Journalism and Cycling 2: the difficult second album

breezy1985 wrote: »

Where are all the "freedom loving" anti mask people when debates like helmets come up ?

It is remarkable how many right-wing, small-government, anti-nanny-state, light regulation people suddenly become pro-regulation when cycling is discussed. We've seen it from Renua in the past. I remember John McGurk brought onto Matt Cooper's show to argue the case.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

It is remarkable how many right-wing, small-government, anti-nanny-state, light regulation people suddenly become pro-regulation when cycling is discussed. We've seen it from Renua in the past. I remember John McGurk brought onto Matt Cooper's show to argue the case.

Yeah Ive often wondered about that, its the same in Australia where they're completely corrupted by decades of Murdochs poison, always whining about the nanny state/red tape/interfering bureaucrats etc etc but then when it comes to cycling their hard man anti-nanny state politicians successfully campaign on pushing helmet laws through and now want mandatory insurance and registration for cyclists.

magicbastarder wrote: »

hard men don't cycle though. hard men drive utes.

Sorry but that's a load of udder bullocks.

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

It is remarkable how many right-wing, small-government, anti-nanny-state, light regulation people suddenly become pro-regulation when cycling is discussed. We've seen it from Renua in the past. I remember John McGurk brought onto Matt Cooper's show to argue the case.

No chance of us getting Waters & O'Doherty on the case for us then : )

AndrewJRenko wrote: »

Seeing as Waters went to jail rather than pay his parking fine in Dun Laoghaire, I don't think he'll be top of our list.

I think Gemma has moaned about the lycra clad communists iirc. Or maybe that's just my recurring nightmare.

Being berated by Gemma while dressed in a lycra Russian army uniform sounds like one of those very niche dominatrix fetishes. Like the time Max Mosley was caught with the Nazi girls

Irish Times delighted with new cycling infrastructure as usual

https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/sandymount-cycle-route-to-go-ahead-despite-opposition-from-residents-1.4375728

Why do the IT hate public transport and cycling so much?

Tell me how wrote: »

...Too deep?

Not at all. The problem is that some IT readers people don't think deeply enough, and perceive anything other than their lifestyle as inferior, when in fact, many differences are just that: different - not inferior, just different.

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

Why do the IT hate public transport and cycling so much?

Because most of their journalists and readers drive

Tombo2001 wrote: »

The IT loves Cycling.....isn't there Greenways and Cycle Buses and Sam Bennett....

Its just cyclists they dont like.

They like bikes when it's off the road not affecting the commute

I would imagine with this project, as soon as it's up and running, counsellors and maybe even TDs will be up in arms saying the traffic is gridlocked around Merrion and Ballsbridge, and of course if there was no bike lane there would be no traffic problems. I hope this doesn't lead to it only being a trial, but I wouldn't be too confident.

Thelonious Monk wrote: »

I would imagine with this project, as soon as it's up and running, counsellors and maybe even TDs will be up in arms saying the traffic is gridlocked around Merrion and Ballsbridge, and of course if there was no bike lane there would be no traffic problems. I hope this doesn't lead to it only being a trial, but I wouldn't be too confident.

A local counsellor in Limerick has
"urged the council to scrap the Shannon bridge cycle lane and return to the free flow of traffic on the bridge"

Free flow my arse that bridge was backed up way off the back of the bridge long before the cycle lane

Wildly Boaring wrote: »

Ah here, it's mental at this stage.

I was running last night in a village, cars doing approx 50kph.
6 drivers in a row looking at their phones!!

Phones have become almost instinctual
I used manage pubs and you could see some of the staff just couldn't comprehend the idea that finishing your text was rude with a customer looking at you. Same goes for the customers trying to texts and order so ide say if you pointed this out to the driver they would be almost surprised the phone was in their hand

FineGael TD for Galway East
https://twitter.com/FineGael/status/1314551253779787776?s=20

Seth Brundle wrote: »

So many of the replies are the usual anti-cycling crap. It's funny how some people react to a safety plea.

I was wondering the same, the tweet tags fine Gael and road safety week. Are these people actively seeking out cycling promotion using sentiment analysis?