Dummy opening post
It's difficult to engage when that's the level of logic on display. Trump is a pro at it.
He may have given you a BS bravado response, but there's still a good chance that he'll think twice the next time he goes to pass a cyclist.
It's worth engaging.
Well his employer got a copy this morning too, I was pretty calm in my exchange with him as I've learnt if you go in guns blazing you just get that back. I just asked if he believed he gave me enough space and when he said he did I let him know I could have touched the back of the bus and that it was too close. He started telling me he'd been driving buses for years and I told him that was irrelevant he still needs to give me enough space, then he switched to the stance that I wouldn't be there if he hadn't given me enough, I told him that was an appalling attitude for a professional driver and would his employer agree. He said they would so I said fair enough I'll send them the video and went on my way.
Good man tnegun. if nothing else that horrible defensive attitude has to be smashed apart.
Just one email back from Kavanaghs to confirm the reg, which was in the Subject line, body of the email and video itself, so I don't expect too much from them! I was thinking today last week must have been a one off for crap drivers as the first 30 secs of this clip from this afternoon show including an about as good as you could expect pass from the same bus but different driver. The camera doesn't do it justice, quite how close the last pr1ck came.
What was that white Juke thinking??
I found that much more shocking than the bus
Not about me anyway 😅 I agree the bus wasn't the worst I've had, it was more his attitude when confronted that prompted me to send it to his employer. My kids cycle around Maynooth and along parts of his route and I'd expect him to have a much better attitude. The authorities do very little enforcement around here from what I see and I can't remember the last speed check, checkpoint etc. I've come across it was probably as far back as covid so if complaining to the companies does some good so be it.
Hate that section of road tnegun. Closest I've come to being cleaned out was on the stretch from Carton to the dunboyne road heading to Maynooth.
In more recent news, they've closed the cycle path in Celbridge, along the stretch where the 'Amenities center' is being built. No warning, no access to the road to bypass the contruction, just a sign saying cycle lane closed and a barrier across the footpath. It has lead to some interesting close passes this morning on the approach to the motorway.
Same here. I used to use the canal from Carton to Maynooth year-round rather than cycle that stretch, but it's impossible right now with the works. I tried the new traffic portal and reported one of the passes last week, I got a call today to ask me what I wanted to happen with the report. It caught me off guard, so I said I'll send you the footage, and you can decide what offense occurred. The guard agreed and said he'd deal with it and it would be the last I'd hear on it, giving me little confidence that much would happen.
Why would that be the last you ever heard of it? Sounds like closing the door for any future checking/following up by you.
Dumb process. Possibly worse than no process at all.
I used to give them flexibility on how to deal with it, but like you, I usually got the impression that was the lazy way out.
So now I tell them that I want to proceed to FCPN.
He f*ckin did it again this morning.
Following on from my attempt at reporting me getting knocked off my bike in Leixlip Garda Station, I reported it on the Garda website. That was two weeks ago and while I immediately received the automated response (with a TW number), I've heard nothing else from them. It's a farce 🤬
I had a Guard in Kilmainham onto me last week about a report from last November.
Similar situation, same station, similar time frame. I've had great success, the driver in question has been notified and a court date is pending
Was cycling up the hill out of Kilmacanogue, Calary Hill? And I looked down at my right leg and there was the bonnet of a car right there. I was only doing maybe 15kmh. And he was doing about the same but trying to squeeze past me against oncoming traffic. He ended up driving into me and I had to put a foot down on the kerb. I was already far enough to the left.
Ridiculous behaviour. He ended up stopping then and I was lucky enough not to go over his bonnet. He just waved sorry then and drove on. I wasn't aware enough to grab his reg. Few cars behind stopped to check I was fine. Which I was since I didn't go over.
Think it maybe time to invest in a camera. But not sure if I get a front or rear facing one as a start.
FYI...
That climb out of Kilmac past the quarry up to Sugarloaf is lethal and best avoided, I'd always go up the old long hill..
I hadn't even got to the turn off to go for the old long hill.
Yeap whole road is lethal with the bends, best to take primary position on the road so anyone coming around the corner in a vehicle sees what's ahead…
Alternatively take the N11 to Glenview and go up Red Lane. Take the first left at the top and it runs parallel to the road you were on. Really quiet and avoids that horrible road entirely
Had a pair of cyclists coming towards me two abreast in a two-way lane. Was expecting one to file in behind his partner right up to the last minute - most people do though I'd prefer they just use the lane as indicated in the first place - but he wound up forcing me to squeeze in between him and a big crowd of pedestrians on an adjoining walkway.
Less than a hand's breadth to spare, I was very fortunate noone stepped out in front of me.
Nobody forced you to do anything. You're responsible for your own actions on the road. Had there been an impact you, and you alone, would have been culpable
You don't think someone going the wrong way up a cycle lane is part of the picture no? I certainly won't be taking the risk in future anyway. a lot of irresponsible road users out there
Would you say the same to the other party involved in the impact?
can I ask: do you prefer to cycle two abreast by any chance. didn't mean to offend
'I certainly won't be taking the risk in future'. Enough said
to be sure, I concede your victory here. that being resolved, do you think the other lad going the wrong way in the lane is part of the picture. Obviously going forward I can't rely on other users necessarily doing the right thing so I have to pull off to the side, but in the situation I was in there was nowhere for me to go, the pedestrian laneway, where im not supposed to be anyway, was full. this is why I'm using the word forced
I find the most effective approach with oncoming (usually) cars or cyclists on my side of the road is to slow down on approach and eventually stop in front, without yielding position on my side, making it obvious that they're going to be one to hit in case of collision. It is effective in getting them to yield or stop, though it generally gets right up their nose too.
I had one oncoming BMW driver expecting me to push into the door zone so he could use my side of the road last week. He threw his hands up to heaven at the huge frustration of having to move over (the thing that he was expecting me to do for him).
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