Near misses - mod warning 22/04 - see OP/post 822

josip wrote: »

Would it have been a case of 'pulling out in front of a bus'?
The cyclist in front has done a life saver beforehand, would appear to have decided that the bus didn't pose a risk and given enough room to avoid the opening door.

I wasn't there so I'm only going by what I can see in the footage.

Can you see the bus mirror in the top right corner of the video appear before the cyclist has passed the car?

papu wrote: »

That's what I thought, he could definitely see me, he passed both of us on the hill going down Parnell square sure. When I stopped and asked him what he was doing he told me to "go take a tablet" I said first of all its illegal to park like on the foothpath , and second its extremely dangerous to open the door like that.

The bus was coming along side, I really did not expect him to open the door like that when he kept it only slightly open for the first cyclist.



The first guy looked behind him about 4seconds into the clip, before the taxi had even pulled onto the curb. The bus was a bit back at this point, but coming up to us at speed, it also passed quite close, the camera I have is a 170 Degree Wide Angle Lens things happening at either side appear in the video further than the actually were at the time.

Why don't you post the follow-up conversation?

coming down Leeson st this morning outside the Sugar club a French registered campervan overtook me then cut right across my path. i'd to jump on the brakes to avoid being clipped.

as he accelerated ahead i saw he had 2 bikes mounted on the back of the camper. i hope irish drivers are far more courteous to him than he was to me.

have logged this on the collision / near miss tracker, that section of roadway is horrible for cyclists.

Danbo! wrote: »

Warning. A rambling rant.

I've found maybe since January that my commute is just getting more stressful. Maybe its just me, maybe an increase in traffic, but things seem more tense. I've been cycling almost the same route for 13 odd years and just by looking at my own posts in this thread, including getting hit by a van driven by an imbecile, I can see things are worse. I left the house this morning and realised I was already preemptively stressed, when a neighbour gave me a big cheery hello and I thought, screw this, I'm going to enjoy my cycle again. I'll just ignore all the **** I see and just do my best to get to work. It didn't last long.

I've always been tempted to say something to an RLJ, but don't want get all CycleDub on it so easier to leave it, and let idiots be idiots.

This morning though, of all mornings with my attempted positivity, I was tapped on the shoulder while waiting at a light and as I turn around, a guy on bike is pushing his way past me. I made the mistake of saying "ah come on man, it's a red light" to which he replied a long list of expletives while cycling into the junction. Caught up to him, proving it didn't save home much time, and got a tirade of abuse as I passed, all the way from Patrick's cathedral to Christchurch. I (again, stupidly) said there's no need to be so aggressive, and he then invited me to fight him. He actually pulled onto the path and got off his bike. He was about 35 for Christs sake.

I dunno. I give up.

The commute for me is meh, in that the traffic is so clogged (Castleknock to Merrion Square), that there's rarely an opportunity for real danger to occur in terms of close passing - at least that can't be addressed by some defensive cycling and anticipation. I've learned my pinch spots and how to deal with impatient drivers. I;ve pretty much learned to ignore a$$hats.

In saying that, overtaking and cutting left is still common with drivers that, given a bit of road, are pent up and decide to gun it. The trip home along the Guinness brewery and park gate street similarly is not my most favourite stretch.

It's the open road on Sunday spins that's starting to concern me - in group of 6 or 8 which typical for me on a Sunday spin, there's crazy overtaking no matter what road your're on. Its definitely seems to be getting worse.

On my own, I feel increasingly more vulnerable, even with a rear strobe to warn oncoming cars behind me, it seems to have little difference - the road from Ratoath to the old N3 at Pace was crazy last Sunday. To the extend that I cycled mid-lane at one point to prevent further crazy overtakes - not ideal on a busy road, and although it's an 80 kph limit, cars regularly pass at 100 kph plus, a lot higher in some cases. I've seen cars nearly lose control overtaking at these speeds, or not anticipating a car pulling out from a side road in front of them.

Some really irresponsible and inconsiderate overtaking on that road last -
- a lot of whom were of these heading to the market oat Fairyhouse or else probably to Blanch to do a bit of shopping.

mr spuckler wrote: »

coming down Leeson st this morning outside the Sugar club a French registered campervan overtook me then cut right across my path. i'd to jump on the brakes to avoid being clipped.

as he accelerated ahead i saw he had 2 bikes mounted on the back of the camper. i hope irish drivers are far more courteous to him than he was to me.

have logged this on the collision / near miss tracker, that section of roadway is horrible for cyclists.

That's is due to the lanes narrowing at that point. It is a terrible section. Should fight for better lane painting as they don't know or care what lane they are in there.

I got hit this morning. Or rather had a collision. Traffic was at a standstill but I had a green light so I kept going. Car was turning right and no matter how hard I braked I couldn't stop. Hit him side on. Arm went through the window. Helmet dented his door and I took a few knocks.

He tried to drive away and refused to give me his details so I called the gardai. They arrived and were very helpful. They called an ambulance for me as I had a nasty gash on my arm. And they kept my (now mangled) bike.

Needed X-ray to rule out neck injury and to rule out a fractured arm. Came back clear so just needed some stitches. But I'm in agony now that the adrenaline has worn off. Every part of me aches.

I'm so lucky that I was wearing a helmet. I'm marked on my head but it's okay, but I wouldn't like to think what would happen if I had no helmet on.

sullivlo wrote: »

I got hit this morning. Or rather had a collision. Traffic was at a standstill but I had a green light so I kept going. Car was turning right and no matter how hard I braked I couldn't stop. Hit him side on. Arm went through the window. Helmet dented his door and I took a few knocks.

He tried to drive away and refused to give me his details so I called the gardai. They arrived and were very helpful. They called an ambulance for me as I had a nasty gash on my arm. And they kept my (now mangled) bike.

Needed X-ray to rule out neck injury and to rule out a fractured arm. Came back clear so just needed some stitches. But I'm in agony now that the adrenaline has worn off. Every part of me aches.

I'm so lucky that I was wearing a helmet. I'm marked on my head but it's okay, but I wouldn't like to think what would happen if I had no helmet on.

jesus, where did this happen?

leaving the scene of an incident and refusing to provide details are offences afaik.

edit...did he admit liability?

mr spuckler wrote: »

jesus, where did this happen?

leaving the scene of an incident and refusing to provide details are offences afaik.

edit...did he admit liability?

Nope. He said I was in the wrong. I had a green light but the traffic was stopped because of traffic so he went and didn't see me. He blamed me.

The gardai took all the details anyway and I'll ring them tomorrow to get them from them.

Happened on gardiner street.

Oh and a girl saw the whole thing and gave me her number as a witness, she couldn't stay but the gardai took her details.

sullivlo wrote: »

Nope. He said I was in the wrong. I had a green light but the traffic was stopped because of traffic so he went and didn't see me. He blamed me.

The gardai took all the details anyway and I'll ring them tomorrow to get them from them.

Happened on gardiner street.

Oh and a girl saw the whole thing and gave me her number as a witness, she couldn't stay but the gardai took her details.

It's bad enough for him to try drive off and leave you injured but then to blame it on you....boils my blood. Make sure charges are brought against him, and get well soon.