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Some drivers, seriously. No matter how much education is given and marketing campaigns run, there will always be one. This is exactly why we need protected infrastructure
Imagine beeping at kids. Held up for a few seconds because they're turning, god forbid someone uses the road. Bugs me people beep for being 'held up' because they can easily get back up to speed. You'd swear they had to use their feet like the Flintstones to get back up to speed.
Bit of a bizarre interaction today approaching this roundabout and there's a van turning right but straddling both lanes. I'm in the left and a guy decides there's enough room for the 3 of us in the left lane I left a roar and he just floors it through. Insult to injury he's stopped 50m later picking up someone from the bus stop at the Springfield hotel. I cycle past and he shouts something like there was plenty of room I didn't bother to engage but he annoyed me. Then as I'm cycling around this bend I hear a car accelerate from behind me and he passes me with plenty of room on the wrong side of the road! It's another pointless pass as there's a queue of traffic just around the bend and he's shouting at me as I approach 5 seconds later. He wants to know if that was enough room for me!! Not proud of myself I told him he was a clown and I'd of given him the benefit of the doubt on the first pass but the second confirmed it! The traffic moved off and he went with them I was just left shaking my head he could have caused a serious accident to make a point!
Would put it down to entitlement more than stupidity - its an act of aggression.
Thats why the media approach to cycling riles me up so much - it feeds into this entitlement in a big way.
Pr1ck
I've never liked this stretch of road. Park would be ideal shortcut but the kissing gates aren't bike friendly. Used to cut through the park going to Tesco every week a few years ago. Funny the bike lane on the right side of the road further down in the video leads towards the park. I think the council are considering a crossing for the park. Would also like to see bollards put up to stop cars parking on the grass when the car park isn't full but that's a different topic...
That’s a terrible junction, in fact the whole road is a pain for cyclists especially at school times
Naturally I anticipated what I thought this idiot would do.
What I didn't do was anticipate what he actually did 🙄One plot was lost as a reult:
Brown shorts moment for sure!!!!!
EDIT: If he'd hit you he'd have probably said your bike was too expensive when asked for his insurance details and offering to pay cash rather than go through insurance.
The verge of that road is easily wide enough for an off-road bike lane. Instead it looks like a shocking POS for cyclists to have to ride on.
There's plans for a school about 1km in the opposite direction of where this video is where there's on street parking to the left of an off road lane so traffic needs to cross the bike lane, big hazard for someone pulling out in front of a cyclist along with kids getting out of the car and stepping into the lane. Poor planning for something that is all new infrastructure and planned in recent years. They're not thinking because they don't cycle and simply don't care and it will be left that way as the bike lane already exists. Funny enough, 5 minutes down the road there's an off road bike lane along the schools in Adamstown where the parallel car parking isn't an issue...
The bike lane is also completely covered in gravel from construction traffic because it's almost level with the road as opposed to a full raised curb.
I would have left a cleat impression. in his passenger door
Will that be reported? Looks shocking.
Christ. Imagine coming out your gate buggy first.
The hatches on the back and rolled up cover say tar lorry to me
I love the comments on twitter saying "he's not going that fast". Probably the same people who complain endlessly about "cyclists on the footpath".
What's the craic with the similar trucks that carry filler material, should they have nets on them to stop rocks leaving the truck? Seeing that truck I'm reminded of something that happened to me about a month ago/end of August maybe. Maybe I posted about it here can't remember now .
I was on foot on the Dublin Rd (R132) in Drogheda. Heading toward town just passed the entrance to the train station but before the Circle K and truck passes me heading out of town (few pot holes there that are no more as of this week) and sense I something pass the back of my head and hear a bang to my right as a rock the size of my fist hits the wall and lands at my feet!!!!!!!
I did the lotto that day, didn't win 😂
Yep. They should.
Better run sites wont let them off the site without it in place.
Bit plenty poor sites (usually housing) use cheapest trucks and nobody either side cares
The roundabouts heading to Donore/M1 from Drogheda can be littered with rocks on the edges at times. Those are trucks heading to local sites or to the port I think from various site out around Donore.
interesting to see the response from a councillor:
Interesting how the councillor finds fault with the council for this.
Simply too much to of a leap to point the finger at the driver.
This type of driving is very familiar to anyone who commutes on Richmond Road.
my usual concern with this is that going after the company (or whoever allowed this) would be more effective than going after the driver.
Bit harsh on Healy, its pretty obvious to anyone that sees that video that the drivers behavior is appalling here. Should be reported and dealt with accordingly. He has a good record on representing cycling imo.
I think that he's referring to the the fact that the council are deliberately funneling the trucks down a very narrow road and that that plan is a p1ss poor one. I cycle this way daily and its a very common occurrence - albeit normally at a more sedate speed. There simply isn't room to let a car and truck pass on this road. This road has needed widening for years, Fingal are simply waiting for a developer to pay for it once its developed.
Wouldn't widening the road involve taking away multiple house's garden space to the front?
what's the road in the video above?
Removed the kissing gates at Griffeen down by AGP1.
Dont see the issue with the kissing gates, its easy to get off the bikes and get them through, even my 8 year old can do it.
The reason they can't put bollards there is because they haven't provided the facilities for parking. Same at Griffeen, a small car park where there is two big gaa pitches. Car park wouldn't be enough for any away team arriving.
Then you have parkrun, why the hell do people drive to parkrun when its less than 5k from home.!! Jaysus easy jog or cycle to it
What about those who are less able bodied, trikes, wheelchairs, cargo bikes, buggies, etc? Kissing gates should be removed everywhere.
Sorry, just realised the thread. Kissing gates should probably be a discussion for elsewhere.
If you look at the original twitter post, "someone's going to explain to me that this truck flying along the path is fine and what do I expect the driver to do"
which to be fair is exactly what you'd expect some punter to come out and say.
No one is 'funnelling' the truck down the lane. The truck driver chooses to go down there.
I understand your point, but I'm just tired of people blaming bad driving on things other than the driver...particularly politicians and the media.
sorry, the truck on the path video.
ah, i know it. you'd think they could use moyne road as an alternative maybe?
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