Cynical motorists would say that it's a shame how 99% of the cyclists give the rest a bad name. True, not all the cyclists in Dublin are law-abiding citizens (amusingly enough, Dublin's motto in Latin is "Obedientia Civium Urbis Felicitas" or in English: "The citizens' obedience is the city's happiness". Think about it the next time you hang around). Yet, the situation ain't that bad and it's not limited to cyclists (jaywalking and bad driving are the norm). And it can always get much worse. :)
Sometimes, however, I come across cyclists that the only relief I have seeing them cycling is that they could have been even more harmful behind the steering wheel of a car. Take for example the girl in the blurry photo above. She had overtaken me by breaking the red light in three traffic lights before the picture was taken, just for me to pass her again a hundred yard down the road. Eventually she stopped at the red light, blocking oncoming cyclists (like the arrow-misreader or even closer to the racers). I took out the camera and was ready to shoot when the light changed. As you can easily see she turned right, cutting off pedestrians who crossed while they had green.
How rude. This is certainly not the right way to win the hearts of other road users. I guess she just didn't care.
I took the picture on 23 January along the canal path.
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