A cyclist who asked a driver in Limerick whether he was drunk was startled to receive the reply “yes” from the motorist.
Aidan Hogan posted bike cam footage of the bizarre incident to Twitter, which happened as he was cycling down St Joseph’s Street.
With a driver coming towards him, Mr Hogan was forced to pull into a gap between two parked cars to let the vehicle through.
The driver said to him: “What are you doing on the road there?” to which Mr Hogan replied, “On the road?”
“Yes,” said the motorist. “Yes, you’re on the road.”
“Oh yeah,” replied Mr Hogan. “Where should I be?”
In response, the driver said: “If I was coming down speeding after a few pints you're dead and your bike is squashed.”
The cyclist then asked the driver if he was drunk, and apparently surprised by the immediate affirmative response, asked the same question again, the driver once more replying, “yes.”
Mr Hogan then said to the driver that he would take his registration number, to which the response was, “Yes, do you want the reg?”
“Yeah, I do, yeah,” he replied, the driver telling him to go ahead and take it before driving off.
Posting the video to Twitter, Mr Hogan observed that it was “so nice to meet new people on the street.”
He continued: “Looks like they don’t have time to pull in to the left for a few seconds to leave a bicycle through, but turns out they actually have plenty of time for a little stop-n-chat and to threaten some violence.”
While some Twitter users urged him to report the incident to the Gardai, Mr Hogan said he wasn’t sure the issue would be taken seriously.
Another person commenting on the video suggested it would be easier if the cyclist simply got out of the way, but was told that the cyclist had “every right” to be on the road.
Try WH Smith. Although not all branches are open on Sundays.
Ultegra quick-release cranks? Lancs police saving thousands by avoiding unnecessary prosecution of offenses? Can't see grounds for complaint?
...he doesn't want to do it on his own time
Indeed, more space than to be given to a cyclist. Not diving into a muddy verge earned me the threat of assault and being declared a f*cking idiot.
I think we have a lot in common with equestrians - like our lives on country roads are made difficult and dangerous by drivers being the main one....
This seems to be my theme ATM but I think almost every infra / legal story here could be ended with the following and have the majority of the...
Firstly, I'm sorry to hear about your nan and I agree that culturally we, in the UK, probably don't engage with healthcare as much as we should....
It sure is!
If this happened to my wife or mother I would make it my personal mission in life to find and torture this person until he accidentally died.
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