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

blackwhite

Seth Brundle wrote: »

Descending Ash Hill (between Dunboyne and Maynooth) on Saturday at about 40km/h (there was a headwind!), white van man was evidently in a hurry (overtaking the car behind me on a bend/solid white line and pretty much not giving a bollix about me).
I just hope that I didn't delay him too much...
https://streamable.com/lpg01w

Fairly sure he overtook a car on the blind bend at the very start of the video as well.

Seth Brundle

blackwhite wrote: »

Fairly sure he overtook a car on the blind bend at the very start of the video as well.

That was my take on it also.
Either way, the fella is dangerous on the roads!

MojoMaker

Don't hesitate with this one - it has got to be formally registered, too much going on in that clip to ignore it.

Mc Love

Probably get away with #culture

Jesus, I felt seriously uneasy watching that van come up behind you in that one. Zero ****s given there.

Definitely one for the Gardai.

sy_flembeck

Complete and utter stupidity even if I hadn't been there. The good times, short-lived though they were, appear to be over.

Crossing a continuous white line on a blind bend to overtake a cyclist who was already overtaking a pedestrian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7usHEOe8ZtA

Yikes !!!

Also hard to see from the video how close they were to the cyclist up ahead of you going your direction.

magicbastarder

did you get the reg? that's one for the gardai.

Seth Brundle

(Not me!)
#BloodyCyclists holding up an urgent game of golf...

https://twitter.com/AlanDub13/status/1264287245135159298?s=19

work

sy_flembeck wrote: »

Complete and utter stupidity even if I hadn't been there. The good times, short-lived though they were, appear to be over.

Crossing a continuous white line on a blind bend to overtake a cyclist who was already overtaking a pedestrian:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7usHEOe8ZtA

Holy sh!t. If the Gardai don't prosecute this I give up. What a disgusting driver putting multiple bikes and pedestrians in danger. We really need to see bans for this nothing less.
What really annoys me, other than potentially killing people, is how many more people might walk or cycle if they didn't fear for their lives because of this type of wanker.
Hope you are OK?

MojoMaker

Comiserations sy_flambeck, that is really appalling. If you can report it you'll be doing all of us a favour.

triggermortis

I had something similar today but I’m a smaller road (but no camera). Woman in large SUV coming towards me, overtaking a walker and almost putting me on the ditch. She didn’t even slow down. The walker had jumped into the hedge his side and the muppet just went about her day. Neither of us got a reg so nothing to be done, but it annoyed me and the walker. Also got chased by a loose dog today so not the best day out today..

Chiparus

Not really a near miss, cycling in a contraflow cycle lane , car pulls infront of me on the lane to park. I asked her not to park there , she told me to get out of her way.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fciU6xloaRI

cletus

I was hoping to see the interaction

Chiparus

cletus wrote: »

I was hoping to see the interaction

Maybe later

sy_flembeck

magicbastarder wrote: »

did you get the reg? that's one for the gardai.

All bar 1 digit I'm not 100% on. I'll check the Fly 6 rear as it's usually clearer.

Stark

Information on make, model and colour of car based on reg plate is public domain. https://www.motorcheck.ie/ for example (or NCT site) will let you look up those up.

micar

Stark wrote: »

Information on make, model and colour of car based on reg plate is public domain. https://www.motorcheck.ie/ for example (or NCT site) will let you look up those up.

+1 on the NCT website

Pinch Flat

I think Phase 1 of the gradual reopening of the roads for motorists is well underway, pointless overtake and left hook near Dunboyne castle yesterday. Anyone know what's in Phases 2 - 5? I'm assuming aggressive tailgating and close & fast passing is next?

CramCycle

Pinch Flat wrote: »

I think Phase 1 of the gradual reopening of the roads for motorists is well underway, pointless overtake and left hook near Dunboyne castle yesterday. Anyone know what's in Phases 2 - 5? I'm assuming aggressive tailgating and close & fast passing is next?

I see your allowed text/FB/Insta/Whatever while driving to work again, I know that had alot of people worried

Pinch Flat

CramCycle wrote: »

I see your allowed text/FB/Insta/Whatever while driving to work again, I know that had alot of people worried

Phew thank God for that. It's great to see the country gradually getting back to normal.

I saw one motorist in the Phoenix park last week driving in the newly coned off cycling lanes on chesterfield avenue. She was obviously planning her journey to work and checking these out - it's so convenient that they matched exactly the width of her car.

tnegun

Same experience here sh1tty driving has returned these two this am

https://streamable.com/uzgl2s
https://streamable.com/h0ut9f


Found this on the card too from last week this guy was pushing a breakfast roll into his face and had what looked like the phone and steering wheel in the other hand, am partial to a breakfast roll myself just not while driving.

https://streamable.com/q26xmm

Mc Love

That last one was pure bullying

Steoller

Didn't look like they registered you at all - Guards with that one. And Guards and Intel with the truck.

juicer

Any of you heard of https://upride.cc/incidents/ ?

You can upload vids of close calls etc and pin them on the map.

Might be handy for highlighting areas with higher than usual bad driving.

tnegun

Mc Love wrote: »

That last one was pure bullying

I think there was an element of laziness too, he couldn't change gear as his hands were full so just ploughed on through!

Steoller wrote: »

Didn't look like they registered you at all - Guards with that one. And Guards and Intel with the truck.

I might try Intel, not wasting my time with the guards they don't take it seriously, waste huge amounts of your time missing appointments etc. and I still have one incident open with them for the Airport Hopper earlier this year.

juicer wrote: »

Any of you heard of https://upride.cc/incidents/ ?

You can upload vids of close calls etc and pin them on the map.

Might be handy for highlighting areas with higher than usual bad driving.

Looks interesting I'll check it out!

Seth Brundle

White Opel van (141-D-19912) on Kellystown Lane (along the side of Intel) this evening :rolleyes:...
https://streamable.com/bhcyn9

Curb Your Enthusiasm

Not a near miss as such but look at this mandatory cycle lane in Cork City today:

https://streamable.com/u0shp6

18+ vehicles, like this most days. Ignored by wardens and Gardai, and Cork City Council refuse to segregate.

This is the cycle lane leading from Cork's main train station in the city centre...

CramCycle

A few yellow regs to save on the VRT as well.

DeadSkin

Curb Your Enthusiasm wrote: »

Not a near miss as such but look at this mandatory cycle lane in Cork City today:

https://streamable.com/u0shp6

18+ vehicles, like this most days. Ignored by wardens and Gardai, and Cork City Council refuse to segregate.

This is the cycle lane leading from Cork's main train station in the city centre...

What the feck was yer man doing in the silver car on the other side of the road 19 seconds in!!!!