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

Ferris · 27-09-2021 9:43pm

It was the JooVuu camera and app. iOS version

29-09-2021 3:29pm

Some drivers, seriously. No matter how much education is given and marketing campaigns run, there will always be one. This is exactly why we need protected infrastructure

https://twitter.com/sarsfieldsride/status/1443185696840331264?s=20

DaveyDave · 29-09-2021 4:45pm

Imagine beeping at kids. Held up for a few seconds because they're turning, god forbid someone uses the road. Bugs me people beep for being 'held up' because they can easily get back up to speed. You'd swear they had to use their feet like the Flintstones to get back up to speed.

tnegun · 29-09-2021 9:35pm

Bit of a bizarre interaction today approaching this roundabout and there's a van turning right but straddling both lanes. I'm in the left and a guy decides there's enough room for the 3 of us in the left lane I left a roar and he just floors it through. Insult to injury he's stopped 50m later picking up someone from the bus stop at the Springfield hotel. I cycle past and he shouts something like there was plenty of room I didn't bother to engage but he annoyed me. Then as I'm cycling around this bend I hear a car accelerate from behind me and he passes me with plenty of room on the wrong side of the road! It's another pointless pass as there's a queue of traffic just around the bend and he's shouting at me as I approach 5 seconds later. He wants to know if that was enough room for me!! Not proud of myself I told him he was a clown and I'd of given him the benefit of the doubt on the first pass but the second confirmed it! The traffic moved off and he went with them I was just left shaking my head he could have caused a serious accident to make a point!

Seth Brundle · 29-09-2021 10:51pm

The number of crap overtakes both on the approach and also on the roundabout itself (when I'm taking the first left towards Leixlip) has resulted in me clearly taking the lane to the point that there clearly isn't room to overtake without risking their paintwork.

The clown overtaking you into the bend is just utter stupidity!

Tombo2001 · 30-09-2021 9:36am

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117957080#Comment_117957080

Would put it down to entitlement more than stupidity - its an act of aggression.

Thats why the media approach to cycling riles me up so much - it feeds into this entitlement in a big way.

5uspect · 30-09-2021 8:09pm

We had a fun school run this morning

https://twitter.com/nolankucd/status/1443494338470756354?s=21

Wildly Boaring · 30-09-2021 8:51pm

Pr1ck

DaveyDave · 30-09-2021 10:55pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117960562#Comment_117960562

I've never liked this stretch of road. Park would be ideal shortcut but the kissing gates aren't bike friendly. Used to cut through the park going to Tesco every week a few years ago. Funny the bike lane on the right side of the road further down in the video leads towards the park. I think the council are considering a crossing for the park. Would also like to see bollards put up to stop cars parking on the grass when the car park isn't full but that's a different topic...

Etc · 01-10-2021 8:39am

That’s a terrible junction, in fact the whole road is a pain for cyclists especially at school times

sy_flembeck · 01-10-2021 5:00pm

Naturally I anticipated what I thought this idiot would do.

What I didn't do was anticipate what he actually did 🙄One plot was lost as a reult:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rdfGspd3diI

5uspect · 01-10-2021 9:52pm

https://twitter.com/nolankucd/status/1444004097603080200?s=21

Here’s one form this evening.

01-10-2021 10:50pm

Brown shorts moment for sure!!!!!

EDIT: If he'd hit you he'd have probably said your bike was too expensive when asked for his insurance details and offering to pay cash rather than go through insurance.

Chris_5339762 · 07-10-2021 10:12pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117960562#Comment_117960562

The verge of that road is easily wide enough for an off-road bike lane. Instead it looks like a shocking POS for cyclists to have to ride on.

DaveyDave · 07-10-2021 10:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117990697#Comment_117990697

There's plans for a school about 1km in the opposite direction of where this video is where there's on street parking to the left of an off road lane so traffic needs to cross the bike lane, big hazard for someone pulling out in front of a cyclist along with kids getting out of the car and stepping into the lane. Poor planning for something that is all new infrastructure and planned in recent years. They're not thinking because they don't cycle and simply don't care and it will be left that way as the bike lane already exists. Funny enough, 5 minutes down the road there's an off road bike lane along the schools in Adamstown where the parallel car parking isn't an issue...

