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

It's such a huge infringement that I have to wonder whether it's something other than the driver being a lunatic. The driver could hardly be unaware that doing something like this would almost certainly be captured on video, and that doing something so egregious without a very good reason would be a career-limiting move.

Yesterday was particularly bad for some reason with several stupid/dangerous passes on my commute all to join the back of a queue in a few 100ms, not sure what this driver was thinking, then hesitated and straddled the lane alongside me before pushing in https://streamable.com/u0k557 I passed her again 15 seconds later.

yeah I was wondering was it a medical emergency or something, as it's just so ridiculous it's hard to believe.

Gardai have said they don't have the resources, and the NTA would have to cover overtime costs to police traffic laws.

That is a fact, but they also don't care. Their own official and private cars are frequently parked on pavements and on cycle lanes. It is just not acceptable that they wilfully turn a blind eye, and occasionally tweet about the great work they are doing on Kilakee Rd, or elsewhere. It's needs to be 24/7 to change perceptions and behaviours.

Had a friend that worked with Dublin Bus in the 90s who would tell use stories of various disciplinary meetings he or his colleagues had, basically it's nigh on impossible to get fired.

What happens is that the driver turns up with their union rep, they have a well used and rehearsed story that the driver was under pressure to make schedules etc which is why they felt they had to do whatever idiotic thing they're in front of HR for. And that's usually it. From what I see nothing much has changed in the couple of decades since then.

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Had a close pass today. I normally take the lane in town because there's so much traffic and more chances of drivers passing close by, so anything I can do to hold them back and prevent close passes, I'll do it. City traffic is normally slow anyways, so I don't see why I can't take the lane. Am I right in my thinking? Or am I wrong?

But taking the lane today didn't matter today and I had a driver driving past me very very close, giving me very little space. As he was driving past, he pointed to the cycle lane that was very badly done as it looked like a wide footpath and it didn't have separate colours. Who knows if there was a cycle lane, he just wanted me of the road and tried to push me onto the path with his driving.

You are right about the first part, but wrong about the second.

If you take the case of a garda on the beat. He/ She are just strolling down the road, but are fully on duty and carrying out the duties of a garda.

Similarly, if a garda is in Spar getting a sandwich for their lunch, they are equally on duty. If there was a robbery while they were in the shop, they wouldn't just say "I'm on my lunch. I'll deal with it in 45 minutes".

Same applies while they are driving to the Spar, and away from it.

Yet the law doesn't say anything about responding to an emergency call.

As far as i am aware, there isn't even a definition of what is an emergency.