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Cycling Etiquette

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    #32
    LLMMLL
    Registered Users Posts: 4,590 ✭✭✭LLMMLL


    This thread has actually been very helpful. I didn't know I could cycle in the centre of the lane just as a car would. To clarify, it was pretty soon after getting onto Patrick St. (couldnt tell you what it is in metres) that I moved into the right-most lane. I then stayed fully in that lane to the left side of it. On the one hand I acknowledge its a bit of a way down to the junction but on the other its only about 10-20 seconds in actual time.

    I didn't signal intent to turn right as I thought that would be for closer to when I was actually going to turn right, as in approaching the junction. I see now that it would have been helpful to signal intent earlier.

    I still don't feel comfortable signalling right and moving into a lane with fast cars behind me. This was confirmed last night when I was cycling down Pearse st. out of the city centre, just after passing the bridge at the Grand Canal area. I looked behind me, there was one car very far back. I signalled that I was moving right, even though I felt the car was so far behind it didn't even matter, started to move to the right when next thing I hear a big whoosh behind me and the car is up my ass. I just don't feel safe in these circumstances.


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    #33
    seamus
    Registered Users Posts: 68,317 ✭✭✭✭seamus


    Getting into the right-hand lane at the "top" of Patrick Street is probably a bit soon. It's a fast downhill road, but still long enough that cars will get annoyed and go to undertake, potentially causing issues. I would probably stick to the left-hand lane until you get to the park, and then start looking at moving into the right-hand lane.
    Spotting gaps and taking them in moving traffic is part learned skill, part confidence. There's no shame in pulling into the left and stopping while you wait for a gap to appear, if nothing safe has presented itself.


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    #34
    mackeminexile
    Registered Users Posts: 345 ✭✭mackeminexile


    Either way, the cyclist is part of the traffic. He was turning right and was in the correct lane. Personally I would have taken the lane to ensure that I wasn't squeezed out.


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    #35
    Roadhawk
    Registered Users Posts: 935 ✭✭✭Roadhawk


    Top 50 things not too do when cycling:

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m6V_ZxNiSzU


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