Journalism and Cycling 2: the difficult second album

I am neither a liar or an idiot, so let's be civil about this. I said he should have lights, as we all should but I also drive only while being of sound mind and body and with an expectation of the unexpected.

The point with both twilight's is that unless visually impaired, you should still be able to see an unlit pedestrian or cyclist. It would be easier if they had lights.

In this case, I am stating that it is not a mitigating factor, other cars moments before noted seeing the cyclist, included in the Garda statement. All said he was hard to see but all still seen and avoided him.

You seem to be mixing up my opinions on this specific case with my opinions in general. I can think in more than black and white. Yes, all cyclists should have good lights. Yes, cycling without them from dusk till dawn is both illegal and stupid. Yes, having them will reduce the likelihood of you being in an accident. Despite this, it is possible that not having lights at that time of year, at that time of the day, does not make you invisible.

The only leap I'm making is the driver was reported at the time to be not of sound mind but I didn't see that in the report.

Other factors that weigh heavily against the driver are the implications that if he had stopped and called an ambulance the guy might still be alive.

So once more, yes he should have lights but no, this in no way absolves the driver.

And it still stands, in this case I don't think lights are a consideration in regards the attribution of guilt. You seem to be mistaking what I am saying as some way condoning not wearing lights at night. It is not. Yes he should have had them but I do not believe that in this accident it was a contributing factor to his death. That's is my view. Sadly I think he would be dead if he had been lot up like a Christmas tree, this is opinion and we will never know but an assessment of the conditions, that other drivers both seen and avoided him, that I wasn't much further south than him and playing hurling with my son till half 11 without any need for lights, and a driver who had a history of drug abuse and a non roadworthy car, who did not stop at the scene, yes, I firmly believe that the cyclist in this case having lights would not have saved his life.

There maybe more data that changes my mind which I do not know about. I'm going on what info I have.

Yeah, that's wheel speed with no resistance, I can get my push bike over 90+ if doing that just by spinning the cranks. I imagine the actual speed is a lot lower with real world resistance.

What muppetry, looks like councillors need to say something about nothing in the same way that paper can't refuse ink. Seen them about the town, nothing dangerous to report so far. Wexford in my experience is a joy to cycle except in the summer when all the tourists, mainly from another county I used to live in, come to visit.