Safe Cycling Ireland

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Misunderstandings & Misinformation (part 1 of 2) 2 abreast cycling

On Friday November 10th, the Galway City Tribune reported on a Joint Policing Committee meeting from the previous Monday night.   A portion of this meeting was dedicated to cycling matters. While it’s hard to gauge the mood of a meeting from a newspaper article, it looks like something more akin to that of a […]

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But our roads are too narrow..

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“But our roads are too narrow!” It’s a common response whenever the issue of minimum passing distance for motorists overtaking cyclists is raised. Maybe this response underlines the need for this in the first place. Many of our roads are indeed narrow, and yet some people think it’s acceptable to leave very little space when […]

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Camera footage – reporting to Gardaí

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  VIDEO: Examples of close passing manoeuvres on Irish roads.   Ok so you have been out cycling and you feel the chilling effect and intimidation of wind displacement and vibrations caused by a close passing vehicle. You know the feeling from previous incidents but this time you are using an onboard or head camera […]

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