Maybe we should just stack dwellings on top of each other and have tunnels under them for people to walk through so they never deal with the outside ever again?
I agree. Haven’t been able to go out for a walk for over a week now due to the ice on the pavements. Lethal.
This morning, the footpaths from my place to town were a death trap, while the road next to it were perfectly gritted.
We want fewer people to drive, so we have to make it easy for them not to drive.
Its a thing in Nordieland or in some council areas anyway.
In a country where the Greens are always harping on about saving the planet it’s bizarre that those who use non car methods of transport have been skating the kids to school all week
Seen a person in a wheelchair driving on the main road today, but sticking to cyclist lane, first I was a bit “whoa” but then I’ve seen that all pavements were ice. This person has no other option for food in the area, but to get on to the road which dangerous enough. I had my fucking privilege checked today.
In other countries people go out and clear the footpath outside their homes or businesses. Some countries make it mandatory. In other places people do it out of civic pride.
Here we sit on the couch looking out the window and bitch that the government doesn’t send someone to clear the footpath outside our house or business.
Never really seen them gritted here in Holland
Are most already gritted by the council.
My estate, a council estate, was the worst I’ve ever seen it today. I was driving in first gear, real slow, and still nearly ended up in a neighbours garden after my car lost control on the ice. Lethal
They should also put out your bins and wipe your arse
Dublin City is pretty well gritted everywhere.. local councils need to get their act together.
I slipped twice trying to get home last night, you can probably guess my opinion on the topic
At least from what I’ve seen, the high foot traffic areas in Dublin are infairness. There’s not the man power to do literally every footpath in the country so I can see why they priorities certain paths. It’s the same with the roads, the high traffic roads are gritted and the less used roads aren’t.
In my cities in Canada it’s the responsibility of the home owner or business to clear the path outside. It works really well and given we get zero snow most years, would take all of 5 mins for most people. It’s very rare for the council to do it and usually only happens in areas that are very affluent.
I live in The Netherlands where this is common practice for cycle paths. Main footpaths are also gritted, in residential areas everyone is supposed to clear the path in front of their house.
It’s highly impracticable logistically and manpower wise to grit every footpath in the country. Not all roads are gritted either, the road down my way has been frozen solid for the past week because it’s low traffic and I’m fine with that. I lived in Canada for a while and it’s the same there, they only grit high traffic areas both footpaths and roads.
Came back from a night out last night. I nearly slipped, I had never seen the paths around my house so slippery. I was holding onto things to make sure i wouldnt fall
I fully agree with this – I’m heavily pregnant and have been driving everywhere for the past couple of weeks because it’s just too dangerous for me to walk on those paths and potentially fall. Can’t imagine how someone who has a disability or is older would manage or how I’d manage if I didn’t have a car
I went out to limerick yesterday to do the dreaded Xmas shop.
The pavements were absolutely awful. I’m an able bodied man with good shoes on and I nearly lost it several times. I literally had to hold onto my car while walking.
Yes they should be gritting.
I broke my ankle in January 2019 because the footpaths in my area were not gritted. I had to be very careful the past few days as I am clumsy. So yeah, I definitely think that the should grit them.
Tis all for cars
Having to constantly stick as close to a wall as possible just to maintain a decent walking pace is bad enough, but then there’s the threat of an instant slip and fall mere millimetres away.
Then you get to a driveway entrance and it’s basically like walking a tightrope for 5 seconds.
In those moments I think of those people who say “I prefer the winter over the summer” and I just think “yeah, you’re fucking mad.”
My mate nearly died after slipping with his hands in his pockets the other night. Knocked out cold. 2 strangers stopped him choking on his tongue.
I read this in the book “Invisible Women”: basically in Sweden they usually would grit and plough the roads first, and once those were done they’d go on to do the footpaths.
They then switched it up as part of an experiment, and did the footpaths first. They saw a huge reduction in the number of children and adults (particularly women) attending A&É with broken bones, with no increase in car accidents/tips
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Maybe we should just stack dwellings on top of each other and have tunnels under them for people to walk through so they never deal with the outside ever again?
