Cyclists

[Padraig Mor]

Cork city centre closed to traffic this weekend for first-ever Car Free day

The heart of the city will be reserved for bikes, buses and pedestrians this Saturday afternoon

www.corkbeo.ie

Whatever about the rights or wrongs of the event.........why are they saying it's the "first ever" car free day in Cork city? Unless I've been at the bottle too much, they've done this several times before.....or is my mind playing tricks on me?!

 

[Roxetten]

https://twitter.com/i/web/status/1704193148757373099

Mikey taking no prisoners as usual.

Some operator.

 

[jank]

None of that is made up m8 but it's just my opinion.

You do know opinions are often just made up?
I could have the opinion you beat up your kids and slap your other half around the place.
That doesn't mean it is true...*

*In your case, it could be.

 

[jank]

Well maybe a portal should just be for dash cam footage then. Having cyclists report lads parked in cycle lanes or looking at the phone while stopped in traffic would be idiotic.

Why?

Is a motorist on their phone not against the law, or is it because a cyclist reported it, it's different in your eyes, even though they are far more vulnerable as a road user than a motorist.

 

[jank]

In my 15 years driving I’ve never once had a Garda inspect the tyres on my car.

That is what the NCT is for and I don't think a Garda would be qualified to know if a tyre is up to standard or not.

 

[Apollo Creed]

You do know opinions are often just made up?
I could have the opinion you beat up your kids and slap your other half around the place.
That doesn't mean it is true...*

*In your case, it could be.

You see that's not opinion.
You've stated what you claim is the truth aka fact about a criminal activity.
In this case your claim that the poster is a wife beater and child abuser.
However in this case as the identity of the poster is unknown it could be argued that you can't libel an anonymous person.

For example I can't say that Right to Bike is an abuser etc without evidence because he is a known eccentric cycling around the city getting into amusing confrontations and saying that about a known person is grounds for libel.

However I could say that Jank has sex with his sister and his children are mentally challenged mutants that are the issue of that union.

 

[jank]

Fast forward a couple of days and the IT then ran a feature on those ridiculous cargo bikes,

I am curious, why do you think these cargo bikes are ridiculous? What is ridiculous about them per say?

Fast forward a couple of days and the IT then ran a feature on those ridiculous cargo bikes, featuring a lineup of:
A Dublin architect from South County Dublin (and her kids Esme and Imogen).
A barrister from South County Dublin.
A solicitor from....you guessed it, South County Dublin.
A Green Party rep from Tralee (and kids Arthur and Iseut).
All of whom of course thought cargo bikes were great!

You mean parents who invest a bike of money in a Cargo bike are extolling their virtues, and may have a few bob to pay for them?
Perhaps they should all just buy another car and contribute to the daily morning traffic gridlock that you complain about endlessly.

People who cycle on our streets come from all strata of society. The idea that cycling is the exclusive preserve of rich middle-class folks while driving is the main means of transport of the plucky working-class sections of our society is some of the biggest retard hogwash ever written.

 

[jank]

You see that's not opinion.

If its not an opinion, then what is it?

In this case your claim that the poster is a wife beater and child abuser.

No, didnt claim anything. Read my post again.

 

[Apollo Creed]

If its not an opinion, then what is it?

No, didnt claim anything. Read my post again.

You do know opinions are often just made up?
I could have the opinion you beat up your kids and slap your other half around the place.
That doesn't mean it is true...*

*In your case, it could be.

In your opinion the poster

beat up your kids and slap your other half around the place.

You see that's libel. If you say that about any known person you could be sued.
Saying it's your opinion is irrelevant when you are insinuating that someone is involved in criminal activity.

 

[jank]

It appears that folk here think the right thing for Vine to do was to stop, ensure the van driver had plenty time to back out of his illegal manoeuvre and help him get to where he's going.


And yet, cyclists are reckless scum for not cycling in the gutter because they marginally slow people down, sometimes by multiple seconds.

Standards? Make mine a double.

This x1000

Anytime one of these videos is posted, we get the following

"Yea, the van/car drvier is at fault BUT..."
Then there are reams and reams of discussions on what type of mitigation the cyclist should have done in order to prevent the incident from occurring in the first place, which in essence blames the cyclist indirectly anyway.

They want perfect mitigation and situational awareness from cyclists, yet we see daily on our streets car drivers in general not giving a flying fuck and doing what they want.

Double standards for sure.