Got stopped again by AGS

tuxy

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I know theres a massive problem in howth with cyclists descending the hill in excess of 60km/h nearly missing cars

Nearly missing sounds serious! Are many people killed per year on this hill?

Eric Cartman

tuxy wrote: »

Nearly missing sounds serious! Are many people killed per year on this hill?

doesn't seem so at the moment but theres a lot of howth residents sick of the dangerous cycling that takes place every weekend there.

tuxy

Ah I can understand it. It is a problem and I know it has been going on for years. I imagine the Strava KOM is highly coveted so they are probably trying to get back to the bottom ASAP to give it another go.

Eric Cartman

tuxy wrote: »

Ah I can understand it. It is a problem and I know it has been going on for years. I imagine the Strava KOM is highly coveted so they are probably trying to get back to the bottom ASAP to give it another go.

I have no idea what that is, but if it means that a**holes in lycra are putting people in danger for no good reason then yes, that is whats happening.

AndrewJRenko

Eric Cartman wrote: »

I have no idea what that is, but if it means that a**holes in lycra are putting people in danger for no good reason then yes, that is whats happening.

How exactly are they putting people in danger? Cyclists don't generally endanger people in cars. So are we talking about pedestrians crossing the road?

tuxy

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

How exactly are they putting people in danger? Cyclists don't generally endanger people in cars. So are we talking about pedestrians crossing the road?

People tend to have more issue with lyrca than the behaviour. Let's not get into that discussion. I cycle and I drive. I know nice people that do too and I also know assholes.

Eric Cartman

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

How exactly are they putting people in danger? Cyclists don't generally endanger people in cars. So are we talking about pedestrians crossing the road?

people turning a corner and a bike whizzing by at 70km/h would cause them to jam on, increasing the risk of somebody crashing into the back of them, or the inevitable of somebody slowly backing out of their driveway and having a bike and rider plow into the door at that speed would definitely have some harsh psychological impact if not physical if the car is an older tin can.

TCM

VonZan wrote:

Strange, he was probably bored and wanted to pick on you for whatever reason.

VonZan wrote:

Sometimes you get the good guys sometimes you get the bad guys. Move on as long as he doesn't keep hassling you would be my advice.

Might have been trying to impress the other guarda.

josip

Eric Cartman wrote: »

of somebody slowly backing out of their driveway and having a bike and rider plow into the door

Reversing out onto the road?
Would it not have been safer for their car to reverse in originally?
There'd be no risk then of getting a very significant dent by a cyclist hitting it at 50km/h+.
You're talking serious panel repair at those kinds of speeds, not something that could be fixed by a suction cup or a quick fill and spray.

tuxy

josip wrote: »

Reversing out onto the road?
Would it not have been safer for their car to reverse in originally?
There'd be no risk then of getting a very significant dent by a cyclist hitting it at 50km/h+.
You're talking serious panel repair at those kinds of speeds, not something that could be fixed by a suction cup or a quick fill and spray.

You can't expect people to have such foresight or spacial awareness to be able to reverse into a driveway!