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.
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
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
Nah they can't really, not unless the bike is really close to the box on the side.
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.
and Cannon slams RSA's new “Lose Your Licence, Lose Your Independence” campaign, saying the RSA may as well re-name itself the Driving Promotion Authority.
Idiotic statement .Politicians' oxygen really IS publicity
seems there was a radio interview, and someone just produced a paragraph about his comment, with little context?
The RSA have it mentioned on their website…
RSA Lose Your Licence, Lose Your Independence campaignThe RSA will be launching a new campaign on the consequences of losing your licence. It explores how the loss of freedom and independence makes you more reliant on family, friends and colleagues to take you where you need to go. The campaign aims to show young male drivers what it is like to become a burden to others when you lose your licence, and to encourage safe and responsible behaviours on the road. It highlights the message of an automatic disqualification if caught driving under the influence of drink or drugs and at Electric Picnic the video encourages everyone to get home safely.The Lose Your Licence, Lose Your Independence campaign is running across TV, video on demand, sports, radio, podcasts, display, digital and out of home and runs from 19 August to 15 September 2024.
RSA Lose Your Licence, Lose Your Independence campaign
The RSA will be launching a new campaign on the consequences of losing your licence. It explores how the loss of freedom and independence makes you more reliant on family, friends and colleagues to take you where you need to go. The campaign aims to show young male drivers what it is like to become a burden to others when you lose your licence, and to encourage safe and responsible behaviours on the road. It highlights the message of an automatic disqualification if caught driving under the influence of drink or drugs and at Electric Picnic the video encourages everyone to get home safely.
The Lose Your Licence, Lose Your Independence campaign is running across TV, video on demand, sports, radio, podcasts, display, digital and out of home and runs from 19 August to 15 September 2024.
Are people who don't have cars without independence?
As I understand it, this chap was hit by a land rover driver…
Joe Duffy discussing this 'independence' angle now 😉😛
By and large in this country certainly outside of Dublin City centre
May I boldly suggest a brief consultation of the census:
https://www.cso.ie/en/releasesandpublications/ep/p-cpsr/censusofpopulation2022-summaryresults/employmentoccupationindustryandcommuting/
Why ? It fully backs my comment .At least twenty people drive for every cyclist .I wouldn’t be on this forum If I wasn’t ‘a cyclist’ but this demonisation of cars with no realistic public transport system is at best silly and at worst tyranny .
it's hardly tyranny if we can do nothing about it!
Lots of tweet replies suggest otherwise
Is it really that hard to understand?
The RSA aren't saying that not having a car = no independence; they're trying to communicate with the cohort of young men who (rightly or wrongly) place massive value on their car as a form of independence. They're trying to communicate to this group (one of the main groups who speed I believe) that if they really value that independence (i.e. their car), then they need to slow down or they will lose that independence.
I presume this is pretty obvious to most people but I guess it's nice to something to be outraged about.
Except roll down the window
And let the wind blow back your hair
Well the night’s busting open
These two lanes will take us anywhere
We got one last chance to make it real
To trade in these wings on some wheels
Climb in back, heaven’s waiting on down the tracks
Oh come take my hand
We’re riding out tonight to case the promised land
Melissa says it best
I for one am outraged that I read the initial post/ quote a couple of hours ago and completely missed the glaring opportunity to be outraged.
Census shows that around a third of Irish adults in full time employment or education don't use the car.
So let's take it the other way and say you're right: "certainly outside of Dublin City Centre, if you don't have a car, you are without independence". So what should we do to restore independence of this very large number of adults in employment or education? Free cars for all of them?
I would like your answer to not demonise cars please, thanks.
Edit: no tyranny either please.
Yeah some people are easily outraged, but in fairness on the other hand it's just a small piece of a bigger story. The RSA have long had a very poor record in terms of promoting anything other than "more driving". They make most of their income from licensing drivers and from checking cars for roadworthiness, and are being accused of only having a "drivers view of the world".
They're currently overseeing a large increase in road deaths and can't bring themselves to be involved in any meaningful way with most road safety initiatives. So yep, some people are easily outraged, but also the RSA are bad. Both things can be true.
Fair enough, I know a lot of people who have a beef about the RSA but in this instance, they're attempting to target one of the most dangerous demographics of drivers on the road
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Is this really that big an issue? The fines for parking in a cycle lane are surely much more pertinent, unless 'driving' includes 'stopping with hazards on'. I can count on one hand the amount of times I had a problem with someone driving in a cycle lane when they were not allowed.
i assumed the law governing cars in cycle lanes was just 'driving in cycle lanes' - rather than having two separate laws, one for driving and one for parking?
Parking in cycle lanes is a different offence..
https://irishcycle.com/2024/05/16/gardai-issue-less-than-350-fines-for-parking-in-cycle-lane-in-one-year-across-ireland
I presume that driving in a cycle lane is when the wheels of the motor vehicle are inside the solid while line..
I remember in the late 2000's they had very graphic TV adverts of car crashes and the consequences of bad driving, haven't seen them ads in a while
There was nearly 400 road deaths in 2005. It has dropped significantly since then on the back of a rising population so the RSA probably don't see it as a problem.
i've a vague memory that they stopped showing them, and claimed the target audience had been desensitised to them by video games? don't quote me on that though.
That's correct yes. In fairness they could well be right in this statement.
Their mandate is a bit too broad. Their stated mission is to have zero deaths by some future date (maybe 2050?). But along the way they've lost focus and are now primarily running NCT, Licensing, CVRT etc with some school visits and advertising and hi-vis promotions on the side. But their attitude to data, Garda Reporting Portals, Public Submissions, Ad Campaigns etc have all been very poor, and they regularly issue statements basically telling vulnerable road users to make themselves safer.
They're supposed to lead the government on safety initiatives but I'd say they're largely just following the initiatives of the other government bodies. They have nothing to say about road design, nothing to say about large numbers of disqualified drivers still driving, nothing to say about the increase in uninsured unroadworthy vehicles, little to say about the large increase in drink driving, they're all just "someone else's job" and "someone should do something".
It's like the old simpsons meme of "we've tried nothing and we're all out of ideas", and meanwhile the various vulnerable user groups around the country are screaming from the rooftops about all of the things listed above.
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