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

We are indeed!!

That's just blind blaming of a complete category of road users, like SOME motorists blame ALL cyclist for everything, or SOME users blame ALL taxi drivers.

We have to realise there are bad road users (careless, inconsiderate, dangerous, law breaking, etc.), regardless of the category of vehicle they are using on the road.

That’s a bad one. I had similar on the Rock road a few years back and reported it to DB and they straight away apologised and said that it would be put on the drivers record. You might request the cctv footage from DB.

I feel for DB drivers normally, not an easy job but I’ve had a few run ins with them at the same time.

I usually position myself on the broken white line at the very least, but if you look closely there's a man hole cover in my line, so I also go around it, especially on wet days. I knew there was a bus behind me, but with the oncoming traffic I thought he wouldn't try and pass. Silly me!

I send Dublin Bus an email yesterday, so am waiting a reply.

I didn't know I could request their video. Are they likely to send it to me, if I ask.

I do hate that stretch of road (on both sides). Going the opposite way isn't so bad, but I still get cars trying to overtake me where there's no room.

Thanks for that, will make a request for the footage.

Just gave my opinion based on my experienc.

Anyone who drives for a living (not just to get to work) should be held to a higher standard - its literally their job!

I disagree. Someone who drives for a living should have more stringent rules because they are on the road for the entirety of their working day and are more prevalent on the roads. I'm not talking about your typical motorist being let away with minor infringements, I'm suggesting something along the lines of bans from professional driving in addition to your normal penalty point system.

I more so mean that it should be relatively easy to lose your right to be a professional driver if you repeatedly infringe on road traffic laws. I think motorists would be more wary of their actions if they knew could have a temporary ban from professional driving as a result of their actions.

There's a difference between the legal standard on the road and what good employers or fleet managers do? When I had a company car, the employer made sure that all company car drivers did advanced driver training every couple of years. It wasn't a panacea, but it did provide some additional skills and good practices. That's an example of professional drivers being held to a higher standard than others on the road.

There's also the flip side of the coin, where employers or business managers pay or incentivise drivers to cut corners. If drivers are paid per delivery (like couriers) or paid based on making x number of deliveries a day, the business is actually incentivising drivers to break traffic laws. There could be a legal liability on the employer if a crash or injury arises as a result of the driver's dangerous driving or parking.

I had one before Christmas on St Raphaela's Road in Dublin.

If I'd been on the road bike I'd have been on the road but I was on the slow hack bike so I thought I'd try the cycle track.

A couple ahead of me were walking on the adjacent footpath and about 3 metres before I passed them the man pushed the woman (in a jocular way, they were both laughing) into the cycle track, right in front of the bike sign on the tarmac.

They were very apologetic and I just said "be careful".

Even on the coastal cycle route in Dun Laoghaire people will walk onto it without looking. I think if they don't hear a motor vehicle they assume that there's nothing coming.

Yep.. Hi-viz is very important... https://twitter.com/r0thar/status/1477050648982138883?s=20