A Bus Eireann coach driver was recorded by an oncoming vehicle carrying out this overtaking move, with a cyclist in the middle of it.
Video Bus Eireann close call overtaking cyclist
One of the country’s largest cycling advocacy groups have called for an investigation by Bus Eireann into the overtaking in the clip below.
Cork’s Red FM shared the clip on social media. It said one of its listeners had recorded it on a dashcam.
It is not clear what part of the country it was recorded. In the clip a Bus Eireann coach is being towards the vehicle with the dashcam.
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The coach driver is forced into a corrective move, back into his own side of the road, when he comes upon the ongoing vehicle.
And as they pass each other, it emerges the coach was overtaking a cyclist; a man who had a lucky escape.
The Irish Cycling Advocacy Network said an investigation should be instigated by Bus Eireann. It noted the coach driver had crossed the continuous white line.
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