Speaking publicly for the first time since the near-death experience, the cyclist said society’s acceptance of hatred towards cyclists, and a lack of proper segregated cycling infrastructure, were fuelling road rage.
Nah they can't really, not unless the bike is really close to the box on the side.
I'm pretty sure those short-term double rubber hose counter things can differentiate between vehicle types - including bikes. Whether the councils care when they deploy them is another question
Track pursuit at 16:30 today: https://www.independent.ie/sport/olympics/after-long-road-to-paris-velodrome-ireland-are-on-track-to-make-history-in-the-team-pursuit/a1320859546.html
That's shocking, may he rest in peace.
It's a road I know well, very narrow for the volume of traffic but generally quiet.
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This could be interesting, the idea of cutting VAT on bikes and e-bikes has been floated.
https://www.rte.ie/news/regional/2024/0801/1462937-velodrome/ https://www.independent.ie/sport/olympics/first-irish-velodrome-moves-step-closer-as-project-gets-green-light-to-go-out-to-tender/a1660473520.html Baby steps…
Oops! Yeah, should have been clearer
i had to fire up the video again to make sense of that!
(for others - they keyboard referred to is an electric piano or similar)
Very interesting. Ian Walker's research in psychology/transport interface turns up some striking results.
Wonder whether he has a keyboard in his office to relax at lunch or whether it's related to his research.
Amazing "Motonormativity" so many people brainwashed to believe Bicyclists pose a greater risk to pedestrians than cars..
I presume she was trying to link the percentage of people who drive into and shop in the city centre (would still love to see that raw data), but the sheer idiocy of allowing her get away with linking cars that travel through the city centre to some other destination with people who drive into the city centre as a destination to shop was astounding.
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Its the classic smoke and mirrors tactic beloved of lobbyists…
when asked a question that you know you have no good answer to or that shows up the weakness of your position, avoid answering that question but seem to answer it by talking around the issue (cars, city centre, shopping) and instead give an answer to a question you'd prefer you were asked, and use similar sounding terms and language to link two points (spend per car in city centre) that aren't in fact linked at all (cars travelling through and out of city centre)
Edit: stupid quote function not working half the time
It's odd because we're then equating Muslims (could just as easily be Christians, Hindus or Jews) with motorists. Motorists are made up of people from every conceivable element of society, and people who choose to do what they do. They are so disparate a group that you can't 'other' them. It would be different if you were say, talking about young, male Honda Civic/ VW Golf drivers - that's very identifiable grouping/ subset that distinguishes people from others. They're very different concepts - choosing to drive versus a religion that you are born into - that while I get the point that is trying to be made, I think it's a dangerous (or at the very least disrespectful) road to go down.
'Motorists' is such a wide section of society that you may as well complain about 'othering' clothes-wearers. Other than the under 17s I'm not sure there's a single section of society that don't fall into the 'motorists' category.
But look, I've made my point about the artificial nature of the 'motorists' concept and not looking for an argument so I'll leave it there too.
Its not really an odd analogy.
Its the concept of 'othering' - which cyclists have sufferred from a lot.
Though I'd agree, motorists are so much the majority that it would be difficult to 'other'.
A closer analogy would be to say its not fair to associate all white people with the antics of Donald Trump.
I'd love to see that raw data
Fair enough, my gripe isn't with other drivers on this issue (shock horror - I drove into the office today), its the insidious way the 'everyone against motorists' narrative is pedalled in the media and the blatantly obvious lobbying that is done by groups who make a fortune off people that have been corralled into ever increasing car dependency over the past 50/ 60 years. It suits them down to the ground to stir up a sense of Irish people's car-ownerships right being under attack - cyclists are BAD, Green Party is BAD, public transport infrastructure is BAD, environmental initiatives are BAD etc. etc.
I'm as entitled to be considered a motorist (25,000km mileage a year) as anyone else. But so often the term 'motorist' is reserved for people's whose outlook mirrors those held by the likes of Retail Excellence Ireland, Car Parks Association of Ireland and the AA.
The analogy I was making was about the tendency to use extreme cases of misbehaviour to somehow sereotype, pass judgement on others. Whether it's about religion or driving is not the point, which is more a general one.
Anyhow I'm glad tat the law was for once enforced rigorously in this case. R.I.P the victim and condolences to her family, and I'll leave it at that
Very odd analogy - comparing religious practice to a mode of transport. I don't even see any demonising of motorists in what you've referenced? It's a bit like saying I hope the uproar over the assault of that woman in Limerick doesn't demonise men? What sort of insecure men would think like that? And lets not forget the huge car-ownership percentage in Ireland - chances are most people you see on the bus and on a bike are motorists too. The artificial 'them and us' mantra around 'motorists' is really odd, as though 'motoring' is some kind of enjoyable pastime or weekend hobby for hundreds of thousands in the country. You'd wonder which lobby groups are behind driving it…
It's more demonising the Judicary tbh. We've a general lack of enforcement, but even when something does go to court, it's little more than a slap on the wrist for a life in most cases.
Yes of course you are right. However I would not like motorists in general to be demonised because of referene to this criminal. A bit like using a report on ISIS terrorism to demonise Muslims in general.
According to the Executive Office of Retail Excellence Ireland on RTE Radio 1 & Newstalk this morning, cars whose destination is not the city centre are responsible for 40% of customer spend in Dublin city centre. Go figure that one out. Of course its possible that she was obfuscating and not actually answering the question she was asked. Can't believe how much they've been indulged in this whole mess.
RIP
LOL…
https://www.independent.ie/regionals/dublin/dublin-news/cyclists-paint-fake-spaces-to-highlight-illegal-parking-issues-in-phibsboro/a689047784.html
https://irishcycle.com/2024/07/22/motorists-make-good-use-of-new-parking-spaces-marked-out-on-dublin-footpaths/
Very effective, non-obtrusive visual protest.
Finally seeing some limited time, the previous 66 convictions and all the resources they took weren't sufficient to take him off the street before a pedestrian had to suffer the consequences with their life.
Not cycling related so in hindsight I should have posted in the meanwhile on the roads thread.
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That headline is a start anyway even though the Indo haven’t helped in their restless pursuit of car porn ads like most mainstream media.
I’ll be accused of hysteria but I really would like to see short unnecessary car journeys that clog the roads become viewed like an addiction or at least a very bad habit and become socially unacceptable like smoking indoors , littering etc
there are exceptions of course that need to be made for disability/injury/very young and very old but it’s stating the obvious to say that the roads of our close to city suburbs every weekend (as just one example) are clogged with well able bodied taking 1-2km car trips and that should absolutely be seen and commented on like an addiction if we are ever to break the habit.
