Share The Road Campaign

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Well done Phil and Slaney Cycling Club, this could get big if it gets the deserved support.

http://slaneycyclingclub.com/

GlennaMaddy

Letter printed and signed off to the postbox now.

MichealD

This is a campaign that every cyclist on here should be committed to. It only takes a minute to drop this letter in an email to the minister. It may fall on deaf ears but its better than just complaining about it the next time a wing mirror almost brushes against you.

Mine is gone to the minister, the Taoiseach and my five constituency TDs.

greenmat

Done.

loinnsigh

Sent.

buffalo

I love emailing Leo. Makes me feel like I can change the world!!

kenmc

It's mid march. Has anyone seen any sign of this campain yet? I've seen tv ads about not driving up one way streets, but nothing about cyclists rights and minimum overtaking distance.....

Cookie_Monster

As much as I'd like to see it happen, at the end of the day what'll change if it's brought in? How can it be enforced, apart the extraordinarily rare time a squad car may witness an overtake, motorists won't change their attitudes. It's law here in NZ, and plastered all over local buses, makes **** all difference.

toffeemanphil

Hi There Cookie Monster,
I'm new to boards but I'm sorry that's been your experience there in Kiwiland, but its not the experience shared by those of us who have been lucky enough to cycle in other countries where the law has been in place for a while. Like all laws, they are meaningless without enforcement, but when the law isn't in place in the first place, then that's a big problem. This is about making motorists aware and to understand the needs of vulnerable road users and about making cyclists feel safe on our roads. It isnt the panacea of all of cyclings woes but its a major part.

andy69

kenmc wrote: »

It's mid march. Has anyone seen any sign of this campain yet? I've seen tv ads about not driving up one way streets, but nothing about cyclists rights and minimum overtaking distance.....

There is a tv ad in production at the moment, I heard from someone working on it. Not sure when it airs though. Its about driver awareness of cyclists is all I know.

toffeemanphil

Hi There,
Im a member of slaney cycling club and i have launched a safe cycling campaign to try to stop vehicles passing too close to cyclists when overtaking
its called
stayin' alive at 1.5
Please take a look and put a like on the page and share with as many as possible

Thanks a million
Phil Skelton
Here is a link to it
http://www.facebook.com/pages/Stayin-Alive-at-15/491406574256697?fref=ts

piston

andy69 wrote: »

There is a tv ad in production at the moment, I heard from someone working on it. Not sure when it airs though. Its about driver awareness of cyclists is all I know.

I saw the ad last night, but didn't hear what it said (in a friends house and they'd turned the volume down.) Seems to be just advising a 1.5m passing space, watch out ant junctions etc.

It's good to see it but I wouldn't hold out much hope of it making a difference.

monkeypants

The message needs to be stronger to counter a comment like this, which I found on the Indo website today.

As regards cyclists increasing in number no thanks, they are the most aggressive people on the roads, not paying road tax and appear to have the attitude to owing the road, you see them in their rediculous clothes their buttocks clenched and their faces contorted with hatred.

Calls himself/herself "Didillusioned" - demented might be more fitting. Ten people voted for it.

Surveyor11

Stopped reading at 'road tax', worrying though the attitude out there

galwaycyclist

Cookie_Monster wrote: »

As much as I'd like to see it happen, at the end of the day what'll change if it's brought in? How can it be enforced, apart the extraordinarily rare time a squad car may witness an overtake, motorists won't change their attitudes. It's law here in NZ, and plastered all over local buses, makes **** all difference.

There was a meeting between the Minister and a Cyclist.ie delegation about 6 weeks ago where this specific issue was raised. At this time the Ministers advisors are taking the position that this is unenforceable so they are not proposing changes to the law. However, they are proposing an education campaign.

Our view is that, on the issue of this legislation, the position of the Minister's advisors is misguided and unsupportable so the pressure needs to be kept up.

Even if this is a regulation that might be difficult to enforce, it is still something that should be on the books as a "test" for the courts to apply in cases where a driver has hit a cyclist while overtaking.