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

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  • #52
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    As terrifying as it was, the same as when your in a car, you have to be ready for others to be complete idiots. Schoolkids step out all the time in front of me. Only advise is to slow down when passing pedestrians and where possible, move out further into the road. Also have your shouty voice ready to waken them up.


  • #53
    skallywag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭skallywag


    True, I am quite vigilant as it is but this episode thought me to lay off the gas a bit.

    That said, if it had been an electric car coming at 60 kph (and there are more and more of them around where I live) there is no way they would have heard it either I would say.

    I had tried talking to them after the incident (in a 'jesus ye need to be more careful' way and not cursing them out of it) but the just did not even bat an eyelid and just headed on, I do not think they even comprehended that they did anything wrong. I actually toyed with the idea briefly of following them (assuming they were heading home) and speaking to their parents, but it quickly dawned on me that I was very likely going to be the bad guy in all of this in any case, so just got my breath back and headed on my way.


  • #54
    magicbastarder
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    skallywag wrote: »
    That said, if it had been an electric car coming at 60 kph (and there are more and more of them around where I live) there is no way they would have heard it either I would say.
    i suspect at 60km/h, the tyre noise would be louder than a petrold/diesel car engine?


  • #55
    skallywag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭skallywag


    magicbastarder wrote: »
    i suspect at 60km/h, the tyre noise would be louder than a petrold/diesel car engine?

    True I suppose. I find with the eCars though it depends a lot on the on the wind direction too, if you have a reasonable wind blowing into your face as you walk along you can be quite surprised when they whoosh by from behind you.


  • #56
    Unknown Soldier
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    Near Misses Volume 2 (So close you can feel it)

    Could just be me, but I don't think the "Funeh" in the thread title is appropriate.


  • #57
    [Deleted User]
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    skallywag wrote: »
    True I suppose. I find with the eCars though it depends a lot on the on the wind direction too, if you have a reasonable wind blowing into your face as you walk along you can be quite surprised when they whoosh by from behind you.

    I've had that a few times both on the bike and walking with traffic on the path. During the summer a fella beeped me and waved to apologise as it was obvious I got startled by his sudden stealth appearance behind me while waiting for a green :D


  • #58
    skallywag
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,008 ✭✭✭skallywag


    Unknown Soldier wrote: »
    Near Misses Volume 2 (So close you can feel it)

    Could just be me, but I don't think the "Funeh" in the thread title is appropriate.

    What would you rather it be replaced with?


  • #59
    AndrewJRenko
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,451 ✭✭✭✭AndrewJRenko


    Check out how the driver emerging from the side road waits for the cyclist up front in hi-vis to get nice and close before pulling out

    https://streamable.com/8ktka


  • #60
    Strobing
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    I find Amiens Street, (the side where The Brew Dock pub is) very bad for close passes and left hooks. Namely taxis as it's a hot spot for fares. I was on my way home this evening and was close passed by a taxi and then shortly after left hooked into the kerb so he could pick up a passenger.

    Window came down after I knocked his window and I politely asked if he saw me, to which he said he did and proceeded to shout at me to just "go around". I was boxed in at this point and had to literally lift over onto the kerb. I asked if he had ever ridden a bike before(to which he said he did), to simply just "go around" would require me to make a fast and dangerous maneuver into another lane so I had no choice but to slam on the brakes and hope he didn't squash me into the kerb.

    What annoys me more is the sheer ignorance and aggressiveness some taxi drivers exhibit on the roads to other users.


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  • #61
    CramCycle
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    Check out how the driver emerging from the side road waits for the cyclist up front in hi-vis to get nice and close before pulling out

    https://streamable.com/8ktka

    Its nowt to do with the cyclist, they simply do not see them. They are waiting for the other car too pass, it would not matter where the cyclist was, they would have pulled out if the cyclist was right in front of them, don't give them the credit of it being intentional, they are not that observant.

    Stuff like this should be one point away from losing a license and a hefty fine.


  • #62
    [Deleted User]
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    If there had been contact he'd have blamed the cyclist for running into him I bet :rolleyes:


  • #63
    Seth Brundle
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    Strobing wrote: »
    What annoys me more is the sheer ignorance and aggressiveness some taxi drivers exhibit on the roads to other users.
    You're obviously in the wrong because they're "professional" drivers!


  • #64
    5uspect
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    I didn't notice the new thread. /waves

    I had a punishment pass coming up through Lucan village on Monday evening. Unfortunately my GoPro battery had died.


