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Cycling on paths and other cycling issues (updated title)
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What are the yield signs for?
Perhaps for the exit/entrance into the baths.
No wait, what about the concrete bollards blocking the access point?
So, the yield signs you refer have no use as cyclists have nothing to yield against.
The access point to the baths is further up the road and here the bollards were removed. The access point acts as an entrance and exit to the baths. Here there is also a yield sign either side of the cycle lane and have an actual use.
There are still NO cycle track markings, the cycle track starts and ends some 3 meters from where the car is, there are still NO parking prohibited signage, to all intents and purposes he would seem to be legally parked, unlike you and your over turned ticket
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There are still NO cycle track markings, the cycle track starts and ends some 3 meters from where the car is, there are still NO parking prohibited signage, to all intents and purposes he would seem to be legally parked, unlike you and your over turned ticket
Since you referenced their website
"Free parking is available outside The Baths and we are delighted to announce that we are well into in the process of applying for upgrade works to also include up to 40 new bicycle bays, In the meantime there will be limited parking but if you are parking to please be mindful that a cycle path crosses the entrance to the left and the right, so always check it is clear before entering and leaving."
If it applies to the entrance then it applies to the point where the car is parked.0 -
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No because I might get blocked in by someone parked in behind me, however, having said that you still want to ignore the TOTAL lack of paint that would legitimise the situation either way.
And yet you still condone and would like to put things in your saddlebags to support the actions of a person taking the law into their own hands.
Just so you have an idea about where I'm coming from re the legitimacy of the parking, compare Clontarf Baths junction with Clontarf Pier Junction
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Now having shown that there is nothing there that indicates the priority of whom over whom, excepting for the yield lines on the cycle path, let's get back to the real question which you seem to want to dance around of criminal damage by painting graffiti, should pedestrians be allowed to take the law into their own hands the same way as this ( assumed) cyclist did and then have it posted up on Twitter for glorification of their lawlessness.0 -
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In my experience, it's not totally unusual for sports cyclists to not really get the issues that concern many commuting cyclists. There are two very different domains.He has a trilogy jacket on......he's a fu(king cyclist.
He's a complete idiot.
So by 'negotiate', you mean that you go left and they go right, or vice verse - you both find your own space, and pass without incident. That's what generally happens in my experience.Sean O'Casey footbridge? I've never used it in peak times and did not have to negotiate with at least 4 two-wheeled lawbreakers.
It looks like you missed the key point about Mr AA. It’s not that he doesn’t have the ‘correct’ politics. The problem is that he’s a professional lobbyist for a motor insurance company. That’s what he’s paid to do.I hear what you're saying, but I've found it difficult not to generalise about cyclists given how many of them:- Are extremists.
- Tell you that cyclists are a hive mind and that we should generalise them.
Conor Faughan may be a person who regularly uses a bicycle, even daily, but he's not really a "cyclist" because he does not have the "correct" politics for a real "cyclist."
Given how many cyclists seem to hold similar views to that poster, it is very difficult sometimes not to agree.
But beyond that point of detail, how many cyclists are what you describe as ‘extremists’? I’m sure we can have a long debate about the definition of ‘extremist’, but let’s leave that aside for a minute. What number of cyclists are ‘extremist’ in your view, and what percentage of all cyclists does this constitute?
The question isn’t ‘how often do they carry that gear’. The real question is ‘how often SHOULD they carry that gear’? And why would they need to ‘catch up’? The speed van doesn’t catch up with the vehicle. It sends a fine to the registered owner, so the foot patrol could just note the reg number and do the same. Easy peasy.
Doesn't a Garda require speed monitoring equipment to determine a motorists' speed? How often do Gardai on foot patrol carry that kind of gear around? And how does the Garda on foot patrol catch up to a speeding motorists considering they are on foot and the driver is "speeding" away?
In fairness though, your own position on this is fairly unique. Your claims of cyclists on pavements ‘menacing with intent’ is absolutely unique. You’re really the only one here, and possibly the only one in the country to be making this particular claim.Well this part is simply a lie. This thread was started by a pedestrian, neither myself nor Tauren, and there were a few other pedestrians who also shared their experiences of having to negotiate with two-wheeled lawbreakers, usually followed by your good self jumping down their throat with "but motorists kill people" in one case it took you only six minutes to jump down a pedestrians throat with your deflections. I also posted a Liveline recording where yet more people talked about their experiences sharing footpaths with two-wheeled lawbreakers.
So the idea that just me and Taruen have noticed the behaviour of cyclists is just a straight up lie.
So yes, it looks like you’re left with claiming that everyone else is out of step except you.
You’re wrong.You have shown your determination to deflect from the fact that Irish cyclists are totally unregulated and it shows. That does not change the fact that Irish cyclists are totally unregulated, and it shows in their appalling behaviour.
Cyclists are not totally unregulated. Here’s the proof:
https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/almost-5-000-on-the-spot-fines-issued-to-cyclists-1.3977141
There may be some difference in enforcement methods, but the enforcement resources are the same. We have a finite number of Gardai in the country. Every hour that a Garda spends chasing cyclists is an hour that could be spent reducing the death toll on the road by enforcing traffic law on those who kill two or three people each week.
Do I hear the sound of goalposts shifting? Your claim throughout this thread has been very clear. Cracking down on lawbreakers on bikes would detract from the supposedly much needed enforcement for motorists.
Any implication of this kind is misleading. Any implication that an appropriate level of enforcement targeting motorists (whatever level that might be) and a modicum of enforcement against two-wheeled lawbreakers are mutually exclusive is false, especially given that enforcement methods for both modes differ.
Does the Chewbacca defense count?
Just spout a bunch of irrelevant crap to deflect and distract.0 -
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I've seen this rage IRL, at traffic lights in Dundrum road / bird avenue, cyclist banging on car door and mirror, fantasising about a non existent blocked cycle lane, and no room for a car and a bike to co-exist on that piece of tarmac.Look at the picture, there IS NOT a cycle path marked there, the tarmac is unpainted, there are NO signs. Doesn't matter how much you wish it otherwise the pictures show the facts.
Could only be better if she was screaming "I'm a vulnerable road user."
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There is NO junction there!
Because there is no cycle lane, there would be if there was a spare bit of white paint left over but as it is there ISN'T.
I wouldn't expect some one to park here because ( though it could do with some paint ) there IS a marked cycle path across the junction
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Because there is no cycle lane, there would be if there was a spare bit of white paint left over but as it is there ISN'T.
I wouldn't expect some one to park here because ( though it could do with some paint ) there IS a marked cycle path across the junction
Some people would use that photo as an example of a perfectly adequate cycle lane.0
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xwdba9C2G14
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