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

I thanked the post in relation to the professional drivers bit but have no idea why you think the infrastructure is terrible.

I use this roundabout most days and it's clear as day that there's a 'lane' on your left that you need to be aware of. Thanks to Buffalo above i think it's pretty much set in stone now that a cycle track is indeed a lane which you need to yield to when crossing it, like any other.

It actually caused me to spend the rest of the day observing drivers turning left opposite me to see how many checked their left mirror before turning. It was pretty shocking tbh..

Because it’s a sub-standard design, as can be seen in any country with decent cycling infrastructure and any new project implementing cycling infrastructure. You’re actively putting cyclists into points of conflict with drivers and hoping that the drivers aren’t idiots, which time and time again leads to incidents like this due to lack of enforcement and just general road user arseholeishness.

Look, I understand that you’re a more confident road user and are willing to stand your ground with drivers, but there’s a lot more people who want protected infrastructure because they don’t trust drivers to not be knobheads.

The solution isn’t necessarily one or the other though, that’s why I said it’s both terrible infrastructure and ignorant awful driving.

We can have protected infrastructure while also pushing for stronger enforcement and education for drivers, the problem is in this country you’ll be waiting an awful lot longer for the latter compared to minimising the chance a driver has to run you over.

As grim as it sounds I’d almost say that the driver who caused this collision probably won’t see any major repercussions for this unless theres strong witness statements or someone comes forward with dash cam footage. And even then it would depend on what judge he’s up in front of. When realistically his PSV licence should be revoked.

Unfortunately you are no doubt correct in that assessment

You know as well as i do that there's been a few on here waxing about their right to ignore a cycle lane, that's a start.

I think part of it is he has no problem in asserting himself and taking the primary position, but the definition of primary position aka smack in the middle of the road, and aggressive drivers interpret that as him taking the piss and react like arseholes.

The punishment pass above for example, he was overtaken, driver had slowed because of the tractor (I don’t necessarily know if the driver stopped to let the tractor go as he mentions in his tweet it looks like the tractor was turning while the van was a fair distance back) and he passes the van and swings out into the primary. Perfectly entitled to do so, but arsehole behind the wheel is probably thinking he’s doing it to annoy him.

Bit like when you overtake someone, you both get to a set of lights 200m down the road and they jump the queue ahead of you, and you have to overtake them again ten seconds later. You think to yourself what’s the point but unlike arsehole in the van you don’t try push them off their bike.

I've to come this road to get home on maybe 70% of my rides. Unlimited close passes with drivers mounting the raised central reservation, even when I place myself bang in the middle of the lane. Its one of those places that seems to really pi$$ some drivers off to the point I'd be so nervous that I sometimes ride on the footpath 🙄

😂 I laugh because as magicbastarder says, they couldn't be bothered, I was left hooked & hit last year, she left the scene, whilst 2 Gardai showed up, they did absolutely nothing about it!

Until Ireland starts to report why an accident happened, things will never change in Ireland. So many accidents on roads lately and never a cause of accident explain. Its like the state wants to put the head in the sand like it did for mental health in the past

After the court case and coroner's report. The cause of the accident is known majority of the time from the team that investigates it.

Wasn't meaning straight away, but not all accidents end up in court. Been in court before for an accident and unless it gets reported afterwards, it goes under the radar.

What I would be looking for after all legal stuff is sorted etc that there be a section in the paper for all accidents and the cause is printed.

I think this would open more eyes to the issues on our roads.

Now you might say the family wouldn't like that, but trust me, a day after an accident most people living close to the family knows exactly what happened and if they don't, they make up rumours which is worst than the facts