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

One of the closest yet this evening passing the Intel roundabout towards Maynooth here I was in lane 1 coming from Leixlip proceeding straight through when a left-hand drive van comes from behind in the same lane and attempts to take the first exit straight through me. Had I not completely stopped he would have gone through me and he missed my front wheel by mm. I had just fixed a puncture so annoyingly the camera was off, it probably saved me though as my pump broke so the front wheel was only half inflated and I was traveling a lot slower as result. I let such a roar I frightened the passenger in the rear seat visibly jumped out of their seat.

First time I cycled to work ( summer training as it 55k ) I followed signs for N2 and got onto the 3-lane section after M2 where you have to cross to the middle lane to continue straight as the left lane filters onto M50. Didnt do it a second time :-) Now it's left at KilShane cross and around the back of Airport, ClareHall and back onto N2 at Lidl Finglas.

The sad thing is the Artane roundabout is so close to being a proper Dutch style roundabout, but priority was given to the cars so crossing is a nightmare due to all the lights.

That and the merges back onto the road are woeful, going town direction it brings you across the front of a busy bus stop and just dumps you into the bus lane, and going towards coolock it brings you down a side road with no real merge back into the malahide road

The same roundabout as Tuesday night, keep an eye on the white car on the right as we enter the roundabout, he changed lanes from behind me but then completely messes up and doesn't accelerate into space to get around me then somehow manages to get passed himself and decides to squeeze me! A few minutes later this guy pulls off this manoeuver and quickly gets a taste of his own medicine! Sorry for the language I had a ton of close passes tonight so my blood was up. I cannot wait for the Leixlip -> Maynooth greenway to be done as I will completely avoid this stretch!

It is being replaced by a signal controlled junction.

I totally agree they don't give a hoot about their driving. The left turn at Luas heading towards Beacon is for me not as bad as the left onto Kilmacud. It's all bad design though. Between Benildas and Beacon where the lane goes over to the othrt side is bonkers. When you cross you have infrastructure in your way of joining the cycle lane and it's not ramped flush. This is new design and still not thinking of the cyclist access to the two way lane to Beacon. Easily avoidable to make it both pedestrian and cyclist friendly.

Stop, I regularly need to cycle through that junction at the beacon/drummartin road with my kid in the trailer. (A trailer i got instead of a 2nd car - sustainable or what!)

And then i need to turn right onto blackthorn Road. For all the cycle lanes painted on the road everywhere, by far the safest way to do it is to just cross at pedestrian lights and roll down the footpath across the old entrance to the hotel. Everything else is putting my kid in harms way.

They've spent so much time and effort putting cycle lanes down, and yet, they're not even close to useful.

So you're Mr. Bean? Kids were watching it the other day, & he was at something similar.

There was a very narrow street with cars parked on each side, very little room to pass. But when there was room to pass, that's exactly what the driver done, sped up while I tried passing.

Fairly sure that’s not DFB

Prick of a Taxi driver tonight he was driving too close so I turned around and held up my hand telling him to stop, he wasn't too impressed with that and then pulled in front of a car to get around me which then sided with him and started gesturing and beeping at me too! All for nothing of course the lights ahead were red and I caught him seconds later to exchange views!!

MOST people just want it done and dusted without involving insurance premiums rising.

If you can get the details in the next day or two, I personally would contact first, then buy.(but again, most people would be happy with the bill being that low, and not being taken advantage of)

That junction in Phibsboro is notorious for that particular manoeuvre, even when I'm driving a double decker in that lane ~ someone flashes them and they think they own the road, the CAN'T see anything else.

Hopefully your ribs recover quickly, and you get your other bits sorted too.