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Near Misses Volume 2 (So close you can feel it)

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    #2342
    VonLuck
    Registered Users Posts: 2,185 ✭✭✭VonLuck


    I think the key point here is that both road users need to be aware of each other and assume they're going to the wrong thing, regardless of what the law says that they should do.


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    #2343
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Quick question on garda traffic watch - how long does it usually take for the station to call back after you notify traffic watch of a dangerous/inconsiderate overtake?
    Phoned them on Monday morning and have heard nothing back since.


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    #2344
    juicer
    Registered Users Posts: 24 ✭juicer


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Quick question on garda traffic watch - how long does it usually take for the station to call back after you notify traffic watch of a dangerous/inconsiderate overtake?
    Phoned them on Monday morning and have heard nothing back since.


    Took them 2/3 days to contact me when I made a report a few months ago.


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    #2345
    Dr_Colossus
    Registered Users Posts: 3,127 ✭✭✭Dr_Colossus


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Quick question on garda traffic watch - how long does it usually take for the station to call back after you notify traffic watch of a dangerous/inconsiderate overtake?
    Phoned them on Monday morning and have heard nothing back since.
    juicer wrote: »
    Took them 2/3 days to contact me when I made a report a few months ago.

    Can vary hugely, first time I logged a complaint a couple of years ago I didn't get a call back for about 2 months and Garda had to remind me of the incident as I had logged another one in the interim.


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    #2346
    hesker
    Registered Users Posts: 1,491 ✭✭✭hesker


    breezy1985 wrote: »
    I didn't notice the coffee first time but on first watch no one was at fault. A car slowly indicated and turned ahead of a bike that had plenty of time to saunter past. All I see is 2 considerate road users

    Exactly. Storm in a teacup.... or a coffee cup if you prefer


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    #2347
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    I'm believe this is someone on here...
    https://twitter.com/alanstrainor/status/1327225149293260801


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    #2348
    Don't Chute!
    Registered Users Posts: 1,842 ✭✭✭Don't Chute!


    I haven’t posted in this thread before because I don’t have a camera while cycling but this morning I had my absolute worst encounter yet. Coming from Delgany out onto the N11 just as I was merging from the slip road a boy racer type car absolutely blew past me. He was coming from Delgany too. I’m not exaggerating when I say he must have been doing between 120 and 140 kph. If I had bent my elbow outwards I would have hit the car. He left no room for error whatsoever. Was it deliberate? I wouldn’t be surprised. I was apoplectic shouting at him.


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    #2349
    Truckermal
    Registered Users Posts: 6,048 ✭✭✭Truckermal


    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    I'm believe this is someone on here...
    https://twitter.com/alanstrainor/status/1327225149293260801

    It is indeed Alan lovely lad I'm delighted he reported it.


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    #2350
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    Truckermal wrote: »
    It is indeed Alan lovely lad I'm delighted he reported it.
    ...for what it was worth :rolleyes:


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    #2351
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Still nothing back on the incident I reported a month ago after a great response to the first two guards it was passed to its now been almost 3 weeks since it was assigned to a third and nothing yet. I left a message with the station to contact me at anytime to discuss but nothing yet.

    Looking back over my streamable heres two incidents from the same Airport Hopper driver. After much chasing the guard eventually said that there wasn't enough to prosecute anything.

    Make up your own minds. The pass https://streamable.com/vm6xo and his actions after I pulled him up on it. He drives right up to my back wheel then pulls along side me and pushes in on me https://streamable.com/exvcs


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    #2352
    sy_flembeck
    Registered Users Posts: 885 ✭✭✭sy_flembeck


    Don't Chute! wrote: »
    I haven’t posted in this thread before because I don’t have a camera while cycling but this morning I had my absolute worst encounter yet. Coming from Delgany out onto the N11 just as I was merging from the slip road a boy racer type car absolutely blew past me. He was coming from Delgany too. I’m not exaggerating when I say he must have been doing between 120 and 140 kph. If I had bent my elbow outwards I would have hit the car. He left no room for error whatsoever. Was it deliberate? I wouldn’t be surprised. I was apoplectic shouting at him.

