TaurenDruid wrote: » See, Andy - it's quite possible you do sometimes actually make valid points. But when they're rare gems hidden among such rampant made-up bull**** as this, we just start glossing over and missing the valid points.
A survey of Irish drivers by Liberty Insurance has found that 67 per cent of us admit to using our mobile phones when behind the wheel.
magicbastarder wrote: » True, you can see it by the number of people cyclists kill every year.
SeanW wrote: » Unfortunately, that's not really an option IRL. On more than one occasion, I've had to jump out of the way of two-wheeled lawbreakers in circumstances similar to what is seen in that video. A little more than once or twice. You should watch the old TV show "The Sopranos" there was a mobster in it called Phil Leotardo, and just about every other scene, he would remind everyone "I did 20 years in the can" (prison) Eventually, you stop wondering just how long Phil Leotardo spent in the can :pac: Nice deflection. Can you do anything else? So the main injury was to the drivers' pride and sense of self-respect/worth, not the only injury. I stand corrected. Cyclists who menace pedestrians, sail through red lights and meander down the footpath act on purpose. Bicycles don't "accidentally" cycle across Sean O'Casey bridge. Bicycles don't "accidentally" sail merrily past red lights. They do it because they're lawbreakers and some cases hypocritical lawbreakers. This driver accidentally let their car slip down the rocks because they made some silly mistake. Yes, some are more worthy of empathy than others. There's a good chance one or both of that couple are going to give up driving, so I'm not sure what they have to learn in that case. But don't worry, the most important thing is that you can gleefully use their misfortune to score cheap points in your own pathetic little crusade. And you can feel smug while you and your ilk sail past every red light and down every footpath, and menace pedestrians left, right and centre. :rolleyes:
TaurenDruid wrote: » See, Andy - it's quite possible you do sometimes actually make valid points. But when they're rare gems hidden among such rampant made-up bull**** as this, we just start glossing over and missing the valid points.GRR! CARS KILL PEOPLE! GRR!
meeeeh wrote: » Progressive people who live in semi-ds with cardboard walls and who still walk to get newspaper when everyone else is accessing them online. In my case kids are happy, we have space, house that's built to decent standards so it doesn't take a lot to heat, good school and woods in the doorstep where you can walk, run and kids can cycle. From middle of March to beginning of June ours didn't even sit in the car, they were in no shops but they went for our long walks or 10km cycles almost every day (they are 7 and 11). I make about 20,000 km per year in car but that includes quite a bit of travel for wonk or trips around the country (my car is the family car). Commute to work is 6km and all the shopping is done when leaving work. The way my husband works we would always need two cars if we lived in a estate or a nice house with a garden. I understand the temptation to blame us living in the country for everything but Dublin isn't populated densely enough and any new development seems to be blocked because people need their front and back gardens in a city.
meeeeh wrote: » Progressive people who live in semi-ds with cardboard walls and who still walk to get newspaper when everyone else is accessing them online.
ewc78 wrote: » I reckon some think the world stops once you go past the Red Cow Roundabout.....:)
magicbastarder wrote: » well, you do like your stereotypes.
meeeeh wrote: » That's not a stereotype, the build quality in a lot of those houses is shocking. I lived in some and visited enough and I am not impressed. Maybe building standards in last 10 years improved but a lot of what was there before is terrible. That is not a stereotype I am afraid and I'm not saying all houses are a disaster but you need proper insulation for warmth and safety reasons.
TaurenDruid wrote: » Dammit - I nearly had this one off by heart earlier... how did it go again? "Ah, sure at the end of the day, nobody was killed or injured, so they harmed nobody but themselves. it's all good." That's what earns your "Thanks" clicks, isn't it?
AndrewJRenko wrote: » The reality is we know exactly how many people are killed or seriously injured on the road, because the RSA tracks this in a very detailed way using data from a number of sources, including Gardai, emergency services and hospitals. The data is absolutely clear as to the real source of danger on the roads.
magicbastarder wrote: » yeah, as i said, you do like your stereotypes. i wasn't even referring to the houses. you took a throwaway comment about walking to the shops for the paper to denigrate people for being behind the times. you missed the point by a country mile, but it gave you a chance to pigeonhole people, and that's the prize.
