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Those damn cyclists again!

Irishcrx

I'll probably get bashed by the fitness fanatics on here , but I have a serious pain my ass with cyclist entitlement when I'm driving to work in the morning. Twice in the last week I've been forced to swerve into an outer lane and nearly collide with another car because someone was cycling to far on the inside on the road , they ask all motorists to be aware of cyclists and that's fine, but cyclists also need to be aware of motorists and the danger they are causing in busy morning periods.

It's also grinds my gears that they slow down my trip into work by 5-10 minutes everyday by taking up the lanes , slowing down traffic , slowing down crossing lanes and they have free use of the roads while the rest of us have to pay for them.

Surely with the ammount of cyclists now they should be paying something to use the public roads even a flat fee of €30 a year or something. Don't even get me started on breaking red lights or cycling out in front of cars , I know there's laws taking action against this now but from what I see it hasn't really stopped it.

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Sir Arthur Daley

Red Nissan wrote: »

I think I could argue that one, you're not even a cyclist.

Link?

HurtLocker

ezra_pound wrote: »

What does Garth brooks have to do with this?

Presume he's showing how Dublin City Council can't plan very well.

ezra_pound

HurtLocker wrote: »

Presume he's showing how Dublin City Council can't plan very well.

Except that local government doesn't make road traffic law. That's for the oireachtas. The law that obliges bikes to stop at red lights is made by our national legislature- not planning and not local representatives.

dubscottie

I have asked questions about cyclists behaviour is several posts now..

Still waiting on answers.. All I have had in a ton of youtube clips and personal attacks or one word replies..

As the saying goes.. You can't buy cop on!

Red Nissan

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

Link?

I clicked, it does not work.

Are you Sean Kelly or the other fellow? Stephen :

Sir Arthur Daley

Red Nissan wrote: »

I clicked, it does not work.

Are you Sean Kelly or the other fellow? Stephen :

I was asking you to prove your post, alrighte then.

[Deleted User]

dubscottie wrote: »

I have asked questions about cyclists behaviour is several posts now..

Still waiting on answers.. All I have had in a ton of youtube clips and personal attacks or one word replies..

As the saying goes.. You can't buy cop on!

What are you rambling on about. I had a quick glance through your recent posts and can't find much in the way of real questions. You have made a number of wildly inaccurate statements but I'm not sure what questions your waiting to be answered.

Sir Arthur Daley

Red Nissan wrote: »

What? Prove MY post?

Link to what exactly?

Link?

I can properly find a link to your brother's death in Ovens, and yes he did hit my van, but I was NOT the one who killed him.

You make an accusation you got to back it up.

Red Nissan

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

You make an accusation you got to back it up.

What accusation, EXACTLY?

ezra_pound

dubscottie wrote: »

I have asked questions about cyclists behaviour is several posts now..

Still waiting on answers.. All I have had in a ton of youtube clips and personal attacks or one word replies..

As the saying goes.. You can't buy cop on!

Yea. What questions do you have? Are they rhetorical?

Sir Arthur Daley

Red Nissan wrote: »

What accusation, EXACTLY?

You said i drive a Lamborghini.

Red Nissan

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

You said i drive a Lamborghini.

So it wasn't your brother I killed?

Sir Arthur Daley

Red Nissan wrote: »

So it wasn't your brother I killed?

You killed my brother? link.

Red Nissan

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

You said i drive a Lamborghini.

Where is the clutch on a Ferrari\;

Red Nissan

Sir Arthur Daley wrote: »

You killed my brother? link.

Welcome to ignore.

Sir Arthur Daley

Red Nissan wrote: »

Welcome to ignore.

Sound.

Red Nissan

I drive with MY attention, it's a crying shame that women are lamenting their deceased four year olds by car traffic and blaming the council for not putting in speed bumps.

When these same individuals use excess velocity having UNLOADED their brood and then use even increased velocity and nearly plough under her neighbours' children in the process.

As the intelligent can see I've used secret words so the unclean can see but not read.

dubscottie

ezra_pound wrote: »

Yea. What questions do you have? Are they rhetorical?

You ask a question you expect an answer.. All I have had is bull**** from cyclists, Smart arsed comments or the usual "we are so holy and clean even **** does not stick" comments.

Not once have any of you answered a question.. Says a lot about the intelligence of cyclists doesn't it.. This responses on this thread is reason enough for cyclists to be made to sit a test and have some sort of ID on the bike or themselves.

You can not have a debate with out resorting to childish remarks..

You all remind my of the stereotypical goofy, thick football players from 80's American movies, the way you all thank each others posts when one makes a smart comment..

dubscottie

http://www.break.com/video/clueless-biker-nearly-gets-killed-by-motorcycle-2665956

Canis Lupus

dubscottie wrote: »

http://www.break.com/video/clueless-biker-nearly-gets-killed-by-motorcycle-2665956

Why just pick on cyclists constantly?

sdanseo

carlmango11 wrote: »

And the reason they don't pay tax is because bikes do practically 0 damage to roads. If everyone cycled the road maintenance bill would plummet.

