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This doesn't make sense. One slip in the car and it could be all over. One slip as a pedestrian and it could be all over. One slip of the truck driver while you are in the car or walking and it could be all over.My answer - no way. Doesn't matter how many precautions you take, one slip up and it could be all over.
Can I suggest that you don't take advise from those who haven't been on a bike since they were in 3rd year? Talk to cyclists who cycle through Dublin every day, largely without fatal injuries. Or better still rent/borrow a bike for a few days and try it out yourself to see how comfortable it is. You may well have options other than main roads to put a bit of distance between yourself and the traffic.I drive in the City Center nearly every day. Wouldn't in my wildest dreams bring a child in on the back of a bike. Actually haven't seen anyone doing this other than in a park in many years.
I drive in the City Center nearly every day. Wouldn't in my wildest dreams bring a child in on the back of a bike. Actually haven't seen anyone doing this other than in a park in many years. Your wife is right, listen to her
I drive in the City Center nearly every day. Wouldn't in my wildest dreams bring a child in on the back of a bike. Actually haven't seen anyone doing this other than in a park in many years. Your wife is right, listen to her
Just this morning I had to brake extremely sharply because a bus pulled out in front of me. To be honest this isn't unusal and one of the biggest problems is the mix of bicycle and bus lanes, even with all the care in the world, I still have to do some form of evasive action at least twice a week due to our city's finest professional drivers.
I honestly can't understand this at all. I've been cycling from Clonshaugh to Stephens Green or Sandyford (via the N1, Drumcondra and city centre) every day of the week for over two years and I rarely have to react to bad driving. That's between 90 and 180km a week incident-free. I cycled around the suburbs for eight years before that without any problems. A pedestrian jaywalking suddenly from behind a pillar is the only time I've come off my bike.
I know where the bus stops along my route are so I expect buses to pull in there (taxi drivers are another matter entirely so I am very careful around them!). I find the vast majority of bus drivers are courteous enough to stay behind me if they're approaching a stop although there are a few impatient ones who you need to be extra careful of.
Perhaps I've jinxed myself now and maybe I'm due a bad one but based on my own observations, most incidents stem from poor cycling or poor situational awareness. If you aren't aware of cars turning across you, aren't holding your lane where cars could turn left from behind you and aren't watching the tires on any vehicle to your right, you're going to have an accident.
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