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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 18h
From the UpRider: 'Taxi driver fails to giveway at pedestrian crossing. After having a chat with the driver he said he didnt see me and was looking for cars not pedestrians and bikes!' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 30/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Driver decides to take a shortcut on the wrong side of the road, into oncomming traffic!' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the UpRider: Riding north on the W River Road when I was alerted to an approaching vehicle by my rear-facing radar. I was as far right as practical, there was no other traffic in the vicinity, so any approaching vehicle could have easily accommodated the state's 3-foot passing law.
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 29/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'I was cycling along a local FOOTPATH/CYCLEPATH, when a car came up behind me and passed me. I was so shocked an actually stopped to let her pass. Was she lost, drunk or just think it was a road?!' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Unnecessary, selfish and dangerous driving' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Bear crossing path' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Must pass the cyclist even if the road ends before I can' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Toyota Prado 4x4 cuts off Bike' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 27/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Driver saw me coming and pulled out anyway, tried to say i had space.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Driver backs out without looking & had no idea anyone was around them.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 26/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Driver went on the wrong side of the rode to avoid slowing down a few seconds.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
Find out where your local hotspots for incidents are at upride.cc and upload your own incidents to let other road users know what you've been facing.
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 25/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Passed way inside the 3 foot mark on a blind hill' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Close Fast Pass' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Close pass when plenty of room to overtake' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'I got cut off by a ute that sped up to pass and then decided they wanted to get petrol, so they cut straigth in front of me almost running me over.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Car pulled out in front of group' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
From the UpRider: '30km/h limit road without enough space to pass but try !' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Yet another casual close passing by a Panzer driver who is fully aware of the anti-cyclist sentiment at Lancashire Constabulary, who believe that if you don't collide with a cyclist you didn't drive close enough and who will completely ignore the report. Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
From the UpRider: Routine Lancashire close passing offence which will be ignored by Lancashire Constabulary, which refuses to admit that close-passing exists. The report won't be 'dismissed'- there will simply be no response. This is a cyclist-hostile police force. Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Close call during today’s group ride. While traveling in a fast paceline (30+ MPH), an SUV pulled out of a private driveway into our path. No injuries were sustained, but it was a near-miss. Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
Find out where your local hotspots for incidents are at upride.cc and upload your own incidents to let other road users know what you've been facing.
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'He took his chance to overtake into the blind' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 20/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Group ride leaves weekly at 6PM to allow for rush hour traffic to get home. This impatient jerk decided they didn't like following us so as they began their pass they decided to swerve in closer. While entering a blind curve no less' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Cal Trans truck moves out into the lane to follow lead vehicle. With no warning the truck almost takes me out, causing me to lock up my back wheel to avoid the crash. Had to have seen me before the right hand turn, and just forgot about me.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 19/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'cycling 12km/h according to new legislation and being told of by Wynnum Police for not cycling safely' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
From the UpRider: Close pass caused by dangerous overtaking manoeuvre on a straight road with good visibility from the perspective of the offending vehicle, which should have seen the car coming in opposite direction and judged the speed of all involved. Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 18/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'An SUV with trailer overtakes on a blind bend and brow into heavy shadow before turning left in another 200 metres!' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Near miss by an elderly driver who cut across marked bike lane nearly hitting me' Find more at upride.ccv
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
From the UpRider: ''They've gone - therefore I'm going' mentality!....a poorly judged overtake, following two other vehicles into a blind bend uphill with a large oncoming HGV.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'The car was harassing two cyclist and for no reason showing finger.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 16/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Too close for no reason' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Driver honked while passing and then waited at the stop sign till we arrived. Tried to prevent forward progress then sped away.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 15/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'A typical occurrence at this intersection. Driver's overtake, then right turn directly across my path.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'An apparently benign close pass that did have me feeling uncomfortable around a blind bend, obvious not aggressive or malicious but just lazy and careless! on a quiet road with no excuse not to give me plenty of room.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'The usual, not paying attention to the cyclist, me.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
From the UpRider: The red Toyota passes after the white Mercedes. Then a Mini-Cooper cooper approaches, blaring its horn. This is just rude, as the left lane is perfectly clear, and he does easily change lanes
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 13/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Heading towards a roundabout when the driver honked and drove within inches of me.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
From the UpRider: '300m before the end of my 57km ride I took this right turn and clipped one of the posts, that are blocking the road in order to reduce illegal parking. On this corner alone, there are 23 of these posts! Bike frame top tube cracked. Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 12/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Unsafe pass to make the lights' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Impatient drier starts to pass then squeezes into the lane and cyclist due to oncoming traffic.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 11/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Impatient driver passes totally in same lane despite cars before and after demonstrate how to cross over onto the oncoming lane to provide safe passing distance.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'In this part of Old Northern Rd. motor vehicles travel over 60 Kph and should move into the opposing lane a fair bit to ensure they pass cyclists with at least 1.5 metres of space. Doesn't seem to happen here.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'In this part of Old Northern Rd. motor vehicles travel over 60 Kph and should move into the opposing lane a fair bit to ensure they pass cyclists with at least 1.5 metres of space. Doesn't seem to happen here.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Driver pulls out infront of me despite making eye contact. Nearly causing me to fall off in lose sand on the road' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 09/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'The road behind me is industrial dead end, at this time of morning lots of commuting cyclists and the DHL people heading out from their depot, not particularly busy road at this part of it ... I though we all understood one another, its routine, see the same people most morning.
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'The driver of this pickup and trailer started to enter the bike lane without signaling (or looking for people on bikes) so I used my bike horn. When I caught up to the people in this truck, they flipped me off, more or less confirming they intentionally swerved towards me.'
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Isuzu Mux passes in same lane because of on coming traffic. Instead of waiting till it is safe to go over into the oncoming lane to wnsure I get more than 1 metre of clearance. Lots of motor vehicle think that's ok but over 60 kmh it never is.' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Fail to Give Way' Find more at upride.cc
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upride.bsky.social @upride.bsky.social · 06/09/2026
From the UpRider: 'Two dangerous situations in just a few seconds‚ something I had never experienced before.' Find more at upride.cc
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