Cycling on Irish roads is a death trap. There is very little actual cycling infrastructure in the country. It works so well in the Netherlands because they have actual dedicated cycling lanes. We don’t. Our crowd just paint a small portion of an existing road and calls it a day. It was only a matter of time before someone was killed.
If you ever want to truly see just how bad the quality of driving is on Irish roads hop on your bike and off you go.
Honestly when people say “you’re taking your life into your own hands” it’s an apt descriptor. From motorists nearly driving you off the road, not seeing you at junctions, nearly rear ending you at red lights it’s honestly insane.
All the while the above is getting compounded by the abysmal state of cycling infrastructure on our roads.
Honestly don’t know why I cycle in this country anymore, not worth risking life & limb.
Person killed by driver
Cyclists and motorists shouldn’t be sharing the same busy roads. It’s inherently too dangerous. Vehicles travelling in one lane should should not be travelling side by side.
>The driver of the car is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
ah, well that’s a relief. Even the news reporting toward cyclists is horribly skewed
Cycling at 5.35am on a Saturday morning when taxis are still buzzing about the city from nighttime revellers & the sun yet to rise? Sure what could go wrong. Rest in peace to the man.
There shouldn’t be cars on that road.
Gotta love the use of passive voice in the reporting.
Cyclist dies in collision sounds very different to cyclist is killed by collision
Feel it in my gut, this must have been was caused by an SUV.
It is shocking how little patience there is for cyclists on Irish roads.
Especially when some drivers complain their clogging up the roads but they are one less car on the road.
Safer and more cycle friendly roads and more people cycling would do an immense amount for traffic in Dublin.
R.I.P. to the person that lost their life today.
I was hit by a car (taxi to be precise) while cycling my bike home from work in Dublin city centre many years ago. I had been cycling in town for years so was capable and had lights, helmet etc on. also in a bike lane. I spent several years in daily and then regular pain following the accident. My bike was a write-off. The driver took a stupid risk and was in the wrong in the manouevre they made. I still see people trying similar regular around town and elsewhere. Thankfully the junction where this took place has since been closed.
Infrastructure helps but the root cause of the issue is drivers lack of awareness or care. You can guess what the first thing he said to me was – “I didn’t see you”. However, he actually did and looked right at me before pulling out.
I was astonished to see what appeared to be photos of the injured man lying in the street. Did I misread the picture?
As an American that has just visited and driven all over the country, I thought that cycling in the USA was crazy but I would never ever do it in the Irish countryside
And so I will continue to cycle on paths 90% of the time, yielding to pedestrians, prams, etc obviously.
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Cyclist killed by motorist.
Cycling on Irish roads is a death trap. There is very little actual cycling infrastructure in the country. It works so well in the Netherlands because they have actual dedicated cycling lanes. We don’t. Our crowd just paint a small portion of an existing road and calls it a day. It was only a matter of time before someone was killed.
If you ever want to truly see just how bad the quality of driving is on Irish roads hop on your bike and off you go.
Honestly when people say “you’re taking your life into your own hands” it’s an apt descriptor. From motorists nearly driving you off the road, not seeing you at junctions, nearly rear ending you at red lights it’s honestly insane.
All the while the above is getting compounded by the abysmal state of cycling infrastructure on our roads.
Honestly don’t know why I cycle in this country anymore, not worth risking life & limb.
Person killed by driver
Cyclists and motorists shouldn’t be sharing the same busy roads. It’s inherently too dangerous. Vehicles travelling in one lane should should not be travelling side by side.
>The driver of the car is being treated for non-life threatening injuries.
ah, well that’s a relief. Even the news reporting toward cyclists is horribly skewed
Cycling at 5.35am on a Saturday morning when taxis are still buzzing about the city from nighttime revellers & the sun yet to rise? Sure what could go wrong. Rest in peace to the man.
There shouldn’t be cars on that road.
Gotta love the use of passive voice in the reporting.
Cyclist dies in collision sounds very different to cyclist is killed by collision
Feel it in my gut, this must have been was caused by an SUV.
It is shocking how little patience there is for cyclists on Irish roads.
Especially when some drivers complain their clogging up the roads but they are one less car on the road.
Safer and more cycle friendly roads and more people cycling would do an immense amount for traffic in Dublin.
R.I.P. to the person that lost their life today.
I was hit by a car (taxi to be precise) while cycling my bike home from work in Dublin city centre many years ago. I had been cycling in town for years so was capable and had lights, helmet etc on. also in a bike lane. I spent several years in daily and then regular pain following the accident. My bike was a write-off. The driver took a stupid risk and was in the wrong in the manouevre they made. I still see people trying similar regular around town and elsewhere. Thankfully the junction where this took place has since been closed.
Infrastructure helps but the root cause of the issue is drivers lack of awareness or care. You can guess what the first thing he said to me was – “I didn’t see you”. However, he actually did and looked right at me before pulling out.
I was astonished to see what appeared to be photos of the injured man lying in the street. Did I misread the picture?
As an American that has just visited and driven all over the country, I thought that cycling in the USA was crazy but I would never ever do it in the Irish countryside
And so I will continue to cycle on paths 90% of the time, yielding to pedestrians, prams, etc obviously.
I walked by this this morning. Very sad.