Excellent work. Iâll bet that little action released all the pent-up emotions you were having of late. Proper order.
Whatâs your rush @Julio_Geordio @TreatyStones?
I see that was in the first 2 weeks of operation. Be interested to see the figures now.
Itâs not really spot to be speeding so I wouldnât have much sympathy for lads getting caught there.
A fair shot to snare
I was finishing a spin on the bike today in Wilmslow. Was pottering along a side road which had cars parked along one side making it one way. The driver in front, in a Porsche hybrid SUV with private plates had waited to allow an oncoming car through, so I pulled in behind him. When the car had passed he pulled out and moved forward before suddenly jamming on the brakes meaning I slammed on and stopped about a foot behind him.
I was just thinking crikey to myself when he suddenly reversed into me. His spoiler crunched on my front wheel (it definitely cracked), and took a small gouge out of the tyre. Such is life. I wasnât too troubled bar the fact that I had a campagnolo Bora deep section carbon wheel. He got out of the car and was a prototype brexiteer. Mid sixties, expensive looking clothes but denims. His identically clad passenger got out, as did a woman from behind.
He aggressively asked what had just happened. I calmly pointed out that he had just reversed into me and I was a bit worried about my front wheel (having just watched the netflix documentary on the ocean explorer submarine). Well it wasnât my fault he said. I pointed out that he had literally just reversed into me without warning. âWell I didnât see you, you were too closeâ. His pal then weighed in that Iâd been within a foot of the rear bumper, so it was my own fault.
I said that I reckoned it was irrelevant how close I had been, I was standing stationary and he reversed into me.
I asked for his details because he hadnât asked if I was ok, nor apologized profusely like a normal person.
âIâm not giving them to youâ
I said it was ok, Iâd just take a note of his number plate.
At this stage, he gave me a phone number.
He repeated that he was not taking responsibility.
I just sighed. He a said he wanted to take a photo of any damage to the wheel. I showed him the gouged tyre and explained that I wasnât overly bothered by this, more the wheel, that it was expensive and might need replacing. He repeated that it wasnât his fault.
His mate then asked if I was ok to which I answered I was. Another wan appeared out of the car ( a lady also on denim who looked like a Tory councillor, or more likely reform UK).
She didnât say anything much.
I just went on my way.
Itâs fifty quid for a new tyre but I havenât the energy to engage with him over it.
Hopefully the wheel is ok.
Paddy should have tugged the forelock properly altogether and offered to clean the scuffmarks off his bumper
You were mugged off there.
I was. Iâve even insurance on the bike so I can just get in touch with the legal team there, but Iâm not sure I can be bothered for fifty quid.
I suspect the damage to his car could run into 4 figures though.
Fuck cagers.
While I see the topic.
Road deaths as the only publicised stat for traffic accidents is a cod . We should have details of all accidents requiring ambulance attendance, mapped out by road type.
time of the accident and driver age/gender/nationality is also another thing that should be factored in too.
Itâs their culture bosssssssssssss
Saw a couple of our ethnic minority friends getting a pony to drag a pallet of blocks with no wheels up a Dublin street. The horse buckled not surprisingly broken pallet and bricks scatterwd everywhere. Horse running down the street with reins flaying. Pity, I hadnt used the camera to capture the moment. It would have been internet gold.
At least, Neanderthals used wheels.
Neanderthals preceded the wheel.
But your point still has meritâŚ
There was a very sad segment on RTE Drivetime yesterday about Ciaran Keating the brother of Ronan Keating who died when a 20 year old idiot paying more attention to something other than the road veered across the N5 into his path. One his sons went to the scene of the crash two days later and found the door of his fatherâs car lying in a ditch and he had to retrieve it. His mother is still dealing with the injuries sustained in the crash and couldnât attend the funeral at the time and had to say goodbye to her husband in a mortuary.
The other driver has gotten off with a suspended sentence.
https://www.rte.ie/news/connacht/2025/0219/1497687-driver-sentence/
Whatever about the suspended sentence, disqualification from driving for two years is insane. Disqualified for life is surely appropriate.
The driver asked could his disqualification from driving be put back for at least a wekk until he could âget himself in orderâ.
If you want to commit murder in Ireland, use your car