Cyclists

[timmyjimmy82]

You meet halfwits in every walk of life.

Yeah? Doctors, nurses, engineers, shop workers are half wits? Sounds like you have an ego similar to JG.

 

[Lee Bushwacker]

Christ above, nearly 600 pages of something that sounds like a bunch of aul wans chewing the fat. Has anyone got any stats to back up the idea that cyclists are the baddies in all of this? No? Didn't think so.

Continue driving around, whinging about the experience and completely over inflating the danger cyclists pose to any other road users bar themselves while the government and planners implement policy that is focused on everything but cars. Or you could chill out and realise that all that really matters is that everyone gets where they are going safely, not the endless stream of 'near misses' the likes of SoundY dream up. Some asshole pushing a woman in Australia doesn't change any of that

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Or a fcuking arsehole like Grace in Cork. He hasn't pushed anyone but deserves a good slap!

 

[Hank Scorpio]

hard to argue with that in the normal course of events, but if a fella is out at the weekend doing 70 or 100km, surely you would expect them to be wearing appropriate clothing?

NB: I DO NOT own or wear lycra!

Real men wear tracksuit pants or shorts cycling

These fannies going round with their guts hanging out of their skintight tops would want to take a long, cold, hard look at themselves.

If you tried that shit 20 years ago youd be laughed out of town.

 

[Happyhonkaman]

Real men wear tracksuit pants or shorts cycling

These fannies going round with their guts hanging out of their skintight tops would want to take a long, cold, hard look at themselves.

If you tried that shit 20 years youd be laughed out of town.

hang on a second now.. tracksuits? We're not all RingY look alikes m8?
Would you be into the tracksuit and white socks scene?

 

[Hank Scorpio]

hang on a second now.. tracksuits? We're not all RingY look alikes m8?
Would you be into the tracksuit and white socks scene?

 

[timmyjimmy82]

Anyone can be a half-wit. Book smarts ? common sense or civic sense

Neither does mode of transport.

 

[dukeroyale]

I have to say cycling advocates/activists are a particularly odious bunch online.


Righttobikeit is all too typical of their sort.

he won’t be challenging his latest near miss anyway citing “too many recent bullshit experiences lately”.

translate to “the guards are fed up of him or he’s lost more than he’s won”

 

[SoundMan]

Yes actually, wouldn't have thought it was that obscure but here's a site full of stats

Services - MyRoadSafety portal

Road safety research from the Road Safety Authority (RSA). Publishing and reviewing road-safety related reports, statistics, surveys and in-depth analysis.

www.rsa.ie

30-odd car accidents in Donegal last weekend alone had the Gardai pleading with motorists to cop on, I must have missed the cyclist pile ups everywhere

If you witness that amount of near misses then the chances are that you are the problem SoundY.. because it is not normal. I cycle during the day and drive in the afternoons, I dont see anything like the levels of near misses you do. Less flashing the lights and honking the horn and more concentration please



Good man, and the difference is that bad drivers kill people, bad cyclists will almost certainly hurt themselves worse than anyone else. For all of the whinging that goes on where are the stats that show that cyclists are mowing pedestrians down, or causing numerous cars to crash?

Motorists are bound by very strict regulation that is a consequence of the level of danger their vehicle presents - cyclists can get away with more intuitive behaviour.. deal with it instead of taking notes FFS

You link doesn't suggest motorists are the baddies in all of this honky, and given the video evidence of certain cyclists we've seen I'd have been surprised if it did ascribe all the "baddiness" to motorists.

The last near miss I had with a cyclist must be nearly two months ago with that c**t coming over Nano Nagle bridge. I'm on the road on a daily basis so it's not that I encounter a huge amount of these incidents, it's just that unlike some cyclists I keep my eyes open.

Yes bad drivers do kill people, and not just cyclists but pedestrians, cyclists, other motorists and indeed themselves. That doesn't mean they're not c**ts, but neither does it excuse cyclists for behaving badly.

Motorists are bound by very strict regulation that are known as The Rules of The Road. I know this will come as a surprise to a cyclist like you but Cyclists are also bound by The Rules of The Road no matter how much you or the other lycra-looneys think the ROTR doesn't really apply to them. Newsflash for ya fellah - the Rules of The Road DO apply to cyclists, even if they don't obey them.

The whole "we can get away with it" attitude is the very thing that makes cyclists think that they've some kind of invincibility on the roads. They don't, and you don't. Time you wised up to that fact before you get injured as a result of your "intuitive behaviour".

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1557284481874235392

 

[Meridian]

https://twitter.com/x/status/1557284481874235392

And if that wanker was in closer to the kerb, this incident would not have happened.

Have camera, will record and post on line.....that is that wankers story.

If i was the motorist I would be onto the Data Commissioner, he has recorded a conversation with that motorist and is he even aware that conversation was recorded and posted online?