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    #92
    fat bloke
    Registered Users Posts: 5,849 ✭✭✭fat bloke


    Whoops! Guilty as charged.



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    #93
    ebbsy
    Registered Users Posts: 6,848 ✭✭✭ebbsy


    A common sense approach on the road can sometimes mean as much as the rules of the road.

    Let the bigger guy in front make his move. Slow down. Wait. Patience.



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    #94
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 49,407 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    Unfortunately, once he was in front it then became your responsibility to not hit him :(

    i think there's a bit more nuance than that - if someone pulls into the clear space you had maintained in front of you, they are the ones who have created the dangerous gap, and not you. i don't know if the law would reflect that subtlety, and without video footage, it's going to be very difficult to prove it wasn't a straightforward rear ending.



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    #95
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119183112#Comment_119183112

    Well this is a whole world of incorrect, overtaking on the left is completely legal for bicycles

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119183179#Comment_119183179

    Weirdly the OPs reply wasn't there when I opened the thread, the new site seems to be annoyingly weird with some new posts temporarily being doubled and others not actually appearing (for me anyway) for awhile after.

    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119181242#Comment_119181242

    Not sure you could have had his guts for garters, as many have said, not enough details given but without anymore detail, there was potential for the Super to direct a FPN against you (had it done to me for a collision that was my fault, guy in front of the car I was behind brake checked him, he dropped anchor and my brakes chose this moment not to be as good as normal. Hit the car at walking speed but the back window exploded even though the force I put on it would have been equivalent to leaning against it lightly). Most insurers will just cover the windscreen as its covered under fully comp for free (at least the 1st one) and to get the costs and arrange payment, with the risk you would fight it, it's cheaper just not too. Be under no illusion, insurance companies won't fight something if it will be cheaper to just pay on balance, even if their client is 100% in the right.



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    #96
    Squatman
    Registered Users Posts: 1,603 ✭✭✭Squatman


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119183160#Comment_119183160

    Thanks for that richard head, made it very easy to fully discredit you - see below


    However as a cyclist you cannot overtake on the inside if the vehicle you intend to overtake:

    • Is signalling an intention to turn to the left and will move to the left before you overtake it




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    #97
    Still stihl waters 3
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Still stihl waters 3


    He got away with **** driving and you got away with slamming into the back of him and damaging his car, all well that ends well



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    #98
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119186411#Comment_119186411

    Yep pretty much, though may have been different if i hadn't been able to walk away.

    They were young, unfamiliar with the area, maybe late for something they were meant to attend and mind was elsewhere, so happy to forgive and forget.

    Having to put in a claim on their insurance hopefully made them a more conscious and courteous driver.



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    #99
    standardg60
    Registered Users Posts: 4,629 ✭✭✭standardg60


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119183043#Comment_119183043

    105 rims, funny given the other thread on rim brakes. I have them tuned to only lock the wheel when fully depressed, so goes to show what effect a 'death grip' has!

    They probably saved me from going through the back window, as the momentum of the bike threw me right over the car. I still have no idea how the SPDs released so easily, but they did.



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    #100
    Weepsie
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 20,327 Mod ✭✭✭✭Weepsie


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119186329#Comment_119186329

    But that's not what happened if you've read the op. The cycle lane is also a separate lane so that vehicle has to treat traffic there (IE bikes) as it would a car on its inside lane



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    #101
    Still stihl waters 3
    Registered Users Posts: 984 ✭✭✭Still stihl waters 3


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119186440#Comment_119186440

    You've nothing to forgive, but the driver of the car has, he may have felt bad about it so took it upon himself to fix it but ultimately you're the 1 on the wrong, if you hadn't walked away you'd still be in the wrong because you hit him from behind



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    #102
    frosty123
    Registered Users Posts: 565 ✭✭✭frosty123


    Without dashcam or cctv it's hard to give a definitive answer to this OP

    any chance of obtaining cctv?



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    #103
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 24,785 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119187592#Comment_119187592

    I think the shop beside the incident holds CCTV for 5 years so you might get lucky 😉



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