Safe Cycling IrelandSafe passing signage.
Many local authorities have availed of funding for the roll-out of safe passing signage from the Dept. Of Transport. We hope your local authority is one of them. We have had a few enquiries here recently from individuals wondering about safe passing signage. This blog covers some background to funding application along with some recommendations […]
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Jul, 12, 2020
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Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 comes to an end as a lobbying campaign
Today after a needlessly long wait, we have our cyclist specific dangerous overtaking law in place. It was July last year when issues of legislating for measurement specific minimum passing distance legislation were flagged which in turn ultimately became a stumbling block via the Attorney Gererals office. (More here on its background) Along with […]
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- Nov, 11, 2019
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Cyclist specific dangerous overtaking law – A Timeline of Frustration
It was February 2018 when Shane Ross made the following statement: “My job as a legislator is not to introduce education campaigns, it is to make laws that keep people safe, and that is why I decided to introduce this (MPDL) immediately,” In May 2018 the following statement came from Assistant Garda […]
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- Jun, 23, 2019
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ROAD POSITIONING – Safety Measure or Guilty Pleasure?
In terms of cyclist safety, the low hanging fruits of Hi-Viz & helmets are often our safety bodies’ go to zone. However when we reach a little further up the safety tree, we come across the lesser spotted fruit of cyclist positioning. Described by the cycle right programme as ‘critical’ in the context of […]
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- Mar, 03, 2019
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At a Crossroads – MPDL Ireland 🇮🇪
Many of you who have followed us here at Stayin’ Alive at 1.5, will have welcomed Minister Shane Ross’s announcement of his intention to introduce a cyclist specific minimum passing distance law (MPDL). That was on February 28th Here are a couple of reminders.. Minister Shane Ross on his new law on minimum […]
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- Aug, 15, 2018
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La Marmotte
La Marmotte 2014 (This is a little blog that I wrote 4 years ago about my experience of riding La Marmotte, an event known commonly as Europe’s toughest 1 day sportives) La Marmotte is such a fantastic challenge in that pleasure/pain type of way.. Four years ago, while […]
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- Jul, 04, 2018
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