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

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  • #2162
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    sy_flembeck wrote: »
    Are you absolutely sure it was a Quashqai? There is a white UK reg VW Tiguan with serious previous for sh*t driving living off Boghall Rd. I posted footage of it on this thread before and was subsequently PMed by a user here who was victim of similar. Always a female driver and always with a space saver spare wheel.

    I reported her to Revenue but she is still driving around - badly

    She did turn down Boghall, never copped the spacesaver, was more focused on not getting hit. It might not have been a quashqai, just that style.
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  • #2163
    ckeego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭ckeego


    CramCycle wrote: »
    At about 4:37 there is a set of pedestrian lights where a child was killed not that long ago. Every day that I meet a red there, you have cars coming towards Bray who run it even with people starting to cross, the flowers are regularly replaced. Speeding and phone use on that stretch are typical for the majority of drivers. On one occasion an eir van went straight through on red as parents were pushing a buggy across. Missed the front of the buggy by about 2cm. On the phone. I reported to Eir with footage and even footage of him on the phone and a rough speed calculation. Never even got a response, still see him driving in the locale in an Eir van so they obviously didn't give a f*ck. The roundabout in Shankill has people pulling out in front of you regularly, or overtaking as you slow down approaching it. Anyone who thinks the gardai are shooting fish in a barrel with any sort of speeding enforcement don't realise the fish are in the barrel but the gardai have so much paperwork to open the barrel that most of them have just given up even considering opening it. Got overtaken/attempted run over by a turning Quashqai at the Boghall road junction, local, on the phone, yellow plates, I was just so fed up with it I stopped before she turned into my rear wheel. I just knew as she looked down at the screen as she was talking (is this a new thing that phones are carried in front of your face but horizontally, like an extension of your chin?) that I either had to hammer it or stop. It's just all gone to sh1t.

    Why aren’t the cars clamped/ticketed for repeatedly parking in the bike lane there?

    Why is the surface along what must be one of the busiest bike lanes in the country not repaired?

    A brilliant example of a broken infrastructure.

    Would love to ask that halfwit Eamon Ryan why his Department fail year after year to put any improvements in bike arteries into the city. The current craze seems to be building dead end foot paths..

    Roads around North Wicklow in general are in a bad state and when you add in the patchwork dig and replace tactics by sub contractors and a fondness of drivers to drive too close or to be distracted by phones and it’s a recipe for disaster.
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  • #2164
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    ckeego wrote: »
    Why aren’t the cars clamped/ticketed for repeatedly parking in the bike lane there?
    The same reason they never finished the zebra crossing outside LIDL, no one gives a f*ck. Some mornings as you approach you can see a build up of 10 or more kids waiting to cross, so I usually take the lane and slow down to a stop. Even without the crossing, it is pretty clear what was meant to be there and its heavy traffic time, they lose nothing by stopping.
    Why is the surface along what must be one of the busiest bike lanes in the country not repaired?.
    This is actually the nice part of the commute in regards road surface, the N11 lane is worse than a gravel/CX race in places.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2165
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    sy_flembeck wrote: »
    There is a white UK reg VW Tiguan with serious previous for sh*t driving living off Boghall Rd. I posted footage of it on this thread before and was subsequently PMed by a user here who was victim of similar. Always a female driver and always with a space saver spare wheel.

    I reported her to Revenue but she is still driving around - badly

    have you seen her since?
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2166
    Drake66
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 340 ✭✭Drake66


    ckeego wrote: »
    Why aren’t the cars clamped/ticketed for repeatedly parking in the bike lane there?

    Why is the surface along what must be one of the busiest bike lanes in the country not repaired?

    A brilliant example of a broken infrastructure.

    Would love to ask that halfwit Eamon Ryan why his Department fail year after year to put any improvements in bike arteries into the city. The current craze seems to be building dead end foot paths..

    Roads around North Wicklow in general are in a bad state and when you add in the patchwork dig and replace tactics by sub contractors and a fondness of drivers to drive too close or to be distracted by phones and it’s a recipe for disaster.

    The surface of that stretch is totally lethal. From the old Connaught junction to the roundabout I always take the lane because the left side of the road is riddled with craters
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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  • #2167
    sy_flembeck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭sy_flembeck


    fryup wrote: »
    have you seen her since?

    I have yes, although not recently. Usually to be seen flinging a fag out her window :rolleyes:
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2168
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    is she still on UK plates?
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2169
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    fryup wrote: »
    is she still on UK plates?

    If its the one I seen, then yes, there are a few on yellow plates down the boghall. I think the funniest are the local businesses driving around on yellow plates for months with their phone numbers/emails etc. so clearly tied to the state and they get away with it.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2170
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,678 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    CramCycle wrote: »
    If its the one I seen, then yes, there are a few on yellow plates down the boghall. I think the funniest are the local businesses driving around on yellow plates for months with their phone numbers/emails etc. so clearly tied to the state and they get away with it.

