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

Sam Beckett rarely fails to deliver. Here's two days from last week.

In the first clip, a white SUV does an illegal left turn, followed by a black Golf and silver taxi both breaking the red light to do their illegal left turn.

In the second clip, a Profix van breaks the red light to do an illegal left turn while the AirLink Dublin Bus tears through the stale red light.

https://streamable.com/4xtku

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Sam Beckett rarely fails to deliver. Here's two days from last week.

In the first clip, a white SUV does an illegal left turn, followed by a black Golf and silver taxi both breaking the red light to do their illegal left turn.

In the second clip, a Profix van breaks the red light to do an illegal left turn while the AirLink Dublin Bus tears through the stale red light.

https://streamable.com/4xtku

That sums up many Irish Drivers current appaling attitude to road signage and traffic signals. All AGS would have to do is put an officer on the bridge and cash in on the fines. The money could then be put towards buying a camera to catch the red light runners.

@Breezer
I don't know what the impediment is, but it's a good question. I would start the guessing game with its become a cultural thing for this to be tolerated. Maybe its the paperwork, laziness or perhaps just no resources. All could removed by technology that's available since at least 2003.

It's low hanging fruit. The underlying behaviours on red light running is sure to trickle down into other offences. Impatience is the root cause of many a close pass I had to endure.

magicbastarder wrote: »

road safety in ireland is not policed because it's 'fixed'. we have a historically low number of road deaths, therefore the gardai are not going to go chasing a problem which they reckon is at background noise now anyway.

If it's fixed how come there are so many incidents resulting in injury? Then, what about the RSA ongoing safety campaigns, ie. slow down, drive at a speed relative to the road condition and visibility, how to approach and exit a roundabout etc. That's just money wasted if the problems are fixed.
But my pet hate is red light running. Maybe it's because I was hit by a car doing this in 2016. Yes, everything is fixed. I however, still have symptoms from that incident that shouldn't have happened. Driver not prosecuted either.

magicbastarder wrote: »

i'm not saying i think it's fixed, lest i gave that impression. the authorities think it's fixed, to a certain extent at least.

I know what you mean. The narrative and reality are far from aligned and getting further and further apart. Now the rural TD cohort are rebelling against revisions to Penalty Point based on speed above the prescribed limit. Whats the logic in that!

AKA "Speeding is part of the game, Marty"

Breezer wrote: »

Why are they not doing this? I mean the red light running is endemic at this stage. We talk about it here all the time. It’s a phenomenon of recent years. They’re not thick, they know it’s happening. Is it paperwork, morale, resources, the likelihood or lack thereof of getting a conviction? At this stage I’m convinced there’s a policy of “discretion” being used. There must be a reason for that.

Yes.. I don't get this either. It is clear for everyone to see how bad it has got. I just wonder are these same people (politicians etc) red light runners themselves as no one seems to care these days.

I live close to a major junction of Upr Kilmacud Rd and Drummartin Link Road and its just normal practice on nearly every sequence that cars run the red lights. To add to it too I experienced a new level of w*nkerism on Sat evening when out for a walk with my 11 y/o son.. we have 4 x green men for whole junction so we crossed the 2 x roads one by one (didn't cross thru middle of junction) and as we crossed 2nd one a car started edging forward on us across the stop line and into the pedestrian area in readiness to take off.. I stared at him and he then points up at the amber man (He still had a read light for another 5-10 seconds) as though to say I shouldn't be on the road crossing... seriously, what kind of stupid ignorant people do we have driving cars these days. Only cause my son was with me I would have had more to say to the driver and may very well have led to conflict..

Something needs to be done on the red light running as I don't see it mentioned in press etc but is clear for all to see that it is all breaking down. It just really annoys me and gives a real indication of the selfish mentality of society these days.

Did he come around Hart's Corner in the bus lane as well, by any chance? That's another shooting fish in a barrel spot, should the Gardaí care to shoot the fish who have voluntarily leapt into the barrel. Which apparently they don't.

Sorry, I'm derailing the thread slightly, I'll leave it at that.

micar wrote: »

Audi Q7

Large tank like “sports utility vehicle”, being driven like an arse, mixed with resentment for sitting in traffic in a 2.5 tank, paying large amounts of “road tax” and mix in a little entitlement and inferiority complex. Nice mix.

micar wrote: »

Here he is

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=y3eS_Cz-rSo

This sums up the commute by bicycle in Dublin perfectly.

donvito99 wrote: »

This sums up the commute by bicycle in Dublin perfectly.

The futility of all the revving and acceleration that equals the same average speed as a cyclist on the same stretch of road will never dawn on that driver.

Kaisr Sose wrote: »

The futility of all the revving and acceleration that equals the same average speed as a cyclist on the same stretch of road will never dawn on that driver.

Confessions of a former Audi driver (:eek:): I used to bloody love whizzing away from lights and listening to my turbo kick in. I wasn't racing cyclists, I just liked the noise. I don't think I ever did anything dangerous but I'm sure I looked like a muppet. Disclaimer: I was in my twenties, therefore young and stupid, and it was an A1 not a Q7!

Then I spent two years commuting the full length of the M50 every day. By the end of it I was doing a steady 50km/h, ignoring the revving/beeping/lane jumping idiots around me who were getting nowhere anyway, and in the final phase of my treatment I sold the bloody thing and bought a bicycle

paddydriver wrote: »

Yes.. I don't get this either. It is clear for everyone to see how bad it has got. I just wonder are these same people (politicians etc) red light runners themselves as no one seems to care these days.

I live close to a major junction of Upr Kilmacud Rd and Drummartin Link Road and its just normal practice on nearly every sequence that cars run the red lights. To add to it too I experienced a new level of w*nkerism on Sat evening when out for a walk with my 11 y/o son.. we have 4 x green men for whole junction so we crossed the 2 x roads one by one (didn't cross thru middle of junction) and as we crossed 2nd one a car started edging forward on us across the stop line and into the pedestrian area in readiness to take off.. I stared at him and he then points up at the amber man (He still had a read light for another 5-10 seconds) as though to say I shouldn't be on the road crossing... seriously, what kind of stupid ignorant people do we have driving cars these days. Only cause my son was with me I would have had more to say to the driver and may very well have led to conflict..

Something needs to be done on the red light running as I don't see it mentioned in press etc but is clear for all to see that it is all breaking down. It just really annoys me and gives a real indication of the selfish mentality of society these days.

Politicians will only deal with what is popular, and being able to break red lights, speed, etc are all things that most people like to do, hence why there is no political will to change this as it will impact votes.

There was a cyclist down yesterday on Sandford Road around 3pm. It was at the petrol station by Belmont Avenue. I didn't stop as there were a lot of people surrounding her. I couldn't see a car in the immediate vicinity but it could have been parked up in the station. It looked like they were waiting on an ambulance. I hope the cyclist was okay.