Car turns left into police station across bike lane

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Obvious really
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-5408529/Dr...
Do they have a similar highway code in Ireland

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HC said:

General rules, techniques and advice for all drivers and riders
1.Overview
This section should be read by all drivers, motorcyclists, cyclists and horse riders. The rules
in The Highway Code do not give you the right of way in any circumstance, but they advise you
when you should give way to others.
Always give way if it can help to avoid an incident.

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BFleming said:

This one was in Ireland, the country where cyclists are permitted to cycle on pavements. It's a bizarre thing, which stems from allowing kids to cycle on pavements. Irish law didn't go far enough to say who could & who couldn't, so now everyone can. Outside my in Dublin there's a cycle lane marked on the wide pavement, then it sort-of disappears. Lethal. It gets worse though, in the Phoenix Park there's a road, then a pavement, then a cycle lane. Anyone coming from the park to get to the pavement must cross the cycle lane. This time the cyclist didn't fare so well... https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/cour...

There's something seems not quite right about the way that article is written

article said:

....was a former engineer, a keen cyclist and an organ donor

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There's always a huge issue with people not realising theyre being overtaken, particularly up the inside
If it was a bus lane with a bus coming up the inside.....

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captain_cynic said:

Vehicles are not meant to overtake (or undertake) a vehicle signalling to turn or at an intersection. The car was in a legal place to make that turn.

This applies to all vehicles and passing on the left or the right. Please see rule 167 of the Highway Code, even if the driver didn't check their mirrors the cyclist is still 100% at fault.

they may not have anticipated overtaking on the left

HC167 said:

Rule 167

DO NOT overtake where you might come into conflict with other road users. For example

- approaching or at a road junction on either side of the road
- where the road narrows
- when approaching a school crossing patrol
- between the kerb and a bus or tram when it is at a stop
- where traffic is queuing at junctions or road works
- when you would force another road user to swerve or slow down
- at a level crossing
- when a road user is indicating right, even if you believe the signal should have been cancelled. Do not take a risk; wait for the signal to be cancelled
- stay behind if you are following a cyclist approaching a roundabout or junction, and you intend to turn left
- when a tram is standing at a kerbside tram stop and there is no clearly marked passing lane for other traffic.

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qube_TA said:

I'm with the cyclist on this one, he's not 'undertaking' as he's in a cycle lane that's marked. The driver should give way to any traffic on there when he made the left turn. I cycle into work and this happens almost daily.

Doesn't it depend on time?

If a car parks on a busy road, if someone drives or cycles along into it it's their problem
If at the time the car crosses into the cycle lane, the lane is clear, therell be no collision
If the car stops half way across that's ok too
If a while later a cycle runs into it the bike is a bit daft

How does that play out with the timings?