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I think he was pissed that the lorry passed him out and was determined to pass him back out. Some of his responses on twitter..🫣
I've seen him a few times around Cork while I've been cycling or driving, it's very strange. He does repeated loops of the streets where he tends to experience incidents, in traffic loiters very close to the drivers side of cars peering into the window as if he's looking for something to take issue with. Clearly that antagonises some drivers.
In Every….One…Of…His….Videos…it begins with him taking the lane to try to prevent any overtaking. It gives the strong impression that he rides in that position at all times. Whilst every cyclist can agree that it’s necessary to take the lane at times, it’s not appropriate to do it all of the time.
Clearly drivers behind him get frustrated at his antics, this leads to very poor driving, and he “wins” more clicks for his videos, which seem to be the aim of the whole thing.
Totally agree that his contribution is not a positive for the advancement of cycling.
Have to disagree with you on taking the lane. After 2 very, VERY close calls within a few minutes of each other, I now only ever place myself bang in the middle of the lane.
Regardless of the location or road type, makes zero difference, I'm in the middle of the lane
Previously I would have had multiple close passes a day which are now at the level of less than 1 a month.
Far safer way to travel.
Do I get beeped, sure, do I care, not a jot
Your doing it for safety, he is doing it for clicks. There is a difference, and he does pull in, but from what I see, only to get annoyed that he has been cut off. Personally, it depends on the road and situation for me. In the town/city, it's almost always take the lane. On the N25 with a decent quality hard shoulder, I don't have to but I will stay in the hard shoulder, only come out of it to overtake tractors/pedestrians, or coming upto a junction. If I indicated to come out, some will pull out to allow, some will slow to allow, some won't but it's rare to get boxed in for more than a few seconds. It is so incredibly rare to get the interactions that he does with lorries and I meet loads every day. There is a truck stop for overnights beside my house, down rural back roads, never have any of them had an issue waiting behind while I'm on my commute. I get more trouble from inattentive school runs in D4 in one morning than I get in a year of out of town cycling. Everyone's mileage will vary but he could make his life easier, but it wouldn't make for good footage. Alot of times he is 100% right, but unfortunately, alot of other times the situation is entirely of his own making. Like anywhere though, there is enough people ready to rise to it. In no way am I excusing the drivers he interacts with either, often completely ignorant and not the way I would drive, and shows that it is completely possible for both parties to be 100% in the wrong and both think they are 100% in the right.
'Buzzed' again this morning by a van driver who got on their horn as they passed. (Apologies for the language, but it really made me jump).
To matters worse, it's a dual carriageway with nothing at all in the right-hand lane. They could have safely passed with ease.
As per usual, they make no progress either - racing up to the red light where I catch up anyway. I could have passed them again, but it wasn't worth it.
Not a near miss, but a cyclist knocked down two runners tonight outside our estate. Two ambulances brought runners to hospital.
Please be careful out there.
Tbh i'd have said nowt and just passed them, calling out to someone from behind unexpectedly they could do anything.
It's a panic reaction as you may know what you've said or plan to do but they have seconds to react and don't. If the option is there, hop onto the road or slow down to walking pace, otherwise just stop until their reaction is clear. If you can move to the road or give them loads of space, don't call out anything at all.
On your right seems to get misheard as move right so many times, I'd only say it to a rider I'm on a spin with or actually, in a race with.
No different than when I am driving and I meet a cyclist or a pedestrian, if I have to come to a dead stop to be sure, so be it.
I just shout out BIKE when I see yet another person out walking with no lights, high viz or anything really; or walking a dog with a lead or often no lead!
Generally they grab the dog and make sure they don't lunge for me. But sometimes a chase ensues.
I think I found the winner for near misses
That's crazy. A winner if that's the right word
The 2 incidents I've had in the last 5 years have both involved overtaking through junctions.
Once, car overtaking me hit a car pulling out of a junction.
The second was better. Car overtakes me then 2 cars in a row overtake him. As they do this through a junction a fella cokes out of the junction. All 3 cars kinda end stuck in eachother in the ditch
My favourite bit is when they tell us about all the invisible cyclists that they saw.
Lookit, don't be chasing the dogs, it's not fair on them.