    That slip is lethal since they changed it. Most traffic entering the N11 treat it like a runway. Very difficult to negotiate even if you're on the N11 and tryong to pass it. I try to avoid if I can


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    #2353
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Don't Chute! wrote: »
    I haven’t posted in this thread before because I don’t have a camera while cycling but this morning I had my absolute worst encounter yet. Coming from Delgany out onto the N11 just as I was merging from the slip road a boy racer type car absolutely blew past me. He was coming from Delgany too. I’m not exaggerating when I say he must have been doing between 120 and 140 kph. If I had bent my elbow outwards I would have hit the car. He left no room for error whatsoever. Was it deliberate? I wouldn’t be surprised. I was apoplectic shouting at him.

    A thing I done many years ago before I got a helmet camera was strapping my sh1tty front light onto my helmet (not o pretend to be a camera but just it fitted there, but it looked like one). It probably wouldn't have changed this drivers behaviour but I have noticed that when I have some thing like that in a prominent position it reduces the number of close passes significantly


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    #2354
    Eleven Benevolent Elephants
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭Eleven Benevolent Elephants


    What about ordering a custom made hi Vis online with GARDA on it or GADRA (sic) to avoid being prosecuted for impersonation.

    It might slow people down and force them to overtake properly.


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    #2355
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,557 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    https://www.gadra.ie/


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    #2356
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,541 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »
    What about ordering a custom made hi Vis online with GARDA on it or GADRA (sic) to avoid being prosecuted for impersonation.

    It might slow people down and force them to overtake properly.

    Something like this from the UK?
    BACK-POLITE-THINK-BIKE-WAISTCOAT-BLACK-TAPE-CYCLING-MOTORBIKE-500x500_920x.jpg?v=1511867138

    There is a specific offence of impersonating a Garda, so tread carefully.


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    #2357
    Eleven Benevolent Elephants
    Banned (with Prison Access) Posts: 426 ✭✭Eleven Benevolent Elephants


    AndrewJRenko wrote: »

    There is a specific offence of impersonating a Garda, so tread carefully.

    Does Gadra count though?

    I used to live in the Netherlands, whenever I see the polite vests around here for a second I instinctively think Politie (the Dutch for police).


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    #2358
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭cletus


    Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »
    Does Garda count though?

    I used to live in the Netherlands, whenever I see the polite vests around here for a second I instinctively think Politie (the Dutch for police).
    60 .— (1) A person is guilty of an offense if he or she—

    ( a ) impersonates a member of the Garda Síochána, or

    ( b ) makes any statement or does any act calculated falsely to suggest that he or she is such a member.

    It doesn't specify. I'd imagine it's been left deliberately open so that the Gardai can interpret as necessary


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    #2359
    Seth Brundle
    Moderators, Politics Moderators Posts: 39,020 Mod ✭✭✭✭Seth Brundle


    There is a courier company in Dublin that had those Polite high-viz motorbike vests for ages. I assume if there was an issue then they wouldn't have lasted so long.
    I see on their website that they're even selling them! https://www.cyclone.ie/new-products/cyclone-polite-hi-viz


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    #2360
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,557 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    they're in dublin, which is crucial, as the gardai don't use the word 'police' on their vests or livery, so it'd be unreasonable to try to claim you were impersonating them.

    putting 'GADRA' on a vest would be an obvious breach of the act as it's quite clear you want people to think you're a garda at first glance.


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    #2361
    Kaybaykwah
    Registered Users Posts: 3,099 ✭✭✭Kaybaykwah


    Eleven Benevolent Elephants wrote: »
    Does Garda count though?

    I used to live in the Netherlands, whenever I see the polite vests around here for a second I instinctively think Politie (the Dutch for police).

