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

100% the driver's fault obviously but would the fact that you didn't actually collide with the car affect who is liable?

I had the exact same happen to me a few years back. T-boned by a driver turning across traffic to Appian Way just before Leeson St. Thankfully I didn't need to involve insurers - no physical injuries other than bit of bruising, but wheelset and drive train needed replacing. Ended up being €1,000 and I think driver (newly qualified) was just happy not to have to get insurers involved as he'd have been screwed for years after that. It helped that there were other cyclists stopped at the lights to rebut any suggestion that he had right of way/ green lights (his green filter for turning right wasn't on, just green for main traffic continuing straight in both directions). But I imagine it could easily get messy if (a) you've no camera evidence/ witnesses or (b) the driver is an a$$hat.

Hope it's resolved quickly for you and no lasting niggles.

Bloody idiot left-hooked me this afternoon, along the Grand Canal at Harold's Cross.

Even before he got clear of me he slowed down to turn left into a private site.

Most annoying thing was he was a Deliveroo eejit on an ebike. Anyway, I hope my simple Christmas greeting was not misunderstood.

Not just Dublin, its endemic everywhere

I think it's the Xmas rush, gone nuts out there, dropping the wife to work (in the car) and had a truck and a car pull out of side roads on top of me. Managed to brake for the truck and swerve for the car. Everyone is in a hurry. Was thinking of cycling to Tara tmw, but not sure I will now.

This incident with a Go Ahead bus (45A route) happened in Kilmacanogue, Co. Wicklow, last February. I reported it to them at the time but they didn't want to know. As it qualified as probably the worst experience (of many) I have ever had on a bike I also reported it to AGS. I have always had the utmost of support and professionalism from them with how they have dealt with my complaints up to now but this time 7 or 8 messages and 2 hand written, hand delivered letters later and still no reply from the person supposedly investigating this I have decided to publish the videos here.

The front camera, centrally mounted, shows the shadow of the bus approaching from behind and also my shadow shows my frantic signalling requesting the driver to back off. The rear video clearly shows that rather than back off as requested, the driver actually drove his bus at me instead. Luckily I had taken the lane so I had some leeway, which I was forced to use in what was undoubtedly a very hairy incident.

The footage clearly shows that the bus left its terminus, so there had clearly been no history between us. and then, rather than yield before joining the main road, decided the ROTR didn't apply to him and he was entitled to drive his multi tonne bus at the bicycle in front of him instead. What makes it even more insulting wad that I was wearing a 'Stayin' Alive at 1.5' gilet with a photo of a camera and the words 'Recording My Journey' on my back!

There is strong language which I took ownership for in my statement and was prepared to back up in court. But it never got that far ...

It's at moments like this I wish I did more social media:

Ugh first day back and I was cutup this morning by a bus passing and immediately pulling into a stop, the van following was having none of me passing before him so I had to go on the brakes or risk being sandwiched.

Ah 2023. It's been an eventful start. Near empty roads have lead to lots of close passing by speeding motorists who are enjoying the opportunity to drive in a relatively car free Dublin until the mayhem resumes next week. Had a taxi driver telling me I shouldn't be on the road yesterday and I should be in the cycle lane - I was turning right and had to leave a cycle lane that went straight on only and in any case was stopped at a red. This morning, it was the turn of a motorists who decided to drive up a narrow one way street this morning, running me off the road in the process.

You'd think someone driving up a one way street would take it handy, lest they come across an oncoming car. But sure if it's someone on a bike, just blast on past them.

A lovely kamikaze commuter this morning

https://streamable.com/in8br8

or moving into the bus lane, she swung out into the middle of the lane for a bit before pulling back in too.

Absolute madness

Not a near miss for me, but someone else

https://streamable.com/akq1h7

Ah it’s alright like. He’s wearing hi-viz, so completely safe.

I had similar encroachment in Maynooth yesterday and stopped to speak to the driver, she was just a young girl and followed the car in front pulling into the cycle lane to get around a car with trailer turning right. I was right along side her and saw the car ahead pull in and had a feeling she might do the same so slowed and sure enough she cut in. I was still close enough to bang on her rear side window and she got a fright and stopped. I explained what happened and she was honestly more shook by it than I was. Yet another instance of paint doesn't make infrastructure. On a positive note some of the on road cycle lanes in Lucan on my commute have had segregation installed which is welcomed as these we're regularly parked in.

Yeah you are right. While she should of looked around, if the truck had hit the car the cyclist was gone.

I don't believe the truck would of but you can see the panic.