To make it worse that car 'lives' about thirty seconds down the road !
Don't think it is meant as an antagonistic comment, I think it is just a general excuse when there is no plausible one. One they think they would get away with if they walked into someone coming down the street. Like an auto reaction, rather than the more honest, I seen you but my brain just didn't care to give enough time to think the situation, likelihood or consequences through. As a species we are quite atrocious at those two things, even worse at putting them together.
I had one elderly lady tell me recently 'I'm very sorry, I couldn't see you, you've no lights there at the back'.
"I've three lights at the back, mam, one solid and two flashing".
'Oh'.
Nearly forgot about this with everything else that was going on, apologies if there's another thread on it.
Have to say don't see many 'proper' sentences like this here.
Frankly, I think that sentence is disgusting and I hope the state appeals it. The damage she did to that poor man and his family, to the point he couldn't even come to court to give his victim impact statement, and she'll likely do no more then 3 years. Across the water she'd have got at least twice that.
I am so used to ridiculously lenient sentences that I am surprised at the length of this one.
You are absolutely correct though
i suspect it's about normal for the offence - manslaughter would get 10-15 years i suspect had he actually died in this incident (based on the document below) so the fact that this was not a fatal incident would have knocked a good deal off that.
"Offences in the high range of seriousness attract a sentence in the range of 10 to 15 years. These cases tend to involve aggravating factors which may include a history of violence between the accused and the victim, indifference or callousness towards the victim, use of a potentially lethal weapon, and death resulting from an unlawful act carrying a high risk of serious injury of which the accused was aware or ought to have been aware. Previous convictions for assault or other relevant convictions may also be a factor."
10 minutes into my first ride with this light on my head tube (wearing a long-sleeved high-vis jacket and high-vis gloves) and a BMW driver pulls out without slowing in front of me on a mini-roundabout. She apologised profusely and said that the sun was in her eyes (it was behind broken cloud). Presumably the idea is that if the sun is in your eyes you just drive on regardless. I wonder if her remorse will drive her to buy a pair of sunglasses.
Mid Cobber Front Bike Light | USB Rechargeable | Knog
EDIT: I guess the sun was in the driver's eyes: Luas services between The Point and Smithfield stopped after collision between car and tram (thejournal.ie)
Tragically and bizarrely, in the courts of this country there is a precedent and that actually is considered a valid defence
I am starting to hate a certain type of ebike riders and, in the most click bait of titles, it is not the one you are thinking of...
It is all men my age, commuting, just ploughing on through groups stopped at lights, through reds as other cyclists come from other junctions. I used ungentlemanly language to express my frustration at the one who winged me while I waited for the red light to change this morning.
I feel your pain. Kind of goes to prove the old adage *, a d**k is a d**k whether he's driving his car, cycling his bike, or queuing for a bus.
Edit: * may or may not in fact be an old adage
The schoolboys salmoning on them really pisses me off. Cop the F on you're 15 not 5.
It's an adage as old as time.
I suppose some of it is the commuter mentality now on ebikes.
When I commute in Dublin by bike I know it'll take in and around the same amount of time whether I bull on or enjoy the ride. 5 mins either way. So I enjoy my 25 mins of solitude.
Ah I'd have done the same in school. Unfortunately there's a reason nobody wants to insure young fellas in cars.
I really don't feel they are as much of a danger as they appear to be. I used to see them all the time and while they annoyed me, I can't recall an incident where they continued on a collision course but your mileage may vary. Men my own age cutting through people going in the same direction are much more annoying although only appear around commuting times.
100%, never have an issue with someone who was clearly gaining on me going ahead. The lad on the ebike came through me and someone else despite a) I overtook him only 25 seconds before, b) there wasn't space (he hit me), well there would have been if he had slowed c) he went through us all at the same speed he was tipping along at, maybe 30kmph, straight through a ped junction, which someone was on but luckily he missed but he couldn't see because of his speed and there was a large vehicle blocking his view on approach. d) he was a ****, not knowing your a **** doesn't mean your not a ****.
it's a weird one - try explaining to non-cyclists why that sort of behaviour is irritating, and they look at you like you've two heads.
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