  • #65
    secman
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    Had a close call last night coming down the Tallaght bypass , just through the junction of the road that goes to Lucan, a Suv coming on to the Tallaght bypass on my left, they have a turning lane before they can safely come out on to the Bypass, I had front and back lights, fluorescent yellow strips on jacket and leggings , he decided to move out and would have wiped me out, saw me at the last second and violently swerved back in , when he eventually came out behind me and along side me , just behaved as if Nothing had happened, no apologist hand up to acknowledge he was in the wrong ...,NADA.
    :(


  • #66
    droidus
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    9:15 AM this morning, Church st heading south approaching north king st

    There’s two lanes there, but nearly half of the left hand lane is taken up by a cycle lane. Car appeared beside me with about 3 inches between my handlebars and her mirror. She then squeezed past me, swerving left as she did so and nearly forcing me off the road. I had to brake and swerve to avoid her car. I stopped beside her about 100m down the road and asked her why she had tried to drive me off the road and it was clear that she wasn’t even aware of what she had done.

    Gonna report this one I think.


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  • #67
    crosstownk
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    secman wrote: »
    Had a close call last night coming down the Tallaght bypass , just through the junction of the road that goes to Lucan, a Suv coming on to the Tallaght bypass on my left, they have a turning lane before they can safely come out on to the Bypass, I had front and back lights, fluorescent yellow strips on jacket and leggings , he decided to move out and would have wiped me out, saw me at the last second and violently swerved back in , when he eventually came out behind me and along side me , just behaved as if Nothing had happened, no apologist hand up to acknowledge he was in the wrong ...,NADA.
    :(

    I've had a fair few close calls at that exact location - even one with a Garda motorbike!
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  • #68
    crisco10
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    droidus wrote: »
    9:15 AM this morning, Church st heading south approaching north king st

    There’s two lanes there, but nearly half of the left hand lane is taken up by a cycle lane. Car appeared beside me with about 3 inches between my handlebars and her mirror. She then squeezed past me, swerving left as she did so and nearly forcing me off the road. I had to brake and swerve to avoid her car. I stopped beside her about 100m down the road and asked her why she had tried to drive me off the road and it was clear that she wasn’t even aware of what she had done.

    Gonna report this one I think.

    The road layout in that part of the world just promotes conflict. The same happens northbound on Constitution Hill.


  • #69
    droidus
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    crisco10 wrote: »
    The road layout in that part of the world just promotes conflict. The same happens northbound on Constitution Hill.

    Stopped going that way because of close passes on the bend + congestion. First time Ive been caught the other way.


  • #70
    Breezer
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    droidus wrote: »
    9:15 AM this morning, Church st heading south approaching north king st

    There’s two lanes there, but nearly half of the left hand lane is taken up by a cycle lane. Car appeared beside me with about 3 inches between my handlebars and her mirror. She then squeezed past me, swerving left as she did so and nearly forcing me off the road. I had to brake and swerve to avoid her car. I stopped beside her about 100m down the road and asked her why she had tried to drive me off the road and it was clear that she wasn’t even aware of what she had done.

    Gonna report this one I think.
    I hate that section of road. I move out of the cycle lane into the "general traffic" part of the lane, from just past Broadstone, where 'SLOW' is written on the road. I use a dramatic hand signal to do so.

    Northbound I do the same thing where those potholes are in the cycle lane going up the hill approaching Broadstone.


  • #71
    droidus
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    Yeah, Im usually well out on the road there to deter drivers from cutting across to take the filter onto North King Street, but I was well to the left hand side of the cycle lane and its very wide, and she just pushed me aside. Makes me wonder if she would have just driven into me if Id taken the lane.


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  • #72
    Dr_Colossus
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    Yet another car that sailed through the first roundabout at the Castleknock Gate end of Chesterfield Avenue this morning without yielding or even slowing. He’d have taken me out of it despite a strong front light and the much fabled high vis if I hadn’t stopped and roared at him. He slowed down after existing the roundabout to utter what I can only hope was an apology but never caught his words. Have the registration so might call traffic watch later to report as find it the most dangerous section of my commute which includes the full length of the quays morning and evening. They have cones circling the roundabout at present due to works but most brain dead morning commuters ignore its status and just veer around it.


  • #73
    Seth Brundle
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    ***not me - I saw this on twitter just now...

    https://twitter.com/CitizenW0lf/status/1202287867206213639


  • #74
    De Bhál
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    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    ***not me - I saw this on twitter just now...

    https://twitter.com/CitizenW0lf/status/1202287867206213639

    that's a close one alright.
    Even if the truck driver was turning right, that cyclist was too close to it.

    awful junction and bridge to go through on a bike, which I did for about 5 years myself.


  • #75
    crisco10
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    De Bhál wrote: »
    that's a close one alright.
    Even if the truck driver was turning right, that cyclist was too close to it.

    awful junction and bridge to go through on a bike, which I did for about 5 years myself.

