Cycling on the prom.

barrett1965

I was just wondering is cycling on the prom footpath allowed? I walk it regularly and I find it annoying and a little dangerous. :mad:

biko

Nope, it seems.

Took 2 mins googling to find these links for you.

http://www.drivingschoolireland.com/pedal-cyclist.html
http://www.respect.gov.uk/members/article.aspx?id=7988 (UK)

barrett1965

Thanks, but I don't get the relevance of the UK link though.

snubbleste

Cycling on the promenade is not allowed. There are a few signs up saying so, it's just a case of it not being enforced.

JohnCleary

Aye ther eare signs saying its not allowed. There's also signs saying 'Clean up after yer dog sh1tes all over the place' but no one seems to do it either

gaeilgegrinds

Heard of someone being fined over that recently, no urban myth, totally true. So get cleaning after your dogs!

JohnCleary

gaeilgegrinds wrote:

Heard of someone being fined over that recently, no urban myth, totally true. So get cleaning after your dogs!

Good, nothing worse than trying to go for a relaxing walk with the GF to find sh1te marks (from eejits walking into the stuff) all over the place :eek:

gaeilgegrinds

I hear ya! And Dangan was targeted a fortnight ago after a little girl attacked by a leadless dog.

barrett1965

snubbleste wrote:

Cycling on the promenade is not allowed. There are a few signs up saying so, it's just a case of it not being enforced.

Ya, following my post I went for my usual walk and sure enough there was a sign (albeit a worn one) on a lamppost. Later I rang the corpo and they said that you could ride a bike on the prom - citing that fact there way no by-law in force.

I'm all for cycling, and I'm considering getting a bike myself, but I find cycling the prom unsafe for walkers.

DRakE

Is jet skiiing along the prom allowed?

gaeilgegrinds

This has already been covered extensively on another thread.

po0k

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JohnCleary

DRakE wrote:

Is jet skiiing along the prom allowed?

You'd be doing well considering JetSki's need water to run. And the prom is made of concrete

po0k

roller skates and ducttape will fix that.

CliffHuxtabel

I dont mind the cyclists. Its the groups of tourists or big families that stroll side by side up the prom that are annoying.
The path is 10 ft wide but you still have to walk on the road to get past em.

JohnCleary

CliffHuxtabel wrote:

I dont mind the cyclists. Its the groups of tourists or big families that stroll side by side up the prom that are annoying.
The path is 10 ft wide but you still have to walk on the road to get past em.

LOL so true. Just do what I do - Don't move out of their way and break up their little line. You get dirty looks but it's worth it. Damn them oul' snooty ladies and their fat arses

stevecrow74

SyxPak wrote:

let me guess... Ride of the Valkyrie


and is that dog crap on the tyres :rolleyes: :rolleyes:

barrett1965

DRakE wrote:

Is jet skiiing along the prom allowed?

No, there is no jet-skiing allowed on the bay. There's by-laws from 2001 prohibiting it.

Sponge Bob

barrett1965 wrote:

No, there is no jet-skiing allowed on the bay. There's by-laws from 2001 prohibiting it.

Inside the city limits . Once you go to Barna and beyond its permitted. The wardens cannot catch you so you can jetski from Barna to the prom and bang away. They can only nick you once you reach a beach inside the city , and if you don't ....:D

JohnCleary

barrett1965 wrote:

No, there is no jet-skiing allowed on the bay. There's by-laws from 2001 prohibiting it.

You don't have a clue do ya? By-laws (City council) are only valid inside the County Burough, which stops at the shoreline of Galway.

This has been discussed lots on the Galwya forum lately, do some research before throwing about statments like that. There's a reason people are still launching jetski's at Salthill, eventhough there's sign's with that 2001 by-law... and it's not because they're breaking the law.

Put it this way, if I had a jetski i'm as free as the birds to launch it ANYWHERE in Galway Bay at the moment

stevecrow74

for those that are unclear about the regulations of jet skies..

see attachmant

snubbleste

stevecrow74, where did you get that??
I've been trying to get a copy of that for months!

I remember there was something about the bay, when you look at a map of the administrative region the the city, there is a half-moon out into the sea from roscam and silver strand to which these regulations applied to as well.

JohnCleary

That .doc can be gotten on the Galway city council website. See attached, also found on the city council website. Everything inside this region, the jet-ski's are banned. See, no Galway Bay, hence no ban

I don't know why I keep going on about it, I don't even use a jetski on the bay

stevecrow74

what it does mean though is that a jet ski cannot be launched from any slipway into the bay within the county borough..

JohnCleary

stevecrow74 wrote:

what it does mean though is that a jet ski cannot be launched from any slipway into the bay within the county borough..

I agree with you there, but think about it....

It's the USE of jet-ski's thats banned, not the posession. So technically you can POSESS a jet-ski at salthill at the slipway, so long as you're not using it on the slipway (Which would be kinda hard)

No law saying you can't launch, it's the USE that's banned (but not really)

See, confusing and VERY grey area atm. An incident during the summer.... A guy launching a jetski, and the cops arrive and have a little word. 5 min's later he's launching the jetski, 10 mins later he's running the engine having some fun with the cops watching

barrett1965

JohnCleary wrote:

You don't have a clue do ya? By-laws (City council) are only valid inside the County Burough, which stops at the shoreline of Galway.

This has been discussed lots on the Galwya forum lately, do some research before throwing about statments like that. There's a reason people are still launching jetski's at Salthill, eventhough there's sign's with that 2001 by-law... and it's not because they're breaking the law.

Put it this way, if I had a jetski i'm as free as the birds to launch it ANYWHERE in Galway Bay at the moment

What's your problem? I bet you get kicks trying to make other people look stupid. Anyone can make a mistake, but of course your probably without fault.

I saw two signs on the prom across from Kitty O'Sheas recently that stated that jet skis were banned. Forgive me if I didn't fully understand them. Do you spend all day waiting for someone to trip-up and then pounce on them?

biko

Jet ski discussions should be banned as well as jet skis

JohnCleary

barrett1965 wrote:

What's your problem? I bet you get kicks trying to make other people look stupid. Anyone can make a mistake, but of course your probably without fault.

I saw two signs on the prom across from Kitty O'Sheas recently that stated that jet skis were banned. Forgive me if I didn't fully understand them. Do you spend all day waiting for someone to trip-up and then pounce on them?

Yeah, especially YORE MA, I love when she trip's up. In the word's of The Simpsons 'Shes presenting herself' :eek:

gaeilgegrinds

I've just figured out who you are...strange how that one line let the penny (or rather cent!) drop!

barrett1965

JohnCleary wrote:

Yeah, especially YORE MA, I love when she trip's up. In the word's of The Simpsons 'Shes presenting herself' :eek: [/QUOT]

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