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

If you encrypt it then the garda won't be able to view it as they won't have the encryption key! They are fobbing you off.

I've submitted videos via YouTube & Streamable.com (prior to the HSE hack) and also on DVD (I'm too cheap to be buying USB keys). Never been asked about encryption.

You don't need an alternative for the 500Mb file - you need a new garda!

Possibly but as @Steoller was only trying to hand over the USB key, I'm assuming that the garda hasn't tried viewing it yet and so I'm inclined to think that the garda simply couldn't be arsed dealing with a poxy cyclist

Not sure if there would be much benefit to that though. It just needs some cyclists to approach it with a bit more cop on in terms of whether cars might be turning or not. Part of what makes it more hazardous when trying to get in front is that frequently drivers stop well past the white line.

The left exit off the roundabout 100m to the right of that clip is another place cyclists need to be watching in all directions. Drivers will often try to overtake on the roundabout which results in them close passing the cyclist on the exit. I deliberately make it obvious to them not to do this by taking the lane and following a wide line into and off the roundabout.

I did 35km on my way to work this morning. Had a car close pass me as I crossed the Liffey on the R404 approaching the Celbridge/Dublin Rd. Caught up with the driver at the traffic lights and courtesly said how he came very close to me. His reply was that I was in the middle of the road.

A short while later, I was travelling along the back of Lyons Hill (between Boston & Athgoe Hills) and it's a country lane for those unfamiliar. White van man approaches at speed from behind and skims past me. Have them both on video but really couln't be arsed facing AGS with them.

There were a few other lazy overtakes along the route. I really don't get some drivers who close pass you simply because they underestimate the distance required to move out. By the time the've moved out fully, they are well past you.

If there is a difference I'd say that it is down to two factors:

* car drivers generally have no need to submit footage. I'd say most who have a dashcam have never downloaded the footage.

* the main reason I suspect that a driver would submit footage is because gardai appealed for footage in relation to some incident. If tje gardai want and need footage, they arent going to make it difficult for themselves: they'll happily take it from the driver.

Looking at the vid, it looks like yet another cycle lane that was designed without any input from people who are expected to use it.

The cycle lane puts one in direct danger of being doored. You also have busses stopping on them meaning that the cyclist would have to allow oncoming traffic to pass before moving out. It is much easier (and legal) to stay out of the cycle lane.

Does the bus driver beep at everyone who is not moving as quickly as they want?

Does the bus driver move out of the way of people who want to go faster than them?

Beeping at a cyclist rarely achieves more than pointing out that the driver is a bully and is trying to intimidate another road user.