Any cyclist who has ridden a decent number of miles - indeed any number of miles - will know what Bernie A D'Arcy was feeling in this video, below, that she posted on Twitter.
The Wicklow woman, who is a well known public speaker on human rights and domestic violence who has won awards for her work, said was almost killed by a close-pass driver while she was out on her bike near Ashford, Co Wikclow.
She pulled into the side of the road and bravely captured her upset in the moment in this video; a short clip that really hammers home the impact of a bad close pass, especially involving a driver in a large or speeding vehicle.
Wearing high visibility kit, with the close-pass safety logo on her jersey, and with a helmet on, Bernie said the road safety laws were simply not being enforced, adding it was putting cyclists' lives in real danger.
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“I’m sick of begging the council to put in cycling lanes for cyclists and to keep cyclists alive,” a tearful Bernie said in what is a very powerful video message.
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“If the horsey crowd can’t slow down and pull over with their horse boxes why should I slow down when I meet them on their horse?
“But I always will slow down because I’m not like them; I don’t try and kill anybody. But I’m sick of it, sick of trying to stay alive on my bike in Co Wicklow.”
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We salute her bravery in being so honest about he impact of this close call and no doubt this footage will become a reference point in the debate around dangerous driving and its impact on the safety of cyclists on Irish roads.
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