Dangerous "Joe Lawlor Coach Hire" driver on the roads
Yes, this morning, at 10:51 at the main UL entrance, a Joe Lawlor employee ran a cyclist through a line of parking cones set up as part of the roadworks at the college entrance. I know this, because I was the cyclist. I am alright, but that's thanks to luck and a good sense of balance, not to mister "I can't see and shouldn't be driving people around in a professional capacity". The details: I am approaching the main entrance from the CPH direction. I hear a commercial vehicle engine behind me, and then a white minibus starts to overtake me. While the rear wheel of the bus is still level with me, the bus pulls hard left and comes to an abrupt halt. I have 2 choices, go under the back wheel, or crash through the line of parking cones on my left. I choose the latter, thinking they will be light and will move out of my way. Wrong. They are a lot more solid than they look. I bounce off one of them, clip the next one, and somehow retain my balance. I am now in the roadworks themselves, on a racer (i.e. not a mountain bike with offroad tyres). I manage to make my way out through the cones ahead of the bus, point at myself, and ask the driver if he saw me at all. He looks surprised, as if I've just appeared out of thin air, even though he just partially overtook me 10 seconds ago and tried to run over me. It is daylight, I am wearing a bright red cycling helmet, and a dayglow yellow jacket. He has no excuse other than complete incompetence and dangerous driving. It contrasts nicely with their website, where we are told that "Joe Lawlor Coach Hire is a family run business offering a professional but friendly mini bus and coach hire service to all customers". Ah, I've seen the loophole! I wasn't a customer, therefore, I did not deserve the professional service! This also excludes me from their motto: "if we look after our customers they quickly become our friends". Well, if you don't look after other road users, they quickly become incensed and vitriolic, that is even if they aren't also hospitalised, and you get a lot of bad publicity. And with driving like I witnessed, and suffered because of, this morning, you deserve all the bad publicity you draw upon yourselves.
2 Comments:
I hired Joe Lawlor and his family operated business for a family vacation that we took during the summer of '05. Joe and his employees couldn't have provided my family with a more positive experience. I understand your feelings because of this unfortunate incident, and it's only your side of the story. Consequently, I have recommended Joe's service for several of my friends and will continue to. Joe and one of his drivers were even guest at my home in Massachusetts, USA.
Sincerely,
Jeff Primeau
Massachusetts
With regards to Ian's comments regarding an incidient with one of my coaches on 31/03/06 I can only comment that it was a shame Ian did not go to the trouble of writing to me or in fact reporting the incidient to the authorities as we have no record of this inncidient. I wish to thank the Primeau family for taking the time to add there comment. Yours Sincerelly, Joe Lawlor Propitior.
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