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

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  • #4652
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    Going south yesterday through Ballymun about 1:30pm, woman in an orangish Hyundai Accent turned left across me at the Rediscovery center junction. Full jam on breaks while trying to turn left to avoid hitting her car. She rolls down passenger window and I'm saying "what the **** are you at you stupid fcuking eejit?" she says "sorry luv, didn't see you" and drives off.

    Don't know what she was at, wide open area and I had a good rear light on. Frightened the shite outta me to be honest. Disk brakes are good for commuting.

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  • #4653
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,256 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    it's not as if she couldn't see you before getting to that junction!

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4654
    De Bhál
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,941 ✭✭✭De Bhál


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122648498#Comment_122648498

    it's a junction where you can carry a nice bit of speed into the making the turn in a car as it's got a big curve into the junction so she probably just misjudged where I was or as she said didn't see me.

    I need to get a second good rear light for my backpack

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4655
    Wildly Boaring
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,653 ✭✭✭Wildly Boaring


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122651874#Comment_122651874

    The crux of most of it.
    Saw 3 young lads cycling to school outside my house today. A car overtook one of them cus he was slightly (not a full a length) slower than his mates. Then sit between them for a whole 200m to the upcoming roundabout.

    Straight after the roundabout is a cycle lane.

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4656
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    I had a Merc overtake me coming into Wexford town the other morning. There was a Wexford Bus in front of me, I could have went faster but it would have been an effort to overtake, he was at the speed limit or close enough, so I left a gap for breaking between us. Merc overtook, pulled in between us and then I actually had to sit on my brakes as he was substantially slower than both of us after the overtake. Anyway, the road splits a little later, one for going right and one for left. I was early for the train so I went for a spin around the block. Merc went left, myself and the bus went into the right lane. I overtook the Merc, who then dropped in behind me, then after going round the corner went back to the left lane (so a completely different route than the one he initially went for), pulled up beside me and started roaring at me that my behaviour was dangerous, was I trying to get my self killed. I am still unsure what I done wrong, but I am pretty sure that it wasn't as bad as the guy who overtook into the breaking distance between myself and the vehicle in front, then slowed down, then dropped anchor in another lane so as to come around underneath me and then shout at me out his window while moving.

    I don't know, but I'm sorry.

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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  • #4657
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122653016#Comment_122653016

    There's nothing quite like sitting behind the wheel of a high powered vehicle to exclaim your complete lack of situational awareness and rules of the road to the world. You can't possibly be wrong, of course, because you're in a big car.

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4658
    Be right back
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 6,250 ✭✭✭Be right back


    ...

    https://x.com/ChaponaBike123/status/1838650709564133508

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4659
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭cletus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122657853#Comment_122657853
    https://road.cc/content/news/cycling-live-blog-26-september-2024-310519#live-blog-item-61339

    ...

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4660
    Paddigol
    Registered Users Posts: 1,849 ✭✭✭Paddigol


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122658067#Comment_122658067

    Talk about manufactured faux outrage.

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4661
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭cletus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122658740#Comment_122658740

    Well that was my initial reaction to it too. Seems like a complete non issue, to be honest

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


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  • #4662
    ARX
    Registered Users Posts: 609 ✭✭✭ARX


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122658990#Comment_122658990

    The cyclist in this instance is an absolute dickhead. Instead of getting out of the way of an approaching emergency vehicle, he chose to press on in front of it as though he could outrun it. He passed another cyclist dangerously closely, which could easily have resulted in a collision in front of the fire engine. All the stupid bastard had to do was pull in, let the fire engine past, then pull out again. Cretin.

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4663
    tommythecat
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 778 ✭✭✭tommythecat


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122659088#Comment_122659088

    100%

    Post edited by magicbastarder on

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  • #4664
    CramCycle
    Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 25,189 Mod ✭✭✭✭CramCycle


    What a Muppet of a cyclist, I really hope the cops can pin something on him and slap him with a fine Tis a pity being a Muppet hadn't a FPN associated with it

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4665
    magicbastarder
    Moderators, Category Moderators, Arts Moderators, Sports Moderators Posts: 50,256 CMod ✭✭✭✭magicbastarder


    due to some thread merging shenanigans, it would seem that i edited every one of the 4.5k+ posts in this thread. i can assure you i have a more exciting life than that…

    Post edited by magicbastarder on


  • #4666
    cletus
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 8,059 ✭✭✭cletus


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122660571#Comment_122660571

    😂😂😂😂



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