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

tnegun · 12-08-2022 04:30PM

From memory, I got views of the driver, out both doors, front, back and both flanks of the bus the newer busses are quite well covered!

DaveyDave · 12-08-2022 04:53PM

How can they claim GDPR for not giving you CCTV footage when you're literally entitled to footage of yourself because it counts as personal information? Anyone can request CCTV footage of themselves from anywhere and it must be provided free of charge within 30 days.

Whether they comply or not is a different story...

Kaisr Sose · 12-08-2022 05:06PM

Thanks for all the replies. I was not after video from them as my own is sufficient.

My issue is they won't tell me anything other than the driver was interviewed. Saying outcome is protected by GDPR and HR policy. My point is, I dont know, need or want to know the driver name so what is the privacy issue. I would just like to know what the outcome as I dont think they treat these serious if there is no injury. The outcome could be provided and stíl preserve the employees privacy. It happens with WRC cases all the time, which are normally reported anonymous. Why would the same not apply here?

12-08-2022 05:14PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464695#Comment_119464695

Ah yeah, that's different, they don't have to divulge that info as it's internal.

If you escalate to the Gardai on the other hand

magicbastarder · 12-08-2022 05:48PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464524#Comment_119464524

he deliberately tags the BBC presenter jeremy vine in a lot of his tweets, who often shares them.

TheChizler · 12-08-2022 09:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464905#Comment_119464905

There's a certain level of showmanship that goes into making the videos, I suspect with this target audience in mind. There's 3 or 4 junctions he has multiple videos of the same type of near miss happening. Drivers always at fault of course, but you'd think a sense of self preservation would eventually kick in.

Squidgy Black · 13-08-2022 03:44PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119464905#Comment_119464905

Ah that makes sense, it’s an absolute cesspit with them all parroting the whole Tory argument of unlicensed cyclists etc

PhillySteak9 · 17-08-2022 01:01PM

How about this overtake from last Sunday by a Parcel King courier van?

https://streamable.com/7yih58

magicbastarder · 17-08-2022 01:04PM

to be fair, it's not the most dramatic i've seen; how far was he from you? his right wheel was on the grass verge on the other side of the road.

Thargor · 17-08-2022 01:57PM

He looked like he was afraid of you! Nothing wrong with that overtake.

PhillySteak9 · 17-08-2022 02:34PM

Fair enough so - looks like I'm too sensitive. 🤣

Large bottle small glass · 17-08-2022 04:16PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119485421#Comment_119485421

It's poor driving to overtake with off side of van effectively crossing the mouth of at least two private entrances, but he's a decent distance from you

De Bhál · 17-08-2022 04:40PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119484831#Comment_119484831

The speed they take off up the road would be the only thing I see wrong in that clip

magicbastarder · 17-08-2022 08:02PM

i think someone has taken a price out on my head. three near misses in a 50km cycle, all from people pulling out of minor roads without looking. two of them happened in the space of just over 230m. at least one may have popped a tyre on kerb after swerving with fright when he realised i was there.

and that's not counting white van man who was beeping at me and giving me the fingers, even though he did this coming towards me and we'd had no cause to interact in any way at all.

magicbastarder · 17-08-2022 08:25PM

this is where the one happened where the driver clipped the kerb; i was headed in the direction the camera is facing, which is northbound (and downhill, so you pick up a bit of speed) through garristown. from the minor road to the right, a van was taking a left and a lad in a blue peugeot (407 maybe?) was taking a right; i copped the peugeot but he was partially obscured by the van and in hindsight clearly didn't have a clear field of view up towards me, so i'd already started to brake; but he pulled out, copped i was there, and swung left and clipped the kerb probably a little further on from where the merc is parked on the left hand side.

https://www.google.com/maps/@53.5673168,-6.3834362,3a,75y,34.47h,83.89t/data=!3m6!1e1!3m4!1sn1QdiBVX_axj_FvJ9LwGAQ!2e0!7i16384!8i8192

Mundo7976 · 17-08-2022 08:51PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119486797#Comment_119486797

I cut short my cycle yesterday around the same area. Im assuming people are frustrated & oblivious due to them looking for alternative routes due to the road works along the N2 & up at the snailbox. Had a few very close passes & a di(khead in a beemer do a uturn about 100m in front of me at the snailbox, not a f(uk given 🙄 thankfully I was only trundling uphill!

magicbastarder · 17-08-2022 08:59PM

the other two happened in ballyboughal; one guy pulled out in front of me at the junction at o'connor's/the village inn (that was close enough), and then half a minute later, i was following maybe 30m or 40m behind an SUV who was turning right towards oldtown (as was i) and the driver of a white souped up audi waited for the SUV to pass, then gunned it out and came within maybe a metre or two of hitting me side on.