    That video also demonstrates the shocking cycle lane infrastructure in this country perfectly. Cycling along merrily in a dedicated cycle lane, than suddenly on the footpath (with no "painted" lane even) then dumped back out onto the road at a roundabout. It is mind blowingly bonkers, with that sort of setup is it any surprise that there is a conflict culture between cyclists and everyone else.


  • #76
    hesker
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    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    ***not me - I saw this on twitter just now...

    https://twitter.com/CitizenW0lf/status/1202287867206213639

    I don’t know this junction at all but it seems to me that cyclist would have been better off staying behind the truck and taking a central lane position in that right hand lane. Why does he choose to filter up the left to pass out a truck supposedly going in the same direction as him.


  • #77
    CramCycle
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    hesker wrote: »
    I don’t know this junction at all but it seems to me that cyclist would have been better off staying behind the truck and taking a central lane position in that right hand lane. Why does he choose to filter up the left to pass out a truck supposedly going in the same direction as him.

    I'd agree with you, stupid maneuver. HGV driver is a dangerous pr1ck. The way the cyclist went round him though, Jesus wept at the stupidity.


  • #78
    Duckjob
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    hesker wrote: »
    I don’t know this junction at all but it seems to me that cyclist would have been better off staying behind the truck and taking a central lane position in that right hand lane. Why does he choose to filter up the left to pass out a truck supposedly going in the same direction as him.

    Agree. With a big yoke like that I prefer to be behind it not have to make assumptions on which way its going to turn. Much less stressful that way.


  • #79
    Thargor
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    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    ***not me - I saw this on twitter just now...

    https://twitter.com/CitizenW0lf/status/1202287867206213639

    That dog is loving that cargo bike :D


  • #80
    [Deleted User]
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    He should set up a strava for him, he's in nearly every video he posts and if he's not in the cargo he's running loose along the canal.


  • #81
    Ferris
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    Thargor wrote: »
    That dog is loving that cargo bike :D

    He lets him out for a run beside the bike at the Alfie Byrne rd. nothin’ like a happy dog 😀


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  • #82
    eclipsechaser
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    AndrewJRenko wrote: »
    From the old thread.



    Speaking of that petrol station, I needed to change my pants after this one. I was focused on the guy nosing out of the next exit of the petrol station, so I missed the gap in the line of traffic until this lady landed in front of me. Audio cut out to protect the innocent.

    https://streamable.com/vvlfn

    Probably the closest I've come to a wipe-out is just where your video begins. I was going along the cycle-path but a car swung in front from the opposite lane into their drive-way (same move as in your video except executed fully). Full brakes stopped me centimetres from their side-door. If I'd been half a second further up the road, it would have been nasty.

    Like you, I couldn't see the gap because the car leaving the gap and blocking the view was a large SUV. The lack of clear view didn't stop the car swinging blindly across the road of course. I'm willing to give the SUV partial credit for leaving the gap and allowing the ridiculous manoeuvre in the first place.


  • #83
    blackwhite
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    Thargor wrote: »
    That dog is loving that cargo bike :D

    Meet him coming the opposite way 2/3 times a week. One hell of a well-trained dog!


  • #84
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    eclipsechaser wrote: »

    Like you, I couldn't see the gap because the car leaving the gap and blocking the view was a large SUV. The lack of clear view didn't stop the car swinging blindly across the road of course. I'm willing to give the SUV partial credit for leaving the gap and allowing the ridiculous manoeuvre in the first place.
    I leave gaps all the time but **** me I use my rear view mirror and keep an eye out. I seriously wonder what training drivers get nowadays at all.
    blackwhite wrote: »
    Meet him coming the opposite way 2/3 times a week. One hell of a well-trained dog!
    I meet him a few times a week, lovely dog (owner is grand :pac: )


  • #85
    Kander
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    This mornings fun: https://streamable.com/zczps


    If anyone is asking why it looks like i stopped in the lane, it's an up hill road and i braked initially. I had a foot on the ground


  • #86
    Alanstrainor
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    Kander wrote: »
    This mornings fun: https://streamable.com/zczps


    If anyone is asking why it looks like i stopped in the lane, it's an up hill road and i braked initially. I had a foot on the ground

    Wtf? That is pure mental. Unacceptable driving. I'd have stopped out of shock too.


  • #87
    Utter Consternation
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    Kander wrote: »
    This mornings fun: https://streamable.com/zczps


    If anyone is asking why it looks like i stopped in the lane, it's an up hill road and i braked initially. I had a foot on the ground

    What the hell were they doing?


  • #88
    Stark
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    Jumping the queue obviously.


  • #89
    Seth Brundle
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    Utter Consternation wrote: »
    What the hell were they doing?
    Presumably wanting to take the left off the roundabout but are obviously impatient gits!


