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

+1 on this. I have this one on my left hood and it's easy to use with just my thumb. Nice loud clear ding as well

FFS! What on earth is the driver trying to achieve? I’m presuming that the dash cam that video was recorded with was mounted in a car? Doesn’t look like a bike cam video. Where did the driver think he was going to get to?

Had a wierd encounter on this road this week:

I'm in the lane on the right (right turn only), Left lane (left only) had a red light. As I reached the crown of the road I hear an engine roar behind me, and a black Audi comes screaming down my left and pulled hard right across me. I managed to pull right to avoid him and let out a roar. Fella starts shouting that I'm in the way and giving the finger 😎 He pulled up to the back log of traffic stopped (road works and no left turn at Merrion gates). Such a strange encounter.

A non issue for me, can be difficult to get into left lane if turning into des kellys as very busy there and he deliberately left plenty of room to cycle though. If I were driving myself I sometimes to do same thing if left turn coming up on busy road. He made a tool out of himself though with the wanna fight response.

I recently got flipped the bird by a local chap whilst driving my young daughter somewhere.

My crime ? Maintaining 60kph along a 2.6km stretch of narrow local country road with a 60kph limit, despite this chaps best attempts to push me to speed by driving like a maniac right in my back window the whole time.

An "accident" on this road is reported on our community whatsapp group every month or two, usually blamed on the road itself (there's a "bad" bend apparently). With fools like this occupying our roads I dont think the road is the big problem.

Also mismatching number plate on the trailer which is also supposed to be an offense, guidelines and legislation for everything but of no use when nothing is enforced.

Marginal and I wouldn't have bothered reporting it but then again we don't have an online portal that only takes 10mins but furthermore where action is taken on the back of such reports.

Yeah you’re right. I just have. Thanks.

It partially comes down to successful lobbying on the part of the likes of Renault, Volvo and assorted other to push out mandatory cab redesigns so they don't have to bite the bullet on redesign and retooling (can't find a reference to it at the minute - this is going back a few years). Even mandating cyclops mirrors would improve matters, and would probably cost not much more that a fill of diesel per truck, but they're rare as hens teeth.

As a cyclist, I don’t go up the inside of trucks, buses, etc. Ever. For this reason: I appreciate that it’s hard for them to see me, and I have a responsibility to cycle safely.

The flip side to that is that I expect truck drivers not to perform illegal manoeuvres that I’m not expecting them to do. (Well, I expect that they will, but I frown upon it.)