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Cyclist down Carrigtwohill

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  • 20-07-2018 11:02am
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    timmyjimmy
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    Saw a cyclist down yesterday evening bypassing Carrigtwohill. Was talking to the other half on phone (handsfree), herself could tell by my tone that I got a real chill in seeing what I saw. Cyclist was about 10-15m away from bike lying on the ground. There were plenty of people around so I decided not to stop. Cyclist was responding by the looks of it.
    I'm really not sure why the cyclist was on a dual carriageway with 120km/hr speed limit when there's a perfectly fine regional road running almost in parallel with it.


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    Carli
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    Terrible news. I hope the cyclist is not too badly injured. I assume he/she was cycling in the hard shoulder. While some cyclists might not be comfortable doing this on a dual carriage-way it is allowed. In fact the rules of the road say that the hard shoulder is mainly for pedestrians and cyclists. On a motorway the hard shoulder can only be used for stopping in an emergency and, of course, cyclists are not allowed on motorways anyway.


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    Del2005
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    Carli wrote: »
    Terrible news. I hope the cyclist is not too badly injured. I assume he/she was cycling in the hard shoulder. While some cyclists might not be comfortable doing this on a dual carriage-way it is allowed. In fact the rules of the road say that the hard shoulder is mainly for pedestrians and cyclists. On a motorway the hard shoulder can only be used for stopping in an emergency and, of course, cyclists are not allowed on motorways anyway.

    No offence but the hard shoulder of a 120km/h road should not be used by anyone, regardless of the legality of it.


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    P_1
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    Wouldn't the surface be smoother on a DC? They're quite popular in the UK for TTs


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    average_runner
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    P_1 wrote: »
    Wouldn't the surface be smoother on a DC? They're quite popular in the UK for TTs

    With cars going at 120km/h, I don't think I want to be a lane on my bike.


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    selwyn froggitt
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    I really don’t like that road tbh,used to ride it all the time but it’s seldom I venture on to it now,I just hate to be cycling on a road where traffic is moving at often over 120 km/hr,and I’ve seen first hand cars that drift into the hard shoulder....the back road from Midleton through Ballintubber to Fota and then Glounthane to Glanmire is the safer option IMO.


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    P_1
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    average_runner wrote: »
    With cars going at 120km/h, I don't think I want to be a lane on my bike.

    Me neither


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