i've developed road rage from the attitudes of pedestrians and motorists in the morning as I cycle to work. even though there are bike lanes out of the city heading southside, taxis and buses frequently stop, park, open doors at any given moment in them and at any point.
our capital's buses are the worst - they actually want you to fall I'm convinced. i've had to swerve to avoid pedestrians with earphones in, mobiles on the go, crossing when the lights are red, jay walking between cars and just generally not paying attention. i've been shouldered by pedestrians to make me fall when they've been in the wrong and I'm sick of cars turning left at the last minute without looking in their rear mirrori'm pretty handy on a bike from years of racing and it is only that that keeps me alive and cycling in Dublin.
as for breaking rules of the road, generally i don't agree and I think its stupid when cyclists flirt with cars, break lights etc, but I do it just to get the jump on cars if I think there's no danger. the rain is obviously the worse time - cars break late and we have to be acrobats to avoid them - it takes ages to slow a bike down safely, a quick break and you're on the ground.
its a jungle out there - everyone thinks everyone else is in the wrong.
our capital's buses are the worst - they actually want you to fall I'm convinced. i've had to swerve to avoid pedestrians with earphones in, mobiles on the go, crossing when the lights are red, jay walking between cars and just generally not paying attention. i've been shouldered by pedestrians to make me fall when they've been in the wrong and I'm sick of cars turning left at the last minute without looking in their rear mirrori'm pretty handy on a bike from years of racing and it is only that that keeps me alive and cycling in Dublin.
as for breaking rules of the road, generally i don't agree and I think its stupid when cyclists flirt with cars, break lights etc, but I do it just to get the jump on cars if I think there's no danger. the rain is obviously the worse time - cars break late and we have to be acrobats to avoid them - it takes ages to slow a bike down safely, a quick break and you're on the ground.
its a jungle out there - everyone thinks everyone else is in the wrong.