Galway traffic

Yeah but private car drivers include the vast majority of people, nay households, at some point.

Parking on DYLs isn't ideal, but you are allowed to drop off for 20 minutes or whatever and as per Da Cor's examples above, folk do generally try not to obstruct passing traffic in the process of parking up for a short while.

The reason all this hand-wringing won't work is that the vast majority of people accept the pragmatism of the behaviour I'm talking about. We all need to do it at some time or other, why go out of your way to upset people when its only a minor thing?

I'm not trolling anyone, I'm saying that everyday business in Galway, like other towns and cities, would cease to function if there wasn't a bit of give and take, when it comes to moving people and goods around locally.

Yeah, you're correct.

I'm allowed to feel one way about one topic and a different way about a different topic though, as odd as that may seem to you.

But I owe you no justification for that, so I think I'll ignore the call to prayer for the service of Andrew brand self-righteousness for today.

There is a significant degree of hypocrisy in extolling the importance of rule of law, yet selecting which laws you expect people to comply with. You’ve no business hammering others for not complying with the law when you advocate for exactly the same approach yourself.

A non-standard reg wouldn't be high on my priority list either but it's incorrect to say it "couldn't possibly have any bearing on road safety or promoting walking and cycling".

Defeating Automatic Number Plate Recognition, and therefore being able to get away with breaking the speed limit, is often one of the main motivations in getting non-standard plates. There is a reason that the format is legally specified. With speeding being a contributory factor in so many road traffic injuries and deaths this is definitely a road safety issue.

@Larbre34 "folk do generally try not to obstruct passing traffic in the process of parking up for a short while."

This is also a big part of the problem. The attitude that because I'm not blocking the traffic coming behind me I'm not causing a problem. There are two popular establishments selling coffee in Salthill that are adjacent to pedestrian crossings. There are double yellow lines there to protect those pedestrian crossings and reinforce the law that you are not allowed to park within 15 metres before/5 metres after a crossing. Everyday those double yellow lines are ignored by drivers who seem to think that, because they are not blocking the car traffic, they are doing no harm. There is invariably free legal parking close by but they choose not to use it because they would have to walk a few seconds further. Then the view of the crossing is blocked, leading to danger to the people on foot trying to cross. I saw a frightening incident there recently where a lady in a white Tesla decided to keep going well after the lights turned red as a family stepped out from between the illegally parked cars. And that's before you get to the absolute sociopaths who, if the double yellow lines are already occupied, will actually park on the pedestrian crossing itself while the go in to get their coffee.

There are actually two from Castlelawn Heights onto the Dyke Road, about 50m apart. They lead onto two parallel roads in the estate.

Important. The CPO process for the BusConnects is to facilitate car traffic flow and access, not cycle paths etc. We could have BusConnects without CPO of property but car access would then have to be strictly limited along key corridors as a result. Would prefer the later.

Millars Lane metal gate chicanes on the entrance to the lane at Rahoon Road

and at the WDR

https://goo.gl/maps/gHnY2x752NPbc2cG9

LARGE CONCRETE BLOCK on the opposite side

There is a metal chicane fence into Cruachan Park (opposite Rockfield Park in Rahoon) --> https://goo.gl/maps/cmJmDCvwMSiCpkLc9

Red Lane at Davis Road in Shantalla has a concrete wall chicane; something similar as well at Rivendell / Highfield Park onto Taylors Hill. --> https://goo.gl/maps/sXDebhrk6oGJ8Bfc8

actually the worst spot for people on foot or bike in Rahoon is probably the Letteragh Road/Circular Road junction. Huge construction Developments on Letteragh Road and there are NO foopaths at this busy junction. --> https://goo.gl/maps/4NyJg3mBLp3e44EF7