Journalism and Cycling 2: the difficult second album

Wasn't Galway also the site of the first cycle bus? Seems like a total lack of leadership from anyone in authority.

Don't see Drew Harris putting in the requests for more mobile cameras, making the case for ANPR cameras, static cameras, portals for civilian upload, civilians to be involved in the processing of camera detection etc.

Funny enough - you know the 30k zone on Iona Road, have been watching cars tearing up and down that road for years. Much to my surprise, there was a speed check there two weeks ago.

Having said that - the point stands to a degree. There are a hundred other Iona Road equivalents in Glasnevin / Drumcondra alone.

It would be interested to know what Garda resources are in place daily or weekly to manage motoring offences in Dublin, especially speed.

Exactly. Gardai lost the roads in 2008/9 due to cut backs. It was a really bad move. It will take a long time and a massive Garda clamp down to change behaviour on roads now. I don't think they have the resources, technology or will to do this in an effective and continuous manner. Instead they ask people to be safe out there. That is not going to have much effect on people that have no regard for other road users safety.

It's an excellent way to police junctions. No hanging about in Germany with road traffic matters.

Very low cost once installed and very little chance of a challenge. We are decades behind. They had these in Switzerland 20yrs ago.

Seems odd that the Gardai would object to popup pedestrian crossings - they've never had a problem with popup car parks.

I had a to drive to a client site this morning. Jaysus the road behaviour is shocking - I hadn't been in rush hour traffic in a car for so long. Three cars in from of me at Lucan broke a red to go over the bridge at the Liffey. Loads of cars using the bus lanes - without a care in the word. Driving at the speed limit neigh on impossible without being tail gated / undertaken in the bus lane. I really can't understand why we don't have cameras on bus lanes and traffic lights - we most be on of the only EU countries without this. The road behaviour is "ah sure I'll get away with it", so blatant misuse becomes rampant.

Second that on the German police - they take zero crap. I was in a suburb of Stuttgart over the summer. Went and bought a cool drink in a supermarket and had it on the bench outside. A car pulled up and parked illegally immediately outside the supermarket - maybe it was an Irish person lol. Anyway, within a few minutes the local Polizei squad car arrived, took photos of the car reg and drove off - presumably a nice fine in the post to the owner.

Or pop-up circuses within carparks along the strand.

I passed my driving test in Britain over 28 years ago, and there were fixed red light camera's and fixed speed camera's then. A number of junctions had the boxes, they rotated the camera's, but very few would chance even an amber gamble at any of those junctions. Flooring it to make a green, could get you 6 points (3 for the red, 3 for the speeding) iirc.

Ah the wonderful joys of being outside the EU. Dont think this will be the last time something like this happens

Well I suppose the question is: if people are so pissed off with Gardai lack of enforcement, why dont ye do something about it - ye are taxpayers after all, for the most part.

In my experience if there’s illegal parking near to a Garda station that isn’t being policed, it’s the employees of same Garda station that are doing the illegal parking.

My club were told by a garda (on the day) at an open race that it was illegal to use the "please STOP cycle race" signs. I notice the vets have similar signs, with the STOP covered, presumably because of similar run ins. Sums up roads policing, focus on the stuff that actually helps road safety rather than the real issues.