CramCycle wrote: » My understanding is yes, and so is the limit of how you get to where you are going. So if there is a road across the field from you 1km away but the only way to travel there by road takes you outside of the 5km radius, then its a no go by road, but you are free (provided its not trespassing) to cross the field and head directly to it.
magicbastarder wrote: » 'Cycling capital of death': Bogotá bikers battle violence on city's streetshttps://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/25/bogota-cycling-capital-of-death-colombia-violence?CMP=Share_AndroidApp_Other
Thelonious Monk wrote: » So the Sandymount shower are retweeting hysterics from the Daily Mail nowhttps://twitter.com/IrishCycle/status/1320067088468332545
Electric bicycles and the law Sir, – I take it from your recent article (“Bicycle-sharing scheme in ¤300,000 crowdfunding move”, Business, October 22nd) that Dublin will soon be overrun by electric bicycles moving along our cycle lanes at speeds which only the most athletic of us could previously have managed. This would be bad enough, but that almost all such bicycles are illegally on the road is worse. Electric bicycles are not exempt from the requirements imposed on other mechanically propelled vehicles by the Road Traffic Act. The Act defines a pedal cycle as being propelled “solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated thereon”, and defines a mechanically propelled vehicle as including “a bicycle or tricycle with an attachment for propelling it by mechanical power, whether or not the attachment is being used”. There is, unlike in the UK, no exemption for electrically assisted pedal cycles, low powered or otherwise. Like other mechanically propelled vehicles, electric bicycles require third-party insurance and vehicle registration, and their drivers need a valid driving licence. Requirements which, I fear, few electric bicycles, if any, meet. – Yours, etc, MICHAEL J WALSH, BL Clontarf, Dublin 3.
‘ pedal cycle ’ means— (i) a bicycle or tricycle which is intended or adapted for propulsion solely by the physical exertions of a person or persons seated thereon, or (ii) a pedelec, but does not include a moped or a scooter;
In the European Union a pedelec does not need registration, insurance, or license plate, if it adheres to these rules: Motor power up to 250 W (continuous) Motor is active only when the pedals are turned Highest speed of 25 km/h (15.5 mph) with motor assistance
tomasrojo wrote: » There's the definition of pedal cycle in an Act from 2008:http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/eli/2008/act/25/section/7/enacted/en/html The European Directive, according to Wikipedia, says: I'm not a law-talking guy and our letter-writing friend is, but "I fear" he hasn't actually looked into this very far.
magicbastarder wrote: » Concerns over cost halt €20m north Dublin city cycle path The development of a €20 million cycle path from Fairview to Connolly Station in Dublin has been halted amid funding and design disputes between Dublin City Council, the National Transport Authority (NTA) and Irish Water.https://www.irishtimes.com/news/environment/concerns-over-cost-halt-20m-north-dublin-city-cycle-path-1.4391550?mode=amp
Instead the council will have to remove proposed temporary cycle lanes, with cyclists “required to use the bus lanes during the construction works,”. This will require a revised traffic management plan, it said.
In addition, a section of the scheme in Fairview Park needs to be narrowed to protect mature trees.
magicbastarder wrote: » good god. story is from the US.Minivan’s passenger leans out and slaps bicyclist; both end up deadhttps://www.mercurynews.com/2020/10/26/minivans-passenger-leans-out-and-slaps-bicyclist-both-end-up-dead/
magicbastarder wrote: » Objections To New Cycle Track Going Up Side Of The Spire A PROPOSED cycle lane which goes up one side of Dublin city’s Spire and down the other has so far received over 1,000 written objections from locals, WWN has learned. The sudden appearance of the cycle lane has caused outrage, with objectors claiming the lane will ruin the look of the giant monument, which is located right at the heart of the city.https://waterfordwhispersnews.com/2020/10/27/objections-to-new-cycle-track-going-up-side-of-the-spire/
breezy1985 wrote: » Imagine one of your family dying over a stupid c*** like that
The article doesn't say whether the bicyclist was wearing a helmet. A good helmet, properly fitted and worn, should prevent a fatal injury when being knocked off a bike. There can still be severe body injury, but that should not kill you. The area looks flat, but she still could have been riding fast, so maybe her neck broke?
[Deleted User] wrote: » Are you going to hold my coat or will I hold yours while we go for the KOM
tomasrojo wrote: » Another law-talking guy wrote back about the legality of pedelecs:https://twitter.com/ccferrie/status/1321731637089062912
Cycle ways, trees and pedestrians Sir, – Olivia Kelly reports that mature trees are being taken into account by the designers of the planned Fairview cycleway (“Irish Water, Dublin City Council and NTA fail to agree on Clontarf to city scheme”, Home News, October 27th). But what about the interest of mature pedestrians such as myself? The pedestrian path, for example, along the embankment between Sutton Cross and the James Larkin Road has been narrowed to widen the existing cycleway. I find the path is now too narrow to walk on safely in gusty or strong winds. The narrower pathway also results in walkers sometimes being cheek by jowl with speeding e-bikes, scooters and mini pelotons of Lycra-clad cyclists. Some of the latter overtake slower cyclists by aggressively intruding into the path of pedestrians. The Green Party and trendy City Hall officials seem to regard pedestrians, people pushing buggies and those with mobility issues as lower in the pecking order than cyclists, trees and even seagulls. – Yours, etc, KARL MARTIN, Bayside, Dublin 13.
Seth Brundle wrote: » However, the IT also has this letter which ticks many of the bingo boxes...https://www.irishtimes.com/opinion/letters/cycle-ways-trees-and-pedestrians-1.4393554
CramCycle wrote: » I love the bit at the end, just in case you think putting BL at the end of your name gives it weight, my address is the Law Library.
magicbastarder wrote: » may have been posted already:https://twitter.com/rtenews/status/1321459203148443648
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