    Try dubinvestig@revenue.ie if you like - I got good responses from them on a couple of VRT reports in the past, though I haven't used it for a few years now.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2171
    sy_flembeck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭sy_flembeck


    fryup wrote: »
    is she still on UK plates?

    Yes. Video of said motor on post #2393 in this thread
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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  • #2172
    sy_flembeck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭sy_flembeck


    sy_flembeck wrote: »
    Due to changing laptops this got mislaid for 3.5 months. Too late to be going to the Guards with this now so if anyone has the link to Revenue to report UK reg plates with no VRT (apparently paid) I'd appreciate it here please. As this is a quiet road between Ashford and Newtownmountkennedy I was relatively certain, despite the UK plates that this was no tourist. Impatience beginning to show as soon as they approach so I moved out to the centre to ensure they stayed behing me:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eiz3eehehkk


    As I knew they were gonig to pass regardless I had no option but to move in. The swerve as they passed dangerously showed the malice:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SPjqR3oVDSw


    Then 2 weeks later I'm driving in Bray and here it is again, still on the space saver tyre. I got my son to take a still with the reg clear on it:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ck6TTg22cA0


    I've since seen it twice, still on yellow plates, in Bray. This one still rankles


    Here is #2393
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2173
    Smee_Again
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    Looks like they nearly lost control of the car right at the end of the second clip.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2174
    sy_flembeck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭sy_flembeck


    Smee_Again wrote: »
    Looks like they nearly lost control of the car right at the end of the second clip.

    No, that was a punishment swerve. Completely deliberate
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2175
    Smee_Again
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    sy_flembeck wrote: »
    No, that was a punishment swerve. Completely deliberate

    Oh yeah, I got that. But it looks like they nearly over corrected and fishtailed out to the right. At least I hope that's what happened and they got a fright.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2176
    Chris_5339762
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,144 ✭✭✭Chris_5339762


    CramCycle wrote: »
    Doesn't look as bad in the video but the driver merged in on me, phone in hand, child in the back seat who I'd say I scared the sh1t out of. Sorry for the language.
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XYKGIamh3tQ


    I'm not a cyclist but that video is a perfect example of why I would never cycle in Ireland, and a very good example of the complete disaster that cycling infrastructure is in this country.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2177
    fryup
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 18,067 ✭✭✭✭fryup


    ^^^^^^^^^

    don't let that video put you off, plenty of safe roads to cycle on in this country
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2178
    Ferris
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,295 ✭✭✭Ferris


    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    I'm not a cyclist but that video is a perfect example of why I would never cycle in Ireland, and a very good example of the complete disaster that cycling infrastructure is in this country.

    I thought that it was a perfect example of why I dislike driving in Ireland. Catharsis from passing all those poor souls trapped in 4 wheeled pressure cookers on a bike is not to be underestimated.

    Also, its worth remembering that the vast majority of drivers are patient, safe and give good room etc. You only ever hear about the bad ones.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2179
    sy_flembeck
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 916 ✭✭✭sy_flembeck


    Ferris wrote: »
    I thought that it was a perfect example of why I dislike driving in Ireland. Catharsis from passing all those poor souls trapped in 4 wheeled pressure cookers on a bike is not to be underestimated.

    Also, its worth remembering that the vast majority of drivers are patient, safe and give good room etc. You only ever hear about the bad ones.

    Thankfully that's overwhelmingly the case, it really is. I like it when I don't see this thread for a few days, means all is probably good.

    I had the most pleasant 65km in the sunshine this morning with absolutely no issues whatsoever. An absolute joy
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2180
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,994 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    Chris_5339762 wrote: »
    I'm not a cyclist but that video is a perfect example of why I would never cycle in Ireland, and a very good example of the complete disaster that cycling infrastructure is in this country.

    It actually vastly improves once through the roundabout, and once more, I travel it everyday, mainly without issue and feel fine, it is simply one or two drivers out of 100 who make a good day into a bad day. I must put up a full commute one day though as I am clearly so used to it it doesn't bother me, and I am biased in that I am not like many around here, while I see the benefit of cycle lanes, in all honesty, I think it just breeds excuses for poor driving in the event of an accident.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2181
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,681 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    **** sake.

    Was on the road yesterday
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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  • #2182
    [Deleted User]
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    4km up the road from me, jesus.

    I'd be out that way at least once a week. If I was to hazard a guess as to the spot it happened I'd say the section not long after Donore when the road bears right and then left etc before bearing left again close to the GAA pitch.
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  • #2183
    Suvarnabhumi
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 326 ✭✭Suvarnabhumi


    Was cycling from Dundrum to Churchtown, stopped at the junction at the Bottle Tower pub. Green arrow comes on to turn left, I stay stopped. Green light to go straight comes on, I move on. Car comes from behind and cuts me off.

    The driver gives me a "what the f**k are you doing" gesture. I shouted I had the right of way.