I agree. Haven’t been able to go out for a walk for over a week now due to the ice on the pavements. Lethal.
This morning, the footpaths from my place to town were a death trap, while the road next to it were perfectly gritted.
We want fewer people to drive, so we have to make it easy for them not to drive.
Its a thing in Nordieland or in some council areas anyway.
In a country where the Greens are always harping on about saving the planet it’s bizarre that those who use non car methods of transport have been skating the kids to school all week
Seen a person in a wheelchair driving on the main road today, but sticking to cyclist lane, first I was a bit “whoa” but then I’ve seen that all pavements were ice. This person has no other option for food in the area, but to get on to the road which dangerous enough. I had my fucking privilege checked today.
In other countries people go out and clear the footpath outside their homes or businesses. Some countries make it mandatory. In other places people do it out of civic pride.
Here we sit on the couch looking out the window and bitch that the government doesn’t send someone to clear the footpath outside our house or business.
Never really seen them gritted here in Holland
Are most already gritted by the council.
My estate, a council estate, was the worst I’ve ever seen it today. I was driving in first gear, real slow, and still nearly ended up in a neighbours garden after my car lost control on the ice. Lethal
They should also put out your bins and wipe your arse
Dublin City is pretty well gritted everywhere.. local councils need to get their act together.
I slipped twice trying to get home last night, you can probably guess my opinion on the topic
At least from what I’ve seen, the high foot traffic areas in Dublin are infairness. There’s not the man power to do literally every footpath in the country so I can see why they priorities certain paths. It’s the same with the roads, the high traffic roads are gritted and the less used roads aren’t.
In my cities in Canada it’s the responsibility of the home owner or business to clear the path outside. It works really well and given we get zero snow most years, would take all of 5 mins for most people. It’s very rare for the council to do it and usually only happens in areas that are very affluent.
I live in The Netherlands where this is common practice for cycle paths. Main footpaths are also gritted, in residential areas everyone is supposed to clear the path in front of their house.
It’s highly impracticable logistically and manpower wise to grit every footpath in the country. Not all roads are gritted either, the road down my way has been frozen solid for the past week because it’s low traffic and I’m fine with that. I lived in Canada for a while and it’s the same there, they only grit high traffic areas both footpaths and roads.
Came back from a night out last night. I nearly slipped, I had never seen the paths around my house so slippery. I was holding onto things to make sure i wouldnt fall
I fully agree with this – I’m heavily pregnant and have been driving everywhere for the past couple of weeks because it’s just too dangerous for me to walk on those paths and potentially fall. Can’t imagine how someone who has a disability or is older would manage or how I’d manage if I didn’t have a car
I went out to limerick yesterday to do the dreaded Xmas shop.
The pavements were absolutely awful. I’m an able bodied man with good shoes on and I nearly lost it several times. I literally had to hold onto my car while walking.
Yes they should be gritting.
I broke my ankle in January 2019 because the footpaths in my area were not gritted. I had to be very careful the past few days as I am clumsy. So yeah, I definitely think that the should grit them.
Tis all for cars
Having to constantly stick as close to a wall as possible just to maintain a decent walking pace is bad enough, but then there’s the threat of an instant slip and fall mere millimetres away.
Then you get to a driveway entrance and it’s basically like walking a tightrope for 5 seconds.
In those moments I think of those people who say “I prefer the winter over the summer” and I just think “yeah, you’re fucking mad.”
My mate nearly died after slipping with his hands in his pockets the other night. Knocked out cold. 2 strangers stopped him choking on his tongue.
I read this in the book “Invisible Women”: basically in Sweden they usually would grit and plough the roads first, and once those were done they’d go on to do the footpaths.
They then switched it up as part of an experiment, and did the footpaths first. They saw a huge reduction in the number of children and adults (particularly women) attending A&É with broken bones, with no increase in car accidents/tips