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I regrettably learned the hard way that not getting it checked out AsAP can be a bad thing. You are probably fine bar a few days/weeks of discomfort but better it's confirmed and if further remedy is actioned, start straight away
They were actually really nice, but it was astonishing, i was like "how could you not see me, I was right in front of you, flashing red lights, good lights too, where we u looking??" Fully reported to the gardai etc so hopefully I can at least get my nice bibs and rapha jacket replaced. Yea true re getting it checked out might drop into one of the vhi clinics tomorrow and get it recorded at least. I'd imagine it's just gonna be a diphene subscription. Its quite sore now, getting out of bed tomorrow is gonna be interesting..
****, probably preaching to the choir but make sure you get checked out. If you start having issues down the road, no point asking for help then.
Also f*ck me, not sure if I'm more or less annoyed that he admitted to not looking.
jesus. glad you seem OK.
Got rear ended in blessington just on the naas road roundabout. I was in the roundabout, car came on behind me, accelerated right through the back of me, took a 5m trip on the hood then got pushed along the ground for another bit. Back is in a hoop this eve, hopefully just bruised and twisted. My cervelo is OK i think tho id need to wash it to inspect it properly, destroyed the bar tape and skewer on the left but seems to have been pushed more than slammed. Castelli winter bib shorts, glove and my rapha gortex jacket are destroyed. Guy said "(he) just wasn't looking". I'd lights on and an orange jacket, it was midday.
Not sure if wanna keep cycling as i sit here this evening thinking im so lucky that wasnt so much worse, fed up with sh*t drivers. I broke my neck, shoulder and chest in 2014 by another inattentive driver. These days every spin seems to have a near miss. Been cycling most of my 42 years and honestly feel the roads have never been more dangerous.
They were turning as they do later when it's all over but again, it's irrelevant, the overtake was silliness. It wasn't out of badness though, just stupidity, he has probably done it 1000 times without issue.
There’s hours upon hours of footage online of him cycling with that cat, and nothing in any of it to suggest that him carrying a cat has caused any more hinderance or danger to his cycling than carrying a backpack in a front basket would.
The animal being there had zero impact on the moped rider deciding to make a dangerous close overtake whilst going around a corner, and the animal being there or not made no difference on the cyclist being hit by the moped rider
I don't know why everyone is getting so worked up. We all know what it's like being on a bike and that's why an abundance of caution is needed, even if you're not the cause of the incident. In an ideal world we would all like to assume that other road users will behave logically, but it's never the case!
Yes, it was a dangerous overtake and the moped rider was at fault. But, if the cyclist had given a hand signal or looked over his shoulder, the incident may have been avoided. That isn't victim blaming, it's trying to protect yourself from other road users. No use being technically in the right if you end up dead as a result.
And to say that it's nothing to do with a cat - there's a cat literally in the video. How can you not comment on something so unusual!
That's it. That's literally all there is to it. Nothing to do with cats, or indicators or wobbles. It was a dangerous overtake of someone doing absolutely nothing wrong, just because the driver was too impatient to wait the 2 seconds it would have taken to be able to effect a safer overtake. Again, same thing as the over/undertakes you get on roundabouts - JUST WAIT THE FEW SECONDS TIL WE CLEAR IT AND THEN PASS ME, YA IGNORANT LANGER! (not you Weepsie!)
Why you even felt the need to mention the cat though, I don't know.
If driving, if it was a single-lane at the red-light then yes i'd be against it. Another cyclist, yes I'd be against that too. However, cyclists often get to take the lead at junctions, so if I was in a car and a bike went in front of me into their designated area, I'm fine with that.
I cycle a fair bit (not as much as I wish) and ya I'd be fairly put out by anyone pulling up alongside me in a single-lane where I have front position.
Did I say the cat had anything to do with the incident? It was a side note at the end of my post.
Just curious - would you be against a moped pulling up beside you at a red light? Or even another cyclist?
Surely it's better to form judgements based on what actually happened rather than dreaming up scenarios.
The cat would have had much more chance of being injured there if it was stuck in a cage rather than being able to jump free.