The bike lane is also completely covered in gravel from construction traffic because it's almost level with the road as opposed to a full raised curb.

5uspect · 08-10-2021 10:31pm

Two close passes within minutes of each other this afternoon. I was heading home early to go to Lucan Gardai station to give a statement and submit the video of the black Nissan above. Open videos in the YouTube app for the 360 version for the visceral feel.

https://youtu.be/iccN8AUoXyA

https://youtu.be/b1VU9kxz9xs

On a positive note the Gardai I spoke to today were sympathetic.

lawrencesummers · 08-10-2021 10:39pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117964075#Comment_117964075

I would have left a cleat impression. in his passenger door

Seth Brundle · 12-10-2021 5:54pm

Not a near miss but could easily have been the end of a kid in a buggy or someone coming out from one of the side entrances - absolutely feckin mental...

https://twitter.com/AlanDub13/status/1447883907421118467

Effects · 12-10-2021 6:06pm

Will that be reported? Looks shocking.

Wildly Boaring · 12-10-2021 7:13pm

Christ. Imagine coming out your gate buggy first.

The hatches on the back and rolled up cover say tar lorry to me

Effects · 12-10-2021 8:48pm

I love the comments on twitter saying "he's not going that fast". Probably the same people who complain endlessly about "cyclists on the footpath".

5uspect · 12-10-2021 9:28pm

This happened yesterday, exact same spot as the one above. I **** despair.

https://twitter.com/nolankucd/status/1447628235580317699?s=21

12-10-2021 10:29pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118010595#Comment_118010595

What's the craic with the similar trucks that carry filler material, should they have nets on them to stop rocks leaving the truck? Seeing that truck I'm reminded of something that happened to me about a month ago/end of August maybe. Maybe I posted about it here can't remember now .

I was on foot on the Dublin Rd (R132) in Drogheda. Heading toward town just passed the entrance to the train station but before the Circle K and truck passes me heading out of town (few pot holes there that are no more as of this week) and sense I something pass the back of my head and hear a bang to my right as a rock the size of my fist hits the wall and lands at my feet!!!!!!!

I did the lotto that day, didn't win 😂

Wildly Boaring · 12-10-2021 10:48pm

Yep. They should.

Better run sites wont let them off the site without it in place.

Bit plenty poor sites (usually housing) use cheapest trucks and nobody either side cares

12-10-2021 11:19pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118011712#Comment_118011712

The roundabouts heading to Donore/M1 from Drogheda can be littered with rocks on the edges at times. Those are trucks heading to local sites or to the port I think from various site out around Donore.

magicbastarder · 12-10-2021 11:54pm

interesting to see the response from a councillor:

https://twitter.com/davidhealyv/status/1448009690810626053

Tombo2001 · 13-10-2021 9:09am

Interesting how the councillor finds fault with the council for this.

Simply too much to of a leap to point the finger at the driver.

This type of driving is very familiar to anyone who commutes on Richmond Road.

magicbastarder · 13-10-2021 9:18am

my usual concern with this is that going after the company (or whoever allowed this) would be more effective than going after the driver.

Ferris · 13-10-2021 12:07pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/118012435#Comment_118012435

Bit harsh on Healy, its pretty obvious to anyone that sees that video that the drivers behavior is appalling here. Should be reported and dealt with accordingly. He has a good record on representing cycling imo.

I think that he's referring to the the fact that the council are deliberately funneling the trucks down a very narrow road and that that plan is a p1ss poor one. I cycle this way daily and its a very common occurrence - albeit normally at a more sedate speed. There simply isn't room to let a car and truck pass on this road. This road has needed widening for years, Fingal are simply waiting for a developer to pay for it once its developed.

Effects · 13-10-2021 12:56pm

Wouldn't widening the road involve taking away multiple house's garden space to the front?

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

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