Hit and run today in Cork – BMW at stop sign pulled out in front of me and applied his brakes. More in comments

Hit and run today in Cork – BMW at stop sign pulled out in front of me and applied his brakes. More in comments
by u/irish_guy in ireland

45 comments

  1. I was travelling downhill on a 50km/h road going well under the speed limit and following all rules of the road.

    This BMW at a stop sign pulls out in front me when it was unsafe to do so and for some unknown and possibly malicious reason applies it’s brakes almost like a brake check.

    I reacted by braking, if you pay particularly close attention just before the collision I am braking so hard that I am nearly going over the handlebars before I even collide with the car.

    After hitting the floor the car slowly continues on, seems to contemplate stopping but decides to drive off.

    I have some injuries on my hands and arm but nothing seems to be broken.

    An absolute Saint of a lady pulled in front of me to protect me from other cars, helped me up and moved my bike and waited with me till the Gardai arrived and gave them a statement.

    Gave me a first aid kit and even offered me a drink, this woman is an angel.

  4. What a scumbag. Go get yourself checked for internal injuries. I’m not kidding, that kind of crash can give you a collapsed lung that you might not notice right away. Watch yourself the next few days.

  6. Jesus looked a hard fall, hope you’re doing alright. Bad form to drive off, hopefully Gardaí follow up with that.

    Honestly there’s a very bad habit a lot of drivers have when they pull out in front of someone and realise during it that they shouldn’t have, their instinct is to brake.

  8. The number looks legit… a Black BMW 520 with NCT due Wednesday 13th December 2023. DashCam has paid for itself! Regardless of damage, failing to stop and remain is an offense.

  9. Awful that they left you there like that. Thank goodness you have the video! Get yourself checked out for the injuries. The real pain doesn’t set in until the 3rd day when the shock and adrenaline wear off. So good to hear about the smart and kind person who did help you. Hope the Gardai follow up and your recovery is an easy one.

  18. Go to the hospital, get your injuries recorded.

    Go speak to 2 nnnGGardaí. Give them a copy of the video.

    Go home, put up the feet, open a can and bask in the delightful feeling that you will soon get to press charges against an absolute cunt.

    Hope you’re ok, said can will help with that.

  19. Thats shit. Glad your ok though had that happen to me and cut the top of my finger off going through the rear brake lights. Out of interest are you on a derestricted ebike ?( assists pasts 25kp/h)

  20. Hey OP, as a cyclist I have few suggestions for ya. Please don’t take it as blaming you because I’m not.
    – never trust them. I’d have started braking earlier or swerved to the right (PS and I don’t mean without looking, at the last moment and to the center of the other lane as some are interpreting) but I get it was too late
    – have blinking lights even during the day! I always have them and cars merging always see me. And have them to blink, not always on.
    – your brakes look shite. Careful with those, this can happen again. Are they cable disc? These usually brake poorly – you can remedy with compressionless cable housing + better pads.
    Hope you are OK. Take care!

  22. Dude you had 5 business working days to brake or your brakes are pile of shite. It looks like you were trying to keep your momentum thinking the car would acceleratw quickly, rather than you stopping/acclerating. I can see approx 10-20m of breaking distance from when the driver pulls out. For my safety as a cyclist, I assume that cars can’t see me or will do something stupid. It’s not ideal, but it’s reality. While the driver may have braked out of malice or whatever, there is no reason for you to coming that close to the car. Tbh you deccelerated very quickly in the last 3-5 metres.

  23. Did you even attempt to stop or slow down? You should get your brakes checked, or travel at a speed that your brakes can at least stop you.

  25. A few years ago while cycling an actual AMG pulled a right without indicating (was living abroad at the time) I hit him go flying across the bonnet. Sprained an ankle and a wrist along with lots and I mean lots of tarmac burns. They proceed to get out and scream at me whilst I’m lying there, until the lad in the 7/11 comes out tells him he saw everything and has it on CCTV furthermore, most importantly he also had a first aid kit and called his mate to bring me to a+e oh and the driver fucked off when he heard CCTV, suppose what I’m latching here is that lady. For every prick there’s 2 good ones, people in general are good and decent

  27. My first crash, yeah I have had a few, was similar.
    Ended up in court and judge assigned me 5 % of the blame for not anticipating the other driver pulling out and as a result I lost my no claims.

  30. First and foremost absolute piece of shit driver for taking off after the accident. If you indite that’ll bite them in the ass. As to the accident itself, I’ll have to sadly agree with some of the people commenting similar stuff below – you did endanger yourself and the other members of traffic in this situation: the driver clearly took your right of way, when pulling over the stop line despite you approaching (my guess is he didn’t expect a bicycle to go 40-50, which would even be a reasonable defense of their driving, or didn’t see you at all). As soon as they did and from the moment they entered the road ahead of you thought, you are required to keep a distance and speed at which you are able to safely break to a full stop, if traffic in front of you does so for what ever reason. I don’t know, if the driver brake tested you or simply panic-braked, but since you were driving behind and rear ended, you are indeed partly at fault for the collision- despite them taking your right of way earlier and even if they brake tested you.

    I sincerely hope you didn’t sustain any damages from the accident, you definitely should have a doctor check you up and sue the driver for leaving the accident. But, you simply can not drive like this and at such speeds on a bicycle. Your brake speed or/and reaction time seems unacceptable for going 50 and at that speed your bike is practically invisible to other members of traffic, while your protection is simply nonexistent even with a helmet. If you would have gone just a bit faster at the moment of impact, this could have been a very different video. You could have easily bounced into traffic on other lanes or have been flung over the car … the risk in these situations is simply unacceptable for you as the driver and other participants of traffic. I know bikes are available at these speeds, but they aren’t safe to drive in traffic at these speeds.

  31. The BMW driver is dangerous but IMO you were slow to brake despite having had ample time to do so. He came out in front of you but you need to cycle at a safe speed and a safe distance.

  35. To be honest I think you rear ended the car , they were flat on the road by the time you hit them and you didn’t slow down when you had ample time , you also had the option to move to the outside lane too, could not see that or were you looking ? In addition your on an electric scooter which is totally illegal under the road traffic acts and in Ireland you do not have an exclusive right of way , you could have slowed down , moved to the outside lane but I’m wondering why you did not see this vehicle ?

  36. Seems like you ran right into the back of them, why didn’t you use your brakes? I mean, you can clearly see the car pulling out about 15 meters before.

  37. It’s obvious from the hate I am getting here why motorists hate cyclists, of which I am one myself.

    Bunch of clowns with no regard for road safety.

  39. The number of people who think a car can pull out of a side road through a STOP junction in front of a vehicle already on the main road, slam their breaks on and somehow not be at fault is alarming. Licenses from cereal boxes. They also LEFT the scene of an accident, I mean at no point is the bmw doing anything right here

  40. The car totally pulled out but what were you driving you seem to be going very quick and only breaked last minute.

  42. As far as I understand, if the car in front has pulled out to this degree and you make contact with the back of the vehicle then you’re at fault. I can also count 3-4 seconds where it is obvious the car is pulling out before you make contact with it. Clearly a prick for not making sure you were ok but I can’t see anyone assigning blame to the bmw driver under the law. Were you just not paying attention?

    Source: Competitive road cyclist of 8+ years training primarily in Ireland, often spending 2-3hours a day on the road.

  43. You had so much time to brake. Sooo much time. As a motorist, motorcyclist and a cyclist, I’m not on anyone’s side – but you had sooo much time to brake. I mean, it’s shocking that you didn’t brake in time.

    Stop playing the victim. You went into the back of him. You hit him.

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