i caught a section on RTE radio this morning, phillip boucher hayes talking to an engineer (whose name escapes me) and conor faughnan about the government's climate action plan and transport.
you can see faughnan learned his trade well; he comes across as reasonable and polished, but was trying to run with the fox and hunt with the hounds a bit too much; the engineer mentioned that we need to get cars off the road, partly to make space for active modes of transport, and made some offhand quip about 'the leafy suburbs' being where e-car sales do the best; and faughnan went off on one a little about the demonisation of cars. even though he agreed several times in the piece that ireland has gone way overboard in its car dependency.
There seems to be a blind spot that e-cars are better, but not exactly zero carbon. And obviously do nothing for congestion, if it is just a swap from petrol and diesel to e-cars.
The only thing that e-cars will save is the motor industry
I don't recall any further information on that N24 incident ever coming into the public domain, the kind of detail you would usually expect from a Coroner's inquest. Has anyone got any further details on this?
I could but I won't.
I'm not sure there was a hearing in the Coroner's court, or is there proceedings due in the civil court or a prosecution in the criminal courts.
Coroner's court are a pretty hamstrung means of getting to the truth in any event; between the legislation under which they operate and various decisions of our highest courts on their operation. It must be a frustrating venue for family and friends of the Deceased.
I've been involved in a few and normally the Coroner isn't looking for a full investigation but a pretty narrow focus on technical recommendations to prevent a reoccurrence for example; which is just usually hot air to make the coroner look good but no one of importance or power anywhere is going to act on or is compelled to act on.
it's amazing how often anti-cyclists bring that case up since it happened. There was another pensioner pedestrian killed by a motorist yesterday in Tralee and 2 or 3 last week and they'll never be heard about again. I see many pedestrians killed seem to be in rural towns. Many of them are just a drag strip through the town that you could put the foot down on, some of them really need to be redesigned to stop speeding and to be more pedestrian friendly.
5 or 6 pedestrians have died on Irish roads in the last few weeks and Pat Kenny will always bring up the death of a pedestrian resulting from a collision with a cyclist that occurred 20+ years ago.
I got that notification on the phone there too .
i don't know what it is with the driving out there at the moment, but i've been brake tested twice (while driving) in the last week or so. some angry men out there (and it's usually men)
Mail screams.. Comments reflect that the cyclist should've pulled over to let the car past
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"We have put a significant degree of cycling priority on the quays without any grandiose scheme. I’m not sure if we will ever build the gold-plated scheme.”
Ara shuuure 'tis grand....
If only the same logic was applied to car infrastructure. If DCC believe they could accommodate cyclists then why was scheme concocted in the first place, feels like they are paying lip service here.
i'm not sure i'd want a boardwalk scheme (without knowing how they deal with bridges) - surely what they put in place is no worse than a boardwalk cycleway which would shunt cyclists back onto the road every time a pesky bridge got in the way?
My brother in law had one and gave me a test drive. The A pillar made me question my theory that blind spots in cars are just laziness.
As for the Ford Raptor, we have one in work and for such a large vehicle it has a truly tiny area to sit in, and the actual clearance for viewing is abysmal. I imagine it's what driving an F1 car or flying an Xwing is like.
I mean, blind spots definitely exist. They're just areas of reduced visibility based on you (or your head) being in any specific situation.
They're really easily overcome by just moving your head so you can see more clearly. It's like checking over your shoulder before pulling out because your wing mirror and B pillar can create a blind spot.
100%, I'm not a great believer of the "you were in my blind spot" excuse as my father taught me to rock back and forth while maneuvering or at a junction. My point was simply that in those two vehicles (the raptor being far worse) it was actually uncomfortable for me how large they were compared to other vehicles. The raptor also having such a high bonnet, and large footprint and I have never had such an impeded view ( but like you said, can be overcome). I somehow doubt the wannabe hard men driving them to sites with nothing ever in the boot often stretch themselves to far to see though.
Man who taught me to drive told me the same to lean forward and back to and not just move your head. It's funny on the Raptors and their like I am not seeing nearly as many on the roads in recent times.
I sat into a display Challenger on a state fair stand and the view out was worthy of Dutch cloud painting
Dashboard bonnet horizon sky sky sky roof
Left and right, never mind behind, I can only assume are minor details for driving in the states.
In a new six-part series, chef Neven Maguire travels along some of then, and meets more of Ireland’s best food producers and chefs.
In the first episode of Neven’s Greenway Food Trails on RTÉ1 on Wednesday at 8.30pm, he explores The Great Western Greenway... In the series... Neven also explores The Limerick, Waterford and Royal Canal Greenways; and follows the routes of future Greenways planned for south Kerry and Connemara in Co. Galway.
A good overview of the changes London has gone through over the recent years. One thing I wasn't familiar with were the "bike gates". They might be an option for a lot of junctions here
A hit n run in Meath leaves a 70 yr old man in hospital
Appeal for witnesses to hit and run in Co Meath that left cyclist in his 70s seriously injured
^^^ I saw the reports of that the other day and wondered why it has taken nearly a month for AGS to start asking people for dashcam footage, etc.
The IT have provided their opposition view on the proposed cycling infrastructure around Dublin...
The above editorial (cut short in online version) is in relation to this article...
Full planning permission granted for the indoor velodrome, hallelujah! Hopefully they break ground on it soon and it doesn’t get dragged out
https://www.stickybottle.com/latest-news/full-planning-permission-granted-for-new-dublin-indoor-velodrome/
80 year old woman hit and run in Galway today too. Wtf is wrong with people? I assume they're just pissed so that's why they don't stop?
Not one comment on the journal article. Imagine it was something involving bikes or e-scooters, banging on about how dangerous they are.
Since passed away unfortunately this morning.
On the pissed comment - there was something on the journal yesterday about 700+ under influence drivers caught last month... 1 per county per day average... If that's what got caught then the uncaught amount must be far higher. Only a small smattering of condemnation in the comments....
I would ove someone one to do a research project on public perception of cyclists vs motorists accidents
Get the journal to publish an article about a collision with pedestrian ....... (which didn't actually happen)
It would then compare the responses including volume vs that of accidents involving motorists and pedestrians where deaths have occurred.
Include the FB comments as well
2 comments on the article. it will barely make the news. someone kills an old lady and flees. but because it's in a car no one f*cking cares. it's just hard to get your head around.
This easy crime, and the fear of it happening, is compounded by lack of action by the police. Analysis...shows that 90% of all bicycle theft cases reported to police in England and Wales over the past year were closed without a suspect even being identified, and just 1.7% resulted in someone being charged.
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