John_Rambo wrote: » Your bad living choices and limited experience of urban and suburban living isn't a bench mark of said. A lot of suburban people live in very well built houses, period three story Victorian and Georgian houses, large apartments, small apartments, excellent town houses, detached houses, very well built ex-council semi detached houses, ex-army terraced bungalows with massive back gardens. In some cases they live beside huge parks and forested areas, stunning beaches and trails & extensive cycle tracks. Not one of my peers, relatives or neighbours live in houses with "paper" walls, improper insulation or in unsafe dwellings. I've lived in a few properties in and close to the capital and never had the issues you experienced. There are badly built houses everywhere. Rural and urban. You are indeed stereotyping, it's akin to city people assuming everyone in rural Ireland lives some sort of bog. Pure ignorance I'm afraid. Walking to the shops is a perfectly normal thing to do, just because you don't do it doesn't make it weird.
Duckjob wrote: » Can AJR pls come and save it by posting some more pics of cars on bike lanes ?
Stark wrote: » Throwback to cheer you up https://twitter.com/jamieheaslip/status/1266016429008134144?s=19
Charles Babbage wrote: » If death is the only measure, then we cannot discuss theft, rape, mugging, or fraud since any such thread can be derailed by someone just saying that it is OK to beat you up or rape you so long as nobody dies. This would not be accepted as an excuse in such a thread, so why is it acceptable here? But then I already said that in post #163
TaurenDruid wrote: » https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xbttAigUIjI
Kermit.de.frog wrote: » See this every day. They should be hung by the balls. (if they have balls)
Hurrache wrote: » There's loads of vids on YouTube, why do you keep watching the same one every day? Is it a turn on?
SeanW wrote: » You should watch the old TV show "The Sopranos" there was a mobster in it called Phil Leotardo, and just about every other scene, he would remind everyone "I did 20 years in the can" (prison) Eventually, you stop wondering just how long Phil Leotardo spent in the can :pac:
SeanW wrote: » Nice deflection. Can you do anything else?
SeanW wrote: » So the main injury was to the drivers' pride and sense of self-respect/worth, not the only injury. I stand corrected.
SeanW wrote: » There's a good chance one or both of that couple are going to give up driving, so I'm not sure what they have to learn in that case.
SeanW wrote: » Cyclists who menace pedestrians, sail through red lights and meander down the footpath act on purpose. Bicycles don't "accidentally" cycle across Sean O'Casey bridge. Bicycles don't "accidentally" sail merrily past red lights. They do it because they're lawbreakers and some cases hypocritical lawbreakers. This driver accidentally let their car slip down the rocks because they made some silly mistake.
SeanW wrote: » But don't worry, the most important thing is that you can gleefully use their misfortune to score cheap points in your own pathetic little crusade. And you can feel smug while you and your ilk sail past every red light and down every footpath, and menace pedestrians left, right and centre. :rolleyes:
SeanW wrote: » I'm going to try this one. more. time.CARS ARE ALREADY HIGHLY VISIBLE!
Rogerrabit wrote: » Hi cycling in footpaths is very dangerous for pedestrians especially now with this virus pandemic. Every day I witness these events cyclists on the footpaths spewing out germs as they cycle past pedestrians less than two feet from them. If any of these cyclists have the virus the pedestrians have no chance they will pick up the disease. Why do the police allow this carry on. They should be protecting the elderly instead of turning a blind eye to this outrageous carryon. What do yo think out there in Ireland the country whose population do not know how to wear a facemask.
AndrewJRenko wrote: » Deflection? It points clearly to the negligible levels of enforcement of traffic laws here.
I’ve no idea how you managed to come to those conclusions. There is no information in the article I quoted to support those conclusions. Are you just spinning now?
Yeah, cyclists are menacing all right. But drivers who break speed limits are just being the best drivers in the world. Drivers who fail to control their vehicle endangering themselves and those around them (“Sgt Vincent Jennings of Salthill Garda Station said that it was a “miracle” that there were no fatalities or injuries”) deserve our empathy while cyclists mooching through a red light are ‘lawbreaking scum’. Are you really that bad at evaluating risk?
The important thing, imho, is that we take whatever action is necessary to stop drivers killing 2 or 3 people each week on our roads. Yes, zero is a long way off, and is unlikely to be achievable in the medium term at least, but that’s no excuse for doing better. And of course, we can do better, if we set our minds to it. But it seems that some people have too much fun playing zoom zoom games to be bothered about saving lives.
That really depends on their position (reflectors on one side only) and their driver knowing how to operate their lights correctly. But wouldn’t they be MORE HIGHLY VISIBLE with hi-vis stripes on all sides, to give MORE notice to approaching road users?
Rodney Bathgate wrote: » I suspect he means that he sees cyclists break red lights or cycle on the footpath every day. As opposed to him watching the video he posted every day.
Pinch Flat wrote: » . I breathed a sigh of relief
