Saw this clip on Twitter the other day. Lots of people saying that the safe cycling code (or something along those lines) suggests that the cyclist was in exactly the correct position on the road. Was double white line and no matter where bike was van driver could not have passed without breaking the law i.e. to give the bike the 1.5 m leeway required he would have had to cross the double white line
Does seem to be unnessarily delaying the van alright. Van driver fired as a result and police investigstion ongoing. Both his employer and police confirmed same in the comments on Twitter
Cyclist was out way too far there.I reckon there was bit of judicious editing of the clip. It’s really only for a second at the start of the clip that you see him too far out.
I don’t understand these guys. My objective when cycling is not to get killed. So unless there are some horrendous potholes I’ll be hugging the edge of the road.
There are some Cycle lanes I wouldn’t go near on a racer unless I wanted to get a blow out and end up sprawled across the bonnet of a car on the road. However, a new cycling lane should be in good nick
They built a cycling/walking path in Mungret that wouldn’t be out of place in Amsterdam, a full car wide on either side in places, and the road is only just wide enough for two cars to pass each other. Of course it’s only about 100 yards long in total and the bike lane disappears completely afterwards, but anyone looking to cycle from the GAA pitch in Mungret to the roundabout and back ten times will have a grand 1k stretch to cycle in the evenings.
We have cunningly hid the patch and bicycle lane behind a stone wall.
What do you make the fortified house on the corner now? I think the wall is not high enough and should be wrapped round the side at the cement factory angle
Not so much cyclists but bad driving and a laugh.
I was dropping my little one to choir for a communion mass, a four mile drive on a hilly twisty road, anyhow there was a typical fat Lycra clad cunt trundling up a hill on a bicycle at bad,fast type bend and I duly held back on passing until the next safe straight, some cunt came up the road behind me in a skoda and blew the horn and started flashing the lights, I assume urging me to pass the cyclist, we hit the straight and he passes both me and the cyclist, I duly tipped along the other three miles of the journey right up his bumper and I could see he was doing his very best to lose me. He was a silly driver, braking in the middle of bends etc I didn’t even have to change down a gear to keep into him.
Then I realised he was also going to the church I was so I also turned right down the lane he did and pulled right up behind him outside the cemetery, none of them budged out of the car only sat there looking out the back window as I chatted with my daughter.
The poor fool thought it was a possible road rage incident.
Maybe I should have taken out the hurley and walked up to his car for a laugh.