Avoiding idiots on the daily commute to work - dublin

[CaNsA]

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Bloody hell! Glad I don't live there! Amazed that he stayed so calm when people where cutting him up!

[Suntan Sid]

Well that is all pretty standard stuff over here in Cyprus, happens at every set of lights.

Here's a tip for anyone visiting Cyprus, as a pedestrian be very, very careful using a pelican crossing these are totally ignored all the time, no one and I mean no one stops for these!

Undertaking on the hard shoulder is also a common practice here!

[27cows]

I found a great way of avoiding the commuting idiots of Dublin - I live somewhere else (though sadly Medway has more than its fair share of gobshites, particularly of the van driving, red light jumping variety).
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[DrDonnyBrago]

Haha the song is so suitable.


Seems like a pretty crappy place to ride a bike/drive a car/walk tbh.

[pinkyfloyd]

Belfast is just as bad. Seems to be an Irish thing, terrible driving.

Grandad went to Dublin regularly and one time we were all there with him as he was driving down a street and some bloke pulled in the other end. There wasnt any room to pass, it was a single lane with cars parked on both sides. Bloke got out of the car and started demanding Grandad reversed. Grandad said no and the argument went on until the other driver decided to threaten to call the police to sort it out. Grandads reply is stuck in my head forever. He said "You call the police son, but before you do have a look at which direction all these parked cars are facing and go back to that big sign at the end of the road where you pulled in and see what it says on there."

Dude had pulled into a 1 way street the wrong way. He got into his car and reversed without saying another word.
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[mistergixer]

[chris-red]

No worse than London, 1.23 was a ring clentcher, and 1.31 I would have removed that guys mirror.
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[L4Isoside]

[mistergixer]

[waffles]

Watching that video definately proves why filming rides is now becoming the norm, so many near misses! And dozy pedestrians.
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[colin1]

I didnt think it was that bad. He needs to start using his horn to alert people to his presence, and to express his annoyance.

Defensive riding is sensible, but if you ride aggressively, most of the time people wont pull that kind of stuff as long as they know you are there.

If you always give way to people who ignore your right of way, you either need to get used to it, or change to not give way, and hope there arent any collisions.
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[LeeR]

I thought that was fairly normal fare for any major city, I mean it even looked like some of the stuff I see in Gloucester (small provincial city that it is).

The only thing I don't get is the "advisory" red lights, is that correct? I know in some countries you can turn right (for those that drive on the right) on red, which is a good idea.

But, imho anyone who rides a Yamaha Majesty deserves everything they get, and if it wasn't quite so under powered (unlike a proper bike) he could have nipped past the car wanting to park on the right in the one way street...
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[Poseidon]

I've spent a fair amount of time in dublin. It's an awesome city, but like any capitol/major city, it has traffic issues. The whole place is near enough a car park through rush hour. One of the main problems with ROI is that they never used to enforce provisional licence holder rules about having a tutor with you. My dads ex (she's dublin born and bred) only had a provisional and had been driving solo for nearly 20years. Consequently, they don't really know how to behave on the roads. Apparently this is changing now, but I'm yet to notice a difference.

I found that if you relax a little, have excellent obs, you can spot the accidents before they happen and avoid it. Pedestrians only really cause a problem the closer to dublin centre you go.

Overall I wouldn't say it's that much worse than any other city I've been to, with the possible exception of traffic light behaviour... As shown quite clearly in that video they really take the biscuit. I was running a little late for my ferry home once and I made it from my dads pad to the ferry port in less than ten minutes through rush hour. Clicky. As you can see it's fairy close to the centre. I was filtering like a demon and showing no regard for speed limits. At no point did I feel like I was in any danger. If I spent 2 months filming the antics of road behaviour in norwich, I'd be able to fill 10 3 minute videos!

Overall... Go to Dublin! It ace (I'm going on the 19th of this month!)
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[kingsknight]

I really want to make a video like that, that's quite tame! You should see the shit I see most days around here. It's like they are trying to kill you!
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[ms51ves3]

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The guy who has obviously nothing better to do....