You can't be talking about ifs and buts in reference to the cat in the basket and making presumptions. The cat had nothing to do with this incident.
The bike was the lead in a single-vehicle lane. How can you not give all the blame to the moped driver? If you were driver a car and another car nudged up on your right trying to squeeze past you there, I doubt you'd be saying the same? This is similar.
There shouldn't be any onus on the cyclist in this instance to have the 'awareness' etc. They were the lead for that lane. Anyone doing anything else in that lane is wrong.
All I said is that I wouldn't give all the blame to the moped rider. I don't think that anyone can argue that if you're using public roads that you should be predictable. A motorist is always liable if they hit a pedestrian crossing the road, but that doesn't mean that pedestrians should cross the road without looking!
This is borne out me cycling and constantly seeing other cyclists drifting across lanes without signalling or looking over their shoulder. No one seems to be familiar with the concept of self-preservation!
Maybe I'm given the moped a bit too much leeway as I'm putting myself in his position as if I he was a cyclist. And I'm not saying it's the cyclist's fault. I'm just saying try to avoid putting yourself at risk!
Also, I don't think carrying an animal on a bike is comparable to having a toddler on the bike. Toddlers are restrained, animals generally are not. They are unpredictable and could jump off at any point or get tangled up in the wheels. No problem if they're in some kind of carry cage!
I'm surprised it's even up for discussion. Kind of like the cars that overtake/ undertake you on a roundabout.
Ah, I was wondering when @Stark said he couldn't walk as I met Raven and owner walking loads, I know from talking to him his actual job involves huge amounts of standing.
trying to get free pints
the actions of a completely sane man, if you ask me.
Don’t think it’s your man with the cargo with Raven he’s talking about to be fair, there was a lad with a westie who used to cycle round with the westie just clinging to his back.
Used to go round all the pubs with the dog trying to get free pints
Met him a few times, really nice guy, bit eccentric. Raven is the best dog, follows him around work all day and I would trust that dog in traffic more than most people I meet.
It’s a one-vehicle lane. Nobody should be parallel in the same lane.
Not sure why it’s irresponsible having a cat on the bike as opposed to a baby strapped up on a bike?
I know you mightn’t mean to - but this is the exact victim blaming that often gets thrown at people that is unwarranted.
If you look at the video, the cyclist manoeuvres to the right but doesn't give any hand signal. I wouldn't give all the blame to the moped(ist?) overtaking him as even a cyclist would have done the same thing. Maybe should have pre-empted that he may have been turning though.
Also I do think it's irresponsible carrying a cat on a bike like that. Same with that "character" in Dublin who has his dog on his bike.
I saw that at the time, people are just morons, some were saying they're reporting him to the RSPCA and I have no doubt some did.
F*ck me, its not like he wasn't keeping a decent pace, if the van had overtaken him, he'd have been stuck on its rear door, it couldn't really have gone faster. It's rare I feel bad for RTBI but that van driver was bang out of order.
2 solid minutes of crazy aggression
Delighted to see him taking the lane.
I cycle twelve km each way to work when i'm in the office. Every single fcuking day, i have a close one with someone driving a car or see another cyclist having a close on with someone driving a car.
Every single fcuking day.
Ha
I was just nodding along to the generalised areas, thinking louth/meath is kinda OK, and thinking the north must be a disaster.
Serious proportion of the close passes around here are yellow regs. And their main roads can be quite narrow.
Same sh1te up north, it seems;
https://x.com/righttobikeit/status/1720019657791266823?s=20
Cork city has been the worst for me, most other places are grand for the most part, Wicklow used to be bad but has improved in recent years. Wexford is wonderful. Dublin is only bad due to sheer volume, you are more likely to come across an ars*hole, most of the time, the issues are human error rather than malice.
Agree with this, there was someone on here a while ago calling for cyclists to be banned from rural roads, 'cos at times there wasn't enough room to get by them straight away'.
Driver aggression is worse outside Dublin, attitudes towards cyclists and pedestrians much worse. You can see it on boards.ie, some users want cyclists and pedestrians banned from some roads.
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