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

Don't think the driver did a lot wrong there tbh, pass looked fine and he was conscious enough to leave plenty of room on the left for the cyclist to filter past, unlike the car ahead of him.

Who hasn't used a bus lane when turning left like that, I certainly have.

Fair enough I don't know the junction. Just thought it was a bit of a strange instance for the cyclist to decide to have a go, he left him plenty of room.

Not excusing the driver's aggressiveness afterwards btw

Just to be clear, by 'have a go', you mean: tell the guy driving in the bus lane that it's a bus lane.

From Phibsboro shopping centre until after Des Kelly that's only a bus lane between certain hours. It's only after you pass the Porterhouse/Bernard Shaw that it becomes a 0700-1900 bus lane.

So it's also a possibility that it was between 10-12.30 when the lane is open to all road users; unlikely to be pre-7am or post-7pm given the traffic levels and brightness.

Either way - seems a fairly needless confrontation for the cyclist to initially have engaged in, but then a completely psycho response from the driver.

Shocking. There's no way I'd have been that close to the kerb though. I know people will that as an implied criticism of the cyclist - it's not. Just an observation based on my experience of what happens when you're perceived to be making space for a vehicle to pass you, and from seeing how other cyclists on the road I come across are treated by motorists when they cycle close to the kerb.

The least you'd hope though is that drivers of vehicles like that would have a higher level of training and awareness of how their driving impacts other road users. Not in this case clearly. Absolutely inexcusable.

What an asshat