    Driver: It was a green arrow, it was a green arrow for me
    Me: It was green for me to go on straight
    Driver: It's not. No it wasn't, it was red. It's red, look at the lights. It's red.
    Me: I have it on camera. Do you want to pull in and we'll have a look?
    Driver (as they drive away): It was red, it's red, it was red......

    So annoying. I feel like going to Dundrum Garda station later and showing them the footage, just so they'll call down to the driver and tell them they were in the wrong. Nothing worse than someone in the wrong going away thinking they were right :rolleyes:
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  • #2184
    Smee_Again
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,148 ✭✭✭Smee_Again


    Suvarnabhumi wrote: »
    Was cycling from Dundrum to Churchtown, stopped at the junction at the Bottle Tower pub. Green arrow comes on to turn left, I stay stopped. Green light to go straight comes on, I move on. Car comes from behind and cuts me off.

    The driver gives me a "what the f**k are you doing" gesture. I shouted I had the right of way.

    Driver: It was a green arrow, it was a green arrow for me
    Me: It was green for me to go on straight
    Driver: It's not. No it wasn't, it was red. It's red, look at the lights. It's red.
    Me: I have it on camera. Do you want to pull in and we'll have a look?
    Driver (as they drive away): It was red, it's red, it was red......

    So annoying. I feel like going to Dundrum Garda station later and showing them the footage, just so they'll call down to the driver and tell them they were in the wrong. Nothing worse than someone in the wrong going away thinking they were right :rolleyes:


    Used to cycle that route regularly and had similar happen a lot. I used to move right out into the "driving" lane coming up to the junction to stop it.

    I don't know if it's the light sequence or just inattentive motorists but I got to hate that junction.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2185
    ckeego
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,297 ✭✭✭ckeego


    Suvarnabhumi wrote: »
    Was cycling from Dundrum to Churchtown, stopped at the junction at the Bottle Tower pub. Green arrow comes on to turn left, I stay stopped. Green light to go straight comes on, I move on. Car comes from behind and cuts me off.

    The driver gives me a "what the f**k are you doing" gesture. I shouted I had the right of way.

    Driver: It was a green arrow, it was a green arrow for me
    Me: It was green for me to go on straight
    Driver: It's not. No it wasn't, it was red. It's red, look at the lights. It's red.
    Me: I have it on camera. Do you want to pull in and we'll have a look?
    Driver (as they drive away): It was red, it's red, it was red......

    So annoying. I feel like going to Dundrum Garda station later and showing them the footage, just so they'll call down to the driver and tell them they were in the wrong. Nothing worse than someone in the wrong going away thinking they were right :rolleyes:
    Not a nice experience.

    And unfortunately there is a lot of rage out there-got overtaken at very close quarters the other day by a John Deere behemoth who then brake checked me...

    As a club mate told me a few years back, it’s no good and a pointless exercise being the guy in the right up in Beaumont Hospital...
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  • #2186
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,371 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Came to post that.
    Gardai - We don't want to know, GDPR something something
    Foreign Police Force -
    https://twitter.com/SurreyRoadCops/status/1405040503553466368
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  • #2187
    paddydriver
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,089 ✭✭✭paddydriver


    Hurrache wrote: »
    Came to post that.
    Gardai - We don't want to know, GDPR something something
    Foreign Police Force -
    https://twitter.com/SurreyRoadCops/status/1405040503553466368

    Gardai don't want to know but yet when there has been an incident that they are interested in they are all of a sudden in the media asking for Dashcam footage etc.. I know they may be major incidents and lives could have been lost, but all the same they can't pick and choose when they want the Dashcam/Camera footage. Either it can always be used or never used.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2188
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,371 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    Another hit and run today I think it was in which some scumbag hit a cyclist, that's the third within a week I think.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2189
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,861 ✭✭✭tnegun


    I had my 10 year old out for a spin today we kept to back/quiet roads but there's one busier stretch just that's unavoidable. There's a short stretch of it maybe 150m on it consisting of a couple of bends and the road is narrow with a single white line. The bends are pretty much blind and if someone tries overtake then meets an on coming car they pull in on top of you or even if they don't meet a car they're so eager to get back in lane usually close pass and cut in sharply. Anyway we went 2 abreast with myself on the outside and I can feel how close the car behind has gotten, she goes for the overtake, pulls along side and while driving on the wrong side of the road around a near blind bend starts shouting at us that we're causing an obstruction, are a danger on the road and making her drive around a bend on the wrong side of the road!! She was actually risking an accident to tell us off and prove a point of some sort crazy stuff!
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #2190
    Curb Your Enthusiasm
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,497 ✭✭✭Curb Your Enthusiasm


    Narrowly avoided a more serious left-hook this afternoon. https://streamable.com/1f1rrj

    Someone driving such a large SUV should really have a bit more awareness of those around them. Especially in a built up area with a clear cycle lane.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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  • #2191
    [Deleted User]
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    Not excusing that but no f'n way if knew the road there would I be in that cycle lane.
    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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