    Lol. Likewise, here in the Greater Montreal area, I see a lot of Garda trucks, but though they look like tactical unit trucks, they are from a local money transport/security firm.


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    #2362
    John Hutton
    Closed Accounts Posts: 1,301 ✭✭✭John Hutton


    I wear a Dublin bus one when cycling in Dublin, busses steer well clear


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    #2363
    RobertFoster
    Registered Users Posts: 9,141 ✭✭✭RobertFoster


    John Hutton wrote: »
    I wear a Dublin bus one when cycling in Dublin, busses steer well clear
    The stories I've heard from past and present DB staff, it'd probably make you a target :pac:


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    #2364
    Effects
    Registered Users Posts: 9,761 ✭✭✭Effects


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    putting 'GADRA' on a vest would be an obvious breach of the act as it's quite clear you want people to think you're a garda at first glance.

    I remember seeing a guy wearing a vest like this at a festival a few years back.
    I asked him about it and he said it was a kids size, and he bought it from a large chain in Dublin, sold as a kids costume.


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    #2365
    Steoller
    Registered Users Posts: 182 ✭✭Steoller


    tnegun wrote: »
    Still nothing back on the incident I reported a month ago after a great response to the first two guards it was passed to its now been almost 3 weeks since it was assigned to a third and nothing yet. I left a message with the station to contact me at anytime to discuss but nothing yet.

    Looking back over my streamable heres two incidents from the same Airport Hopper driver. After much chasing the guard eventually said that there wasn't enough to prosecute anything.

    Make up your own minds. The pass https://streamable.com/vm6xo and his actions after I pulled him up on it. He drives right up to my back wheel then pulls along side me and pushes in on me https://streamable.com/exvcs

    keep at them. I kept calling for 6 months for my first one. I eventually saw a conviction. frustrating, but if they are that dangerous to report they need to be dealt with.

    As for those atrocious airport hopper ones, maybe give the operator a call if the Gardaí have no interest.


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    #2366
    tnegun
    Registered Users Posts: 1,726 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Its a year since the airport hopper incident so likely a waste of time doing anything now, on a positive note I got a call today but the guard wasn't able to download the footage from anywhere I uploaded it so I'll have to drop it to the station. She did seem quite interested so hopefully will follow it through to the end.


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    #2367
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users Posts: 28,541 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    I look forward to hearing all the reasons why the cyclist was wrong to nearly get taken out by the driver cutting into the bike lane with no indication to get past the vehicle turning right ahead. The cyclist gave an audible scream at the time, so I think she got a fair old shock.

    https://streamable.com/trm2vi


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    #2368
    breezy1985
    Registered Users Posts: 24,669 ✭✭✭✭breezy1985


    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    I look forward to hearing all the reasons why the cyclist was wrong to nearly get taken out by the driver cutting into the bike lane with no indication to get past the vehicle turning right ahead. The cyclist gave an audible scream at the time, so I think she got a fair old shock.

    https://streamable.com/trm2vi

    Had an almost identical incident about 2 months back


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    #2369
    cletus
    Registered Users Posts: 7,893 ✭✭✭cletus


    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    I look forward to hearing all the reasons why the cyclist was wrong to nearly get taken out by the driver cutting into the bike lane with no indication to get past the vehicle turning right ahead. The cyclist gave an audible scream at the time, so I think she got a fair old shock.

    https://streamable.com/trm2vi

    I don't see any reason why people would say the cyclist was in the wrong


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    #2370
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,524 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    cletus wrote: »
    I don't see any reason why people would say the cyclist was in the wrong

    Same here, motorist was 100% in the wrong as far as I can tell from the video unless I am missing something?!?


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    #2371
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 48,557 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    i suspect the 'i look forward to hearing' was a reference to the previous video where a cyclist and a left turning motorist nearly collided, but where in the previous instance there certainly was not consensus that the motorist was to blame.


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