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

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  • #2912
    Chiparus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,292 ✭✭✭Chiparus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997439#Comment_118997439

    Yep , luckily I braked in time .🙄

    The irony of the whole turn was they were rat running behind the Tower hotel, they ended up behind me and the following traffic.

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  • #2913
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,451 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997439#Comment_118997439

    He anticipated it well enough. Otherwise he would have been hit? Beginning to wonder if we were watching the same video 🤣

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  • #2914
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,906 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118981816#Comment_118981816

    What fool would put a 16 year old in charge of a truck of that size?

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  • #2915
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,451 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118997696#Comment_118997696

    What can I say? Merica

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  • #2916
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 26,013 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118996949#Comment_118996949

    Driving without due care and attention, dangerous driving, and these are the basic ones. He attempted to overtake someone and cut across them to turn. The overtaking maneuvre started with 5 seconds to the turn, it was in fact not completed before they started the turn, that is how late the overtake was.

    The cyclist did not attempt to overtake on the left, he in fact emergency braked after an illegal maneuvre was performed. The cyclist done nothing illegal and should be applauded for being diligent because if he hadn't it could have been argued he was still in the right as the time to react was so short. The driver on the other hand did break specific laws (not only the FPN ones) specifically S.I. No. 294/1964 - Road Traffic General Bye-Laws, 1964, part 1, section 19, subsections 1, 2 and 3.

    So apologies, I attempted to use laymans language instead of legal terms but the meaning is the same, and it is legislated for.

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  • #2917
    km991148
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118998103#Comment_118998103

    Honestly, why explain.. it's clearly a wind up..

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  • #2918
    Steoller
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 199 ✭✭Steoller


    Went to sign statement and hand over usb with video from an incident in February at local station. Garda tried to view the file, but says the USB needs to be encrypted or they can't watch it on the station PCs.

    Has anyone had this issue before? I didn't for the last submission, but the Garda IT procedures may have changed since. Can anyone suggest an alternative for a 500MB file?

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  • #2919
    magicbastarder
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    ask the garda what encryption algorithm they want you to use. would just be curious as to what their reaction would be.

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  • #2920
    [Deleted User]
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    I reckon the issue is somewhere between the chair and the keyboard 🤔

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  • #2921
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,451 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    Possibly a Garda IT issue. I wouldn't be able to put USBs into my work network either. Ask the Garda what format be would like the files. If he want a USB then their own IT need to resolve the issue. Not you.

    I would agree that it is more likely the Garda putting up barriers so that they do not have to deal with the issue

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  • #2922
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,588 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    yeah, it's possible they're only allowed plug in supported USB keys, but that still leaves the question open about how they deal with evidence from an external source, and it's certainly not a foolproof control over plugging a key with a payload on it, into a computer.

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  • #2923
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,451 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119018746#Comment_119018746

    There is no doubt that they could look at that USB if they thought it was important enough. I doubt that they go back to the Kinahans asking them to provide their electronic evidence in a more user friendly format after a search warrant. Just a Garda trying to avoid the hassle imo

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  • #2924
    Hurrache
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10,381 ✭✭✭✭Hurrache


    And yet only last night and today they're asking people for dash cam or other recorded footage of an incident in Inchicore. Do you really think that if you try present it they'll reject it due to being on a 3rd party USB?

    I know when I handed in footage and made a statement of a dangerous driving against myself I brought in a USB key and the garda copied it onto a laptop, and I'm not alone in that experience. Now maybe some stations have isolated laptops off the network for such things, but certainly sounds like a cop out (excuse the pun).

    However, the garda's "excuse" below is the most bullshit one yet.

    https://twitter.com/duncanIDM/status/1521930357221859329


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  • #2925
    Etc
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 573 ✭✭✭Etc


    edit

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  • #2926
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭tnegun


    I'd love to see his driving! https://streamable.com/78il06

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  • #2927
    [Deleted User]
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    Ha ha ha not what I was expecting 🤣

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  • #2928
    Tombo2001
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    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119019101#Comment_119019101

    Its a badly designed stretch for sure, but really poor response from the Garda nonetheless.

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  • #2929
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 31,906 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119018341#Comment_119018341

    It is nonsense, and while I have directly experienced obfuscation and delaying tactics from Gardai before, this honestly sounds like someone who just doesn't understand the tech involved. It is likely that USB sticks that aren't encrypted to a particular standard, probably using a particular piece of software are indeed blocked on most computers. However, the only way for you to get around this is for the Garda to give you a USB stick encrypted to their standard, and for you to load the file onto the USB. There's nothing you can do to encrypt at this end, unless they give you a clear encryption standard to meet.

