Cyclists

[Hank Scorpio]

Rattled.

Thanks Cian

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[dennisfallen]

Thanks again Cian for highlighting this continuing and very troubling issue of senior garda officers in a station dismissing clear video evidence of a driver overtaking a bike user too close, which at the very least should have invoked the ‘dangerous overtaking of a pedal cyclist’ regulation of SI No. 495 of 2019.


Cyclist.ie is due to meet with Assistant Commr. Hilman of the Garda RPU fairly soon and the issue will be an agenda item.

Wonder will the absolute contempt that a lot of cyclists have for the rules of the road and everybody else rear its ugly head? I very greatly doubt it.
Cyclist.ie is the Pavee Point of the cycling world.

 

[Drucker]

Wonder will the absolute contempt that a lot of cyclists have for the rules of the road and everybody else rear its ugly head? I very greatly doubt it.
Cyclist.ie is the Pavee Point of the cycling world.

It’s just another self appointed lobby guy along with “Cork Cycling Crew,” and “The Cork Commuters Coalition.” They’re mainly nerds and eco-mentalists.

“We could be like Utrecht,” is a well known catch cry. Unfortunately for them the reality is that there is little or no support for these content generators in the real world as indicated by the total lack of use of cycling infrastructure. Some online guy was waffling about the lack of “bike parking” facilities in the city recently.

Nobody really takes them seriously.

 

[Gregory_Mike]

Option A - Use the cycle lane and have a relatively stress free day.

Option B - Don't use the cycle lane, demand your rights, belt out the girly screams and give the lycra a daily tanning.

Tough choice innit?

 

[Two Pour Bore]

The spots to park your bike is a fair shout. Especially for the older guys I know who'd be happy out with an electric bike. I'd say you could give it 30 minutes before its robbed or some scumbag kicks the wheel in.

 

[Roxetten]

Option A - Use the cycle lane and have a relatively stress free day.

Option B - Don't use the cycle lane, demand your rights, belt out the girly screams and give the lycra a daily tanning.

Tough choice innit?

Pootering along a cycle lane doesn't suit some cyclists, they're entitled to be on the public road without being subjected to frighteningly close passes by thugs in vans.

 

[TheOutdoorThreadmill]

Regardless of where the prick was ( and he is an entitled gobshite) that was shocking "driving" by the van.

So much this. He is just one cyclist putting up videos but the amount of angry, dangerous motorists he shows up is frightening.

 

[Drucker]

The spots to park your bike is a fair shout. Especially for the older guys I know who'd be happy out with an electric bike. I'd say you could give it 30 minutes before its robbed or some scumbag kicks the wheel in.

I agree. But one of these guys was calling for an indoor bike park in the city centre.
This whole “cars have them so why not bikes” (for free), dominates their thinking.

Nobody cares.

 

[Crankycorner]

I agree. But one of these guys was calling for an indoor bike park in the city centre.
This whole “cars have them so why not bikes” (for free), dominates their thinking.

Nobody cares.

Would his name be Sam by any chance?

 

[Drucker]

Would his name be Sam by any chance?

No idea. In a world where “newspapers” tell you what they think about what happened yesterday, online “news” sites are desperate for “press releases,” so The Echo and Cork Beo tend to become receptacles for this rubbish.