Friday, October 18, 2019

Dangerous and arrogant cycling on our roads

There  were plans to introduce a law which requires drivers to allow one metre when passing cyclists on roads with a speed limit under 50 km/h.

The Road Safety Authority regularly runs a tv ad on the subject.

It is urgently required. But what is also most urgently needed is that fellow-cyclists when passing out other cyclists take a wide berth.

The behaviour of many cyclists at present is unacceptable, dangerous and arrogant too.

Wearing headphones/earplugs should be illegal while cycling. And appropriate lights are an essential.

But for it to work the Garda have to police cyclists.

A cycling disaster cannot be avoided if the current behaviour persists.

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