to the safety of others.
You are behind some cars that are waiting to turn right.
The traffic light has gone red.
I know.. here's a mad idea.
I'll just nip out of my lane, ignore my red light and try to cross over 2 bicycle lanes, 2 bus lanes and 2 traffic lanes.
The person makes it across. Just an incredibly dangerous move.
Others might have chickened out half way across the Long Mile Road and sat sheepishly in the middle.
But not this hero. A new frogger high score awaits.

They haven't added 30kph speed signs to the quays since the new speed limit was introduced two/three years ago? Only from Capel St where the original 30kph sign is. Otherwise, as far as anyone is concerned it's 50kph all the way from Heuston. In saying that, people regularly do 60kph. It's annoying but you can't fault motorists for not reading some PDF on the council's website regarding speed limits when there's no signage.

I've been tailgated by a coach then beeped at for doing 35kph in the original 30kph section. I'm tired of saying we need Garda presence on the quays. Few plain clothed Gardai on bikes would definitely do the trick. If they were obviously Gardai most people would behave for 2 minutes before speeding up the bus lane after they pass them.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

'Near miss' could be a bit of a stretch, but the new arrangements with the cycle-specific lights aren't really working at Samuel Beckett Bridgev

https://streamable.com/h34i6

When they first flipped the sequence of the pedestrian/cycle lights i thought it would at least take some of the madness out of that junction. But it's like a battle royale now.

It’s beyond a joke now how many private motorists use the bus / cycle lane on the north quays. As long as it goes unpunished / unpoliced it’s. Going to continue.

Lovely experience with driver and passenger in white van this morning.

Heading down church st towards the quays to go over river liffey.

White van goes past me in the right lane moves across to the left lane and stops three cars from the top with a red light.

As I approach the left hand side, the passenger opens the door and hops out causing me to swerve to avoid hitting him.

Needless to say, I stopped to have a few words.

Told them they've a responsibility to check their mirrors to make sure there is nothing coming from behind.

No apology from either except threats of assault.

Little do they know is that I've a camera which recorded it all.

Pity the van didn't have any company information on the side.

As soon as the traffic got going again the van moved back over to the right hand lane as he got to the other side of the river .

An FYI if you are looking to source Dublin Bus footage after a near miss. I made a request this week but it came up blank. This was because in the interim, another request had been made for the same bus, and after sourcing footage, they wipe all the data stored for that bus! This is a massive flaw in their systems, potentially losing vital information regarding a serious incident due to a request for footage of an innocuous one.