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

Fair play. Sounds like the porsche driver has an axe to grind, all the more reason to report. What is it with sh1te drivers and nice cars....

I am not sure but could be the case. In this country anything that makes it harder to procecute seems to be used by AGS as a reason not to do anything.

If the enhancement is only to ID vehicle, and its clear that the number matches vehicle make, model and colour, then it should not matter. Its not altering a material fact. Some vehicles are displaying registrations to avoid recognition by camera so you should be able to use tech to thwart their owners endeavours.

I will be asking. Stepaside Garda if they can get footage from filling stations in Enniskerry and in Kilternan - which the vehicle most likely passed. Perhaps even their ststion too. As I was not they may not put much effort into it. That's understandable with their limited resources. It depends on the Garda too.

That is true but it is their job to gather evidence and they have no issue canvassing for dash cam or cctv when they need it. Its a two way street in my book.

True. You could request CCTV yourself from those sites under GDPR, if the vehicle was close to you at the moment you passed.

Not a cycling incident but I tried to report some awful driving near a school today to trafficwatch. 5 minute hold, then got through to someone on a terrible line, it took a couple of minutes to establish that I wasn't a garda(they kept asking for my long number I guess it's a garda ID) then they proceeded to take the details of the incident. I asked for the Pulse no and they said that would be up to the station to log it and create one. So I then asked which station so I could follow up. They weren't sure so I went through the process of figuring which station would be responsible with them when we figured it would be Dunboyne(More from my own knowledge than theirs) they said they would call them to log it now.

At that point I asked did they not submit it electronically and the response was no so I said I'd do it myself and they agreed that would probably be more straightforward! If it's any comfort, when I did get through the garda, tried to talk to out of reporting at least 3 times, then said he leave me to think about if I wanted to go through with it and call me tomorrow so this isn't just reserved for cyclists! Oh and to cap it off he wants me to travel to Ashbourne to give a statement, the incident happened just inside the Meath border outside Maynooth 30km from Ashbourne! This is exactly why I gave up reporting cycling incidents, the amount of time wasted and effort to do something that should be simple.

I know that, but that does not mean that is right. Yes, no blood on the road, but prevention is a large part of their role in policing, so if a dangerous driver is sanctioned, it may help buck the escalating road fatalities. Consider it as a follow up to the National Slow Down Days... Or investing in safer roads.

It won't happen, yet we still get the narrative that motorists should slow down and be aware of vulnerable road users.

Yeah the lad followed me to Kevin St. and asked for a refund off the Garda if he had to give it to them! It was all quite funny really. Took me a further 2 weeks to get it back from Kevin St. after I proved it was mine, the Garda with the keys went home early, he was out on a call etc etc.

The Merc dealership would only give the footage to An Garda

Schrodinger's van driver - no time to wait for a safe place to pass - all the time in the world to stop to argue and threaten.

It’s also great fun when there is a company name on the van, and you can ask them if they are good ambassadors for the company.