Citizen Six · 22-08-2022 12:50PM

Thank god I was slowing down for the yield sign anyway. 🤣

https://imgur.com/a/VYNxWJq

BoardsMember · 22-08-2022 01:22PM

Hardly a near miss. Maybe one for this thread? https://www.boards.ie/discussion/2058245870/your-own-pictures-of-bad-parking-with-chat#latest

Etc · 23-08-2022 03:33PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119504997#Comment_119504997

There are several points along that track where I automatically slow down in anticipation of a potential issue, that's one of them, the stretch at Vernon avenue at the pumphouse, you have people crossing the road and not looking and people getting out of their cars at the carpark. The other one is the car park opposite Clontarf garage.

I wouldn't see that one as a near miss, rather a predictable hazard.

Citizen Six · 23-08-2022 06:08PM

Yeah, I know what you mean. The stretch at the pump house can be particularly bad, and it's a yield coming in at both sides. A lot of cyclists seem to barrel through there regardless.

The carpark opposite the bus garage was deadly, when the bushes completely obscured the cycle track for motorists trying to enter. At least it's trimmed back now.

When there's people on the track, I tend to ring my bell continuously, from a distance, at a slow enough rate. So it's a low bell that alerts them for a distance hopefully.

Pinch Flat · 23-08-2022 06:10PM

the passing motorists favourite spot in my neck of the woods in Castleknock - never fails to attract morons, despite the 1.5m passing sign.

https://goo.gl/maps/ETGrH3SKkDubDeLm8

Today it was the turn of some numb nut in a Honda CRV - the oncoming car had to stop and flash / beep. He them proceeded to overtake 5 cars in the stretch of the phoenix park between Castleknock gates and the first roundabout. The three drivers behind him thought it was such a good idea, they followed - the last one barely making it in before the roundabout.

I can't really see how there's any other solution to calm speed in the Phoenix Park other than by speed ramps down Chesterfield Avenue - whether the limit is is 30kph or 50 kph limit, they're constantly ignored.

07Lapierre · 23-08-2022 08:05PM

Chesterfield ave is too straight. No matter what they do, cars will always exceed the speed limit. Personally I think traffic from the city should be directed around the military road and the traffic into the city from Castleknock directed onto the North road. Put chicanes, speed ramps and pinch points all along both the north and military roads and that would slow the traffic. It would also ruin the park for everyone so won’t happen.

standardg60 · 23-08-2022 08:09PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119511775#Comment_119511775

To be honest i'd be on the road there with all that hassle

Citizen Six · 23-08-2022 10:36PM

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119512228#Comment_119512228

Lots of lights to contend with on the road. And then aggressive drivers cause you aren't using the cycle lane.

magicbastarder · 28-08-2022 01:11PM

Bit of a red mist incident on the bike today. Cycling from the nine mile roundabout near Ashbourne, towards donaghmore church, a guy in a white mondeo overtook me on a blind bend and pulled back in on top of me when a car came along the bend at him, probably came with a metre of me. I sent him some hand signals and he slowed down and reciprocated. Some points of view were exchanged, and some more hand signals and he drove off. A woman in a blue Audi passed me a couple of hundred metres later (safely) and gave me a big thumbs up and a friendly wave.

Paul_Mc1988 · 29-08-2022 06:56AM

https://www.strava.com/activities/7717987608?utm_source=com.microsoft.office.outlook&utm_medium=referral

A different kind of near miss😅

First_October · 30-08-2022 02:05PM

Was cycling up near Glencree this morning when a guy on a big white horse tried to take me out! As I cycled up to him he started screaming abuse at me at the top of his lungs. Called me a dirty c@nt and all manner of things. As I passed he got his horse to walk across the road and right out in front of me! Got the impression he was trying to make me crash or get the horse to rear up on top of me. I'm still a bit shocked by the whole incident. Seemed to be a complete nutjob; be careful if you come across this guy on your spins!

Wildly Boaring · 30-08-2022 02:50PM

It never ceases to amaze me the way some idiots drive with bale spikes or buckrakes.

Spikes should be turned back in towards your own engine.

These guys driving around with them at car (bike) level or as above, tractor/truck cab level should be put off the road.

magicbastarder · 30-08-2022 07:23PM

Had a close pass from a guy in a red Jeep near oldtown earlier, overtook around a blind bend and there was an oncoming car. The chap in the car behind pulled alongside after and shouted out the window 'Christ, they're all out tonight, aren't they?'

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

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