If you actually believe the rate of car tax (pre-2008 or otherwise) is based on the amount it costs to maintain the roads you're terribly naive.

It's about how much can be extracted from the motorist while keeping the motor industry afloat.

Every new road should by law be required to include a two-way cycle lane segregated from the vehicle carriageway and where a cycle lane exists (even if it's in rag order, unless it's so bad that it's unsafe) there should be very large fines for cyclists who refuse to use them.

Jawgap

dubscottie wrote: »

Yeah right.. Traffic being able to go 100kph on Irelands longest carpark :rolleyes:

You do know that filtering through traffic by motorbikes is not illegal in Ireland right?

And that the Garda turn a blind eye to motorbikes using bus lanes? (It is unofficial policy according to a traffic cop I was speaking to..as long as you don't act the maggot)

Have had Garda cars/bikes behind me on a daily basis in the bus lane of the N11. Never pulled once in 9 years.

Talk about a double standard.........:D

Cyclists get slagged off - rightly - for ignoring the law, but it's ok for motorcyclists to ignore the same laws???

And the M1 isn't a car park 24/7 - I travel in early morning and I'm not talking about a motorcyclist filtering through stalled or slow moving traffic, but ones who zip between vehicles moving at motorway speeds.

Jawgap

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Why just pick on cyclists constantly?

I presume the speedo is reading km/hr........not that it makes a whole of difference.

Canis Lupus

Jawgap wrote: »

I presume the speedo is reading km/hr........not that it makes a whole of difference.

Yup km but the speedo tops at 299 when clearly at points it accelerates past that.

Tarzana

sdeire wrote: »

Every new road should by law be required to include a two-way cycle lane segregated from the vehicle carriageway and where a cycle lane exists (even if it's in rag order, unless it's so bad that it's unsafe) there should be very large fines for cyclists who refuse to use them.

And I imagine they would use them. I love the few two-way cycle lanes that there are in Dublin city centre, complete with their own traffic lights. The highlighted bit is just assumptive aggression towards cyclists.

[Deleted User]

dubscottie wrote: »

You ask a question you expect an answer.. All I have had is bull**** from cyclists, Smart arsed comments or the usual "we are so holy and clean even **** does not stick" comments.

Not once have any of you answered a question.. Says a lot about the intelligence of cyclists doesn't it.. This responses on this thread is reason enough for cyclists to be made to sit a test and have some sort of ID on the bike or themselves.

You can not have a debate with out resorting to childish remarks..

You all remind my of the stereotypical goofy, thick football players from 80's American movies, the way you all thank each others posts when one makes a smart comment..

What a post

This thread now resembles a looney tunes cartoon for the sheer absurdity it is reaching.

Anyway I'm not going to bother arguing I asked you what questions you asked and instead of answering that question you make some bizarre reference to 80's American football movies. Why that sport, why that time period ill never know.

The best part is despite rants like yours an aim of the irish goverment and the eu is to drive down car usage and increase other modes of transport. A large part of that will involve making roads and cities safer for bikes and pedestrians and to try and discourage private car usage. This will be done in many ways including increasing the cost of car usage, using speed restrictions in cities etc.
The benefits derived from such an aim are too numerous to bother trying to list them all but include health as well as social benefits.

So do enjoy your illinformed rants, but for me
That's all folks!

Jawgap

Canis Lupus wrote: »

Yup km but the speedo tops at 299 when clearly at points it accelerates past that.

It's the 250 km/hr undertake on the hard shoulder I find the most "impressive"

magicbastarder

sure i once hit 280km/h coming down knockmaroon hill on my bicycle.

sdanseo

Tarzana wrote: »

The highlighted bit is just assumptive aggression towards cyclists.

I have a non-assumptive, totally intact and justified problem with cyclists who use the road in a manner that needlessly disrupts others. Same as I have a contempt for other road users who do the same

If a road user can do his or her level best not to get in other people's way unreasonably, then happy days.

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looking_around wrote: »

Most cyclist are not oblivious to do that.
I'd wonder if there was a reason he felt the need to weave?

I often get off the bike and cross via foot path when comes to round abouts myself. (because I once had some idiot overtake me on a roundabout, then slam the breaks right in front of me. Literally right infront of me. Driver on the left lane was as shocked as I. And luckily had been further back, as I ended up swerving out to the left.)

You do know though, there are easily more drivers who don't know how to use a roundabout correctly than cyclists?
I'm sure you can think of many incidents where there's an idiot driver, not indicating/being on the wrong lane etc.

I assure you in this particular case, he just seemed to be dodging traffic. A lot of Cyclists just seem to think they're exempt from the rules and then when they get hurt of course it's someone else's fault because they're only on a bike. That guy yesterday was behind me, weaved in and cut in infront of me, and had I given him a smack of the car you can bet I'd have been the one up **** creek with no paddle. No helmet on him either!!!

I don't know, it takes a strange sort of person to go out and play Russian roulette with their lives.

You'd wonder sometimes if they're trying to get knocked down.

And there's a special place in hell for the assholes who cycle on pedestrian paths.