    It is worth querying it for sure. If they persist, ask them to put in writing or on email to you, and to advise you on how you can submit digital evidence that exceeds their modest email limitations. There are loads of tech options for transferring large files, but most of them are probably blocked on the Garda network anyway.

    I've probably given more than 50 USBs to Gardai in the past year, with no mention of encryption.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119018444#Comment_119018444

    Using the phone to record off a screen results in very poor quality. It is also a nightmare scenario from a GDPR point of view, particularly if that is a personal phone, not an official Garda device.

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  • #2930
    FinnC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭FinnC


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119020940#Comment_119020940

    What a knob!!

    Thats the junction onto the N4 after Dodsboro isn’t it?

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  • #2931
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 846 ✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118996064#Comment_118996064

    The driver was still straddling two lanes and hadn't completed the overtake, so they were performing an illegal left turn. Even if they had, overtaking someone (whether a car or a cyclist) to immediately jam on the brakes in front of them is careless driving.

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  • #2932
    FinnC
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 620 ✭✭✭FinnC


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118988765#Comment_118988765

    Fear is real but the truth is cycling is a very safe sport in Ireland. I cycle thousands of Kms a year and very rarely get incidents where I think oh that was close.

    Then again I’m in the midlands for the majority and roads are quieter where I cycle but in general I don’t think any motorists are ever out to get me. I also don’t take the piss and I give way when I can,respect on the roads goes both ways imo.

    Take your time and follow the road rules, and go a little bit further every time you’re out. You’ll be grand though. Enjoy it first and foremost.

    I saw an excellent video on YouTube lately about cycling directed towards relative beginners but can’t for the life of me find it now. It was an older guy out on his bike ride talking about some dos and don’ts .If I find it I’ll post it here for you.

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  • #2933
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭tnegun


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119033137#Comment_119033137
    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119021281#Comment_119021281

    Yes thats the junction I guess he didn't want to loose the speed he'd picked up coming down the hill, certainly not for an over weight commuter!!

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  • #2934
    tnegun
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    I must get myself one of these right of way wands!! https://streamable.com/zd16dk silly move he should have read that and held back not cut up the car. Some ignorant driving by the same bus x2 cuts me up https://streamable.com/27p278 he could see he was heading for a red light but still continued the overtake. Same guy 5 mins later forces a car to slow as he overtakes on a white line https://streamable.com/qy8v7n

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  • #2935
    [Deleted User]
    Posts: 15,362 ✭✭✭✭ [Deleted User]


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119037982#Comment_119037982

    Re: https://streamable.com/zd16dk totally stupid move, no excuse for it

    re: https://streamable.com/qy8v7n thats scary, for you, the car driver and the bus, and for what, a few seconds 🙄

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  • #2936
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭tnegun


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119038202#Comment_119038202

    Seth got it, it's Carton on the way into Maynooth. I usually move out at the bends but until he passed it had been quiet before that so hadn't felt the need, in fairness he gave me the room just took it from the car coming in the opposite direction!

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  • #2937
    [Deleted User]
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    Decent awareness from the Skoda in the first clip. If it was me coming up to that with a stale red and only a few cars I'd have probably have tucked in behind the van on the drivers side or indeed like the OP appears to be going for tucking in behind the Skoda as there looked to be a nice gap there to do so.

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  • #2938
    tnegun
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,874 ✭✭✭tnegun


    Yes, top marks to the driver, it's a crap junction for bikes as there is no provision to turn right but that doesn't excuse this cyclist. I'm always cautious of getting to the top here on a red as if there's a queue on the M4 there can be a lot of slip surfers skipping traffic and continuing straight ahead. If I'd been in that cyclist's position as soon as the light changed, that car had not been indicating and I wasn't in his field of view I'd have been on the brakes with my arm out to the right so that the car following knew my intention and I'd have slipped in behind to complete the turn.

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  • #2939
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 52,588 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    ah, i misread the video (wasn't paying attention to be fair); i assumed that was a right turn lane only so thought the driver was at fault.

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  • #2940
    Pawwed Rig
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 22,451 ✭✭✭✭Pawwed Rig


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119037982#Comment_119037982

    I would send that to Kavanaghs as an FYI if I was you. I am sure they would like to know how poor some of their drivers are

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  • #2941
    TallGlass2
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 684 ✭✭✭TallGlass2


    On the USB request from the Garda, unfortuntely it is correct, the Garda machines won't allow a USB key be connected to it unless its got Bit Locker enabled, if you enable Bit Locker on the USB key and password protect it (but that might not be needed), that should work.

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