  • #90
    Utter Consternation
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    Stark wrote: »
    Jumping the queue obviously.
    Seth Brundle wrote: »
    Presumably wanting to take the left off the roundabout but are obviously impatient gits!

    Yes, but what the hell were they doing???? :D

    Fcuking arseholes. Ridiculous move.


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  • #91
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    The devil on my shoulder would have loved for that to have been a van or something meeting him so he couldn't get by and refusing to budge for him :D


  • #92
    Kander
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    They we skipping the queue to turn down the road I just came from. It's not a normal rat run either as he/she would have past a better road to turn left at just a few hundred meters back.

    I'm not even shocked at these anymore. It more more a case of "Great! another idiot in a car trying to kill me when I'm just trying to get to work. I wonder how long on till the next idiot."

    I was not disappointed, the next idiot trying to kill someone was only 10 minutes later. I'll upload that clip in a while.


  • #93
    Prospector1989
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    Utter Consternation wrote: »
    Yes, but what the hell were they doing???? :D

    Fcuking arseholes. Ridiculous move.

    Regular occurrence here also.

    Drive here most days and the amount of times I've nearly seen a cyclist coming up the inside almost getting wiped out by a moron doing the above.


  • #94
    AndrewJRenko
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    Kander wrote: »
    This mornings fun: https://streamable.com/zczps


    If anyone is asking why it looks like i stopped in the lane, it's an up hill road and i braked initially. I had a foot on the ground

    When I come across an oncoming driver on my side of the road, usually because they've decided to overtake a parked car regardless of the cyclist coming at them, I usually try to stop in my position, so it is absolutely clear to them that I'm not moving. Let a stand off build up for 15-30 seconds until the driver works out that their 'short cut' has cost them more time than being a little patient.


  • #95
    Stark
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    The one time I made a report to Traffic watch/garda statement was after witnessing a taxi driver doing a similar thing. Except when he got to the top of the queue he was overtaking, he was left facing a red light on the wrong side of the road. So he ended up barging through the red light, narrowly missing some pedestrians that were crossing and forcing a couple of cars who were passing through the junction at the time to make evasive manoeuvres.


  • #96
    Kander
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    Kander wrote: »
    This mornings fun: https://streamable.com/zczps

    This second clip was five minutes after the one above. The truck ran the yellow by about 2 seconds, which was to be expected. As the truck was going slow the pedestrian light was green by the time it passed through. As I was pushing off que the idiot in the car behind running the red.

    https://streamable.com/pkfvu


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  • #97
    Alanstrainor
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    Kander wrote: »
    This second clip was five minutes after the one above. The truck ran the yellow by about 2 seconds, which was to be expected. As the truck was going slow the pedestrian light was green by the time it passed through. As I was pushing off que the idiot in the car behind running the red.

    https://streamable.com/pkfvu

    Red lights are the new amber, didn't you get the memo?


  • #98
    Duckjob
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    Deleted User wrote: »
    The devil on my shoulder would have loved for that to have been a van or something meeting him so he couldn't get by and refusing to budge for him :D

    My shoulder devil must be more of a cnut than yours - Mine was hoping for him to meet a nice sturdy truck that would crumple his bonnet and engine in for him.


  • #99
    Dr_Colossus
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    Not a near miss or my story but told of this feature on Joe Duffy yesterday:
    https://www.boards.ie/vbulletin/showthread.php?t=2058033834&page=7
    Cyclist assaulted for the second time by feral kids throwing rocks at cyclists by Cappagh Hospital in Finglas. Apparently it's a well known no-go area for cyclists with stone being flung from nearly halting sites and guard taking a blind eye under the guise of lack of resources. Jees, it’s bad enough on the bike with lunatic drivers besides being set up by armed scumbags, needs to be a serious overhaul of the judicial system and a real hard line response taken on repeat offenders.


  • #100
    What Username Guidelines
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    Kander wrote: »
    This second clip was five minutes after the one above. The truck ran the yellow by about 2 seconds, which was to be expected. As the truck was going slow the pedestrian light was green by the time it passed through. As I was pushing off que the idiot in the car behind running the red.

    https://streamable.com/pkfvu

    I've a crossing like this near my house where you can guarantee one or two cars will break the very stale red. No idea why, theres a long lead-up to it but it's without fail, every single time. Its nice trying to teach a 4 year old to wait for the green man, but then also wait for cnuts to stop as well.

    I've been very tempted to push my bike out in front of one of these due to downright frustration to teach them a lesson, but then I'd have no bike. They'll catch me on a bad day.


  • #101
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,167 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I was driving yesterday, stopped at a red light, it was amber on approach and red when I got there. 6 cars ran it, all of whom arrived after me. Nobody ****ign cares anymore..


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