Two motorcyclists killed today on M50

RIP to both riders. Used the M50 daily on a bike for 3 years untill WFH with covid. The bike is now sold and my partner is greatfull, it's her biggest fear. Read online the truck driver was involved, sad for all parties involved and the family left behind.

RIP, bikes are lethal. Even if you are in the right you'll end up on the wrong side when involved in an accident.

Had bikes for 7 years in the 90s, roads a lot less busy then and luckily never involved in a serious accident.

Its always sad when there is loss of life on our roads I really feel for all involved.

Blanket statements like bikes are lethal are not helpful in this situation and diminishes what is a sad loss of life.

People drive too close.

People switch lanes without proper indication , blindspot checking etc.

People are distracted on phones etc

Lots of reasons why accidents can happen.

Last few years before covid I had to commute to work on the M50 too on the bike. Hated it. Absolutely hated it. WFH now. Only take the bike out for pleasure now.

RIP to these two men. Very sad

From what I've heard it was two lads from the UK touring, my OH had been told the two bikes clipped each other and hit the deck in front of the truck

Actually just saw a news report saying the same.

I always try to leave a good gap especially if weather conditions are really poor but it's just an invitation to lane jumpers.

Even more so if traffic has slowed right down ...I want a good space between me and the car Infront encase what's coming behind me hasn't copped that we are now stopped. At least if you're rear-ended there's some room to go before you hit the car Infront.

No having a go a you as I agree.

But I wish people would stop calling these accidents. Its a collision not an accident. Someone made a mistake and two people died. An accident would imply no one was at fault.

I was caught up going north. Stopped for about 2 hours 1km from the collision site.

While stopped about an hour about 6 bikes were brought south by 2 garda bikes. Down between the traffic on the hard shoulder and inter auxiliary lane. Wonder if they were part of the same group.

It was a very sad thing to happen alright. Condolances to their family, friends and all who knew them.

No truck should be sitting on anybody's tail unless it is parked.And no matter what the volume of traffic is,the safety gap should always be maintained by all users.

What a weird thing to be annoyed by. An accident is an unfortunate incident that happens unexpectedly and unintentionally, typically resulting in damage or injury. Unless you're implying that one of the riders intentionally did whatever caused this, it absolutely was an accident.

I used to commute daily on my bike on the M50, less so now with WFH. When the weather is bad and/or the traffic is super heavy, I just sit on the hard shoulder most of the way home. No way am I getting in between traffic that is constantly stopping and starting while people are checking their Tik Tok's or whatever while they drive.

RIP to the two men.

5 points on your licence and reduced traction on a gritty dirty surface.

Hardly worth it in my view. ( I have rode on hard shoulder before though)

Never again

Those reasons don't sound like 'accidents' to me more like negligence.

There have been a number of crashes on the M50 this week, (like every week). Only 1 of which involved a motorbike.

2 cars ended up in a field near Ballymun yesterday after loosing control on the M50. Go put yourself in the bin.

Where did I say the garda would be catching bikers?

You clearly have an anti biker agenda here and you lack the sensitivity required to participate in a discussion like this.

The worst road users are car owners by far. Wrong lanes, no signalling, tail gating, too fast, not using mirrors, holding cups of coffee while changing lanes without looking or indicating.

It's frightening how unaware of their surroundings that some car owners are, but hey let's blame bikers and dance on two mens graves while we're at it.

You're a disgrace

There is 1'000 times the number of crazy car drivers than there are bike riders. Bikes tend to suffer more as they are not as protected as car drivers. I lost track of the number of cars and jeeps that drive right up to my back bumper and hurtle over bad roads like rally drivers. Most bikers I know [I am one of them] tend to be respectful and careful. The odd bad apple does not mean the whole bag is rotten. A better network of bike schools and advanced bike rider courses would greatly help bikers keep their skills up, as it stands things are only just satisfactory.

In all my years driving on the M50, I've only ever felt nervous from the erratic driving by car owners.

The ones weaving from lane to lane, overtaking & undertaking to get somewhere a few minutes quicker. On a wet day, I like to leave a reasonable gap between the car in front only to see drivers use it as an opportunity to swerve in front of me.

That said, I never have or would hate a child of mine to drive a motorbike because of the high risk of a fatality in a motor accident.

By all accounts they collided with each other which caused the accident, very careless riding in a pair that really shouldn't happen ....and given their ages unlikely novice riders

I liken the M50 to a war. Driving standards are so poor

Some kind of mechanical failure. But even then if you never serviced your vehicle or ignored weird noises it wowouldn't be an accident.

Accidents are very rare and it's a word that let's poor driving or negligence off the hook.

Let's take this "accident". Before some details came out I said one of possibly four people make a mistake and we will never hear the real cause of this and bikers will carry on as usual and car drivers will carry on like usual. Looking at the last few comments I was right.

You are using a thread about two deaths on the M50 to push some sort of bizare anti motorbike agenda, By the sounds of it id say you need to be banned of the M50 if you really do drive that it is. your attitude is terrible.

If you think you need 5 mirrors to spot a motorbike coming from behind is suggest going back to take some driving lessons.

Not sure what you mean by weaving in and out of traffic as if that exclusive to bikes only. I see all sorts of vehicles do this on the road.

If you mean filtering then it sounds like you might of had a run in before cutting across someone who was filtering, probably explains your bizare 5 mirror comment.