Safe Cycling IrelandHow do we solve a problem like ‘close pass’? 🚵🏾♀️🚵♂️🚴🏼♀️
Minimum Passing Distance Law 2017 has been an horrendous year for Irish bicycle rider fatalities. 15 people won’t be at the family Christmas dinner table this year because they chose to go out and ride their bikes on the Republic’s roads. This comes as little surprise to those of us who […]
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Dec, 23, 2017
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Ireland’s quest for Minimum Passing Distance Law.
Bike Lives Matter. In the coming weeks, Fianna Fáil transport spokesperson, Robert Troy T.D. will bring forward an amendment to the road traffic bill with the intention of introducing a cyclist specific minimum passing distance law for the Republic of Ireland. We were given ‘heads-up’ on this in November when a party […]
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- Dec, 19, 2017
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Media matters 🧐
MEDIA MATTERS – Make no mistake, and Ireland’s increasing cyclist road toll doesn’t lie… The spread of uninformed and illegitimate views, particularly by opinion leaders working in media, are fuelling misconceptions of cyclists and helping normalise dangerous driving directed towards people on bicycles. Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 is Ireland’s largest Facebook advocacy […]
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- Dec, 10, 2017
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Misunderstanding & Misinformation Part 3 of 3 – Road Rules/Licencing.
Misunderstanding & Misinformation Part 3 of 3 – Road Rules/Licencing. (This is part 3 of a 3 part blog. This one deals with road rules and licensing as referred to in the above article) ‘each cyclist should be given a copy of the Rules of the Road from the bike shop in the same […]
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- Dec, 03, 2017
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Misunderstanding & Misinformation Part 2 – Lawlessness.
Misunderstanding & Misinformation Part 2 – Lawlessness. (This is part 2 of a 3 part blog. This one deals with the perceived notion of lawlessness amongst pedal cyclists as referenced in the article above) Relevant section. “Another member of the public said that Judge Mary Devins had thrown out a prosecution […]
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- Nov, 26, 2017
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Mandatory Helmet Law & Hi-Viz — A reply.
Mandatory Helmet Law & Hi-Viz —A reply. On April 22nd, Deborah Coleman, writing in the Independent, had a piece about the then recent Garda proposal to make hi-viz & helmets mandatory for cyclists. (We responded to this on our Facebook page over on Stayin’ Alive at 1.5 and this was subsequently picked up and shared on […]
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- Nov, 18, 2017
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