We should take the cyclists out and shoot them

Good man Michael. Shoot them all.

However, if we were to apply the low fares airline model to city traffic, then bicycles would probably be the only vehicles allowed on the roads. Let me explain:

One of the core principles of low cost airlines is that you only fly planes that are full, or very near full. To fly half-empty planes is uneconomical so you do whatever you can to make sure that every plane is at capacity. Most private vehicles travelling into Dublin city are operating at 20% capacity, that is 1 driver and 4 empty passenger seats. Under the low cost airlines model that vehicle would be 'grounded' and its occupant(s) would be forced to choose a different route or wait for the next flight to ensure that the vehicle is full when it travels.

If Dublin City Council decided to operate a 'gateway' system based on low cost airlines that only permitted vehicles with >90% capacity to travel during rush hour, then the only vehicles permitted would be bicycles, buses, trams and I'd guess less than 10% of all private vehicles. That'd solve your traffic and parking issues Michael.



Vehicle Occupancy during rush hour:
Bicycle: 100%*
Bus: >90%
Tram: >90%
Taxi: 45% avg.
Michael O'Leary's Chauffeur-Driven Car: 40%
Private Car: 25% avg. (guess)

*Half-full tandems totally blow my argument out of the water so please don't mention them.

first candidate for the yet to be created 'C*ckpunch' thread.

i normally have a lot of time for O'Leary but this is a strange one.

I want to drive and I expect Dublin City [Council] to come up with a smarter way for me to get around Dublin and be able to park my car somewhere in the middle of Dublin without it being dug up every six weeks so we can have some other faddy non sustainable public transport solution.

well i want to cycle and i expect the council and government to provide me with infrastructure and laws which makes this safe. i further want my employer to provide me with good bike storage, shower and locker facilities!

i may not get everything i want

Ah he loves the aul controversy. He knows people react when he spouts something outrageous and he loves it.

Why can't he just get a train or bus instead of contributing to the gridlock?

He says he's driving himself so I assume he sold his taxi then? If he hasn't and is driving without a separate driver and not metering his journeys then he's in breach of taxi carriage rules. Knowing Michael, he wouldn't care and would probably just laugh at the fine!

Yeah that is the core of it - his taxi licence. along with Taxi drivers and buses he is sick of cyclists taking up "his" bus lane.

that and he knows he can generate free publicity and remind people of Ryan air every time he spouts a controversial opinion.

No comments open on that article, how did they resit the temptation to open it up for comments?

syklops wrote: »

Before everyone gets on a high horse I have read the article twice and not read any mention of shooting cyclists.

It's in this section:

At what point should this type of rhetoric qualify as hate speech. He may be a wind-up merchant, but unfortunately it's people not quite as intelligent as he is that will keep this garbage in the back of their minds when behind the wheel. I've long ago lost my sense of humour when it comes to this subject. If it were possible to modify the Prohibition of Incitement To Hatred Act to add "chosen method of transport" to the hatred clause, I'd be all for it..

kenmc wrote: »

Agreed. It's definitely cyclistist

Would it not be 'transportist' or 'commutist' or 'vehiclist'?