The RSA's approach to road safety as illustrated by a dog
But I am pretty sure, like many people, he is incorrect in his assumption that he can get every interaction with a Garda in Irish on the spot. This is not the law, or at least, how the law is applied. He can demand this and if the Garda cannot fufill this duty, they can escort the person to a Garda station and wait for an interpreter. He is well within his rights to ask for it. The Garda is well within their rights to ask him to dismount in a situation they deem it is unsafe or dangerous for them to continue cycling.
Until that video appears, I imagine we are all guessing at which side, or both or neither, were acting the b*ll*cks. I suspect it may have been both but appreciate that is not possible to determine on the unverified version of events presented.
I imagine that if he had used a modicum of common sense this would have been a non issue. He clearly understood the Garda and therefore while English might not be his first language he was capable of interacting through English. State that, apologies, but cyclists are allowed but he appreciates that there are pedestrians and will dismount, or some such civilised sentence. Or write into the Super, as gaeilge if he wishes, and explain that they should inform the uniforms that cyclists are allowed cycle there and so on. On the same note, the Garda could have apologised that he was not a fluent speaker, and that he could give him the option of continuing through English or excorting him to the nearest station to get a fluent speaker to explain what was happening.
I always loved this guy, slick af and apparently still in amazing shape for his age I think he does triathlons.
I think they've a good chance of winning the copa mundial too.
"The Garda is well within their rights to ask him to dismount in a situation they deem it is unsafe or dangerous for them to continue cycling."
Yeah, that's certainly true, but if they told him to dismount and cited the reason that it was a pedestrian street, as he alleges, they can't really plausibly later claim that the real rationale was the volume of pedestrians. Again, bad-minded as I might be, I think the gardaí probably have been misled by the media coverage, and think it's a pedestrianized street (he says they were telling other people to stop cycling), and then wouldn't back down and look at the signage when he pushed back, or at least wouldn't acknowledge the contents of the signs ("without explaining why there were signs on the street indicating that cycling was permitted").
I don't doubt that his initial insistence on having the conversation in Irish raised the temperature of the interaction, especially given so many people's complex relationship with the language and with years of mandatory lessons, and often feelings of shame for lacking proficiency after all that. But all the same, it's not actually hard to politely decline the request, and controlling your pique in very low-stake scenarios like this isn't an unreasonable expectation.
Maybe not the right thread but traffic disruption in Sandymount is back in the news.
Compared to the works in Fairview, I'll be a bit more difficult for the mouth-foamers to link these works to "dem cyclists". I've no doubt some will still take a crack at it though.
I'm not sure that both-sidesing is an appropriate tactic here. The cyclist's only obligation is to obey the law, which he seems to have been doing. The Garda's obligation is to enforce the law, which he seems to have dramatically over-reached on, and has abused his position to enforce his personal preferences, rather than the law. His colleagues did the same with their clumsy GDPR tactic.
Why would he or anyone need to declare a benefit? It's his choice. Do you expect to have to justify every decision you made with a benefit analysis?
The article was published on a public website, and subsequently linked here, an internet forum for discussion. As such, I'm pretty sure that I can make any comment, or ask any question I choose about said article.
Apart for that, I don't really have any intention in discussing this with you at all Andrew. I tried that in a previous thread, and I found you to be disingenuous, needlessly combative, and in general somebody who argues in bad faith
Until I hear both sides or see unbiased proof, bothsiding it as you say is the fairest thing to do. Someone took a video that no one has published, Cians article never mentions seeing it, just that the person seen it and told him about it (why he needed a video when he was there seemed odd). Surprised he published it without more to be honest. I have met plenty of Gardai who are wrong, who have issues and plenty who can be talked to and see sense. His version may be bang on but that's not how journalism works. I have plenty of real world experience that makes his version more than believable but also enough to know it's possible that his version isn't 100% to the impartial observer. I'd sooner know the truth before kicking someone doing there job because someone felt they were entitled when they may not actually have been.
The water works are just a tactic to punish those who objected to the cycle infrastructure. Also a cover for installing it next year. I was told this yesterday.
I always knew the all powerful cycling lobby controlled DCC, but Irish Water is a new addition. I don't understand why they didn't take over the RSA instead though.
Unable to find their offices, clad as they are in dayglo.
One quango at a time
The one that springs to my mind is a lad I was in college with in the late 80s that was of somewhat a republican outlook as well as being a fluent Irish speaker. He rocked up at a protest somewhere down the country that got a bit heated with the result that a bunch of them were arrested and landed in court. He'd given his name in Irish (and in fairness it was the name he went by on a day to day basis), and when the judge ask "Are you X?" he replied "NÍ hé mise" and walked free. They hadn't spelled his name properly on the charge sheet and hadn't bothered to clarify the spelling
Seems pretty clear cut despite wat DublinTown say
Gardaí and emergency services were alerted to a collision involving a truck and cyclist at 8am on Shackleton Road, Celbridge.
It's absolute nonsense that this is a story. Anyone who takes in the areas around Ashbourne/Ratoath/Kilbride/Dunboyne on their cycles and travels will be aware of the sheer volume of long term road closures lately due to similar works with some pretty big diversions. Somehow the locals manage to get on with their life.
"Infrastructure"
"Perfectly good cycle lane"
Big cycling at it again, trying to ruin lives by improving water supply, usage and quality. I'll never vote for them with that type of an attitude.
'Cycling law could have saved my sister's life’: brother of woman killed while cycling urges ministers to act on road safety
The Galway #Sundays4Safety gang focused on the kissing gates problem in Galway this week. Results speak for themselves
No idea what was going through this lads head, but he was either terrified or had a complete physchotic break.
How someone wasn't killed I have no idea.
The link has a video of the incident
Man (20s) arrested after car hits pedestrian and several cars in Cork
I'm seeing a lot more irresponsible - borderline psychotic - behaviour by motorists of late. This morning, one overtook a minibus in my estate - I'd already been close passed by him - who in turn sped through a pedestrian crossing near a busy school on the wrong side of the road - lights were flashing amber but could easily been some young kids still crossing.
Last weekend, I was overtake while driving at and stationary at a red light at this junction:
https://goo.gl/maps/WEhcvN2BngTyHNAi6
Some clown decided to drive up the wrong side of the road and swing right into traffic that had a green light to get to the M50. This was on a Sunday afternoon. Cars are definitely driving people bonkers, I think it's a bounce back from Covid where people WFH are now back in mind numbing traffic jams and reacting to them with some ridiculous behaviour.
Going through the phoenix park, I've had motorists overtake me on the central paved part of the roundabout at Farmleigh, overtaking multiple cars into oncoming traffic. The speed and driving style - aggressive tail gating, overtaking on slid lines - through the park are crazy.
it is all encouraged by the lack of any enforcement
Something I put together to highlight the amount of barriers there are in Galway to accessibility
how did you collate the info?
From personal knowledge and Google Streetview and stuff being flagged on twitter. Once I got going, I could see a pattern e.g. parks and it was easy to pick up a load. Some are well hidden though. Since I posted on twitter about a dozen more locations of various issues, have been flagged to me so I'm adding those now too
I suppose it was only a matter of time before analogy of hate and apartheid was adopted by both pro- and and now anti-cycling campaigners.
https://road.cc/content/news/london-borough-tories-liken-ltns-apartheid-296181
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