Cycling on the Footpath?

John_Rambo · 21-09-2021 2:36pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117920009#Comment_117920009

Doesn't mention cycling.

13. (1) Subject to sub-articles (2) and (3), a vehicle shall not be driven along or across a footway.

(2) Sub-article (1) does not apply to a vehicle being driven for the purpose of access to or egress from a place adjacent to the footway.

(3) A reference in sub-article (1) to driving along or across a footway, includes s reference to driving wholly or partly along or across a footway.

Flinty997 · 21-09-2021 3:06pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117919724#Comment_117919724

Resource guzzling doesn't really have the same ring.

AndrewJRenko · 21-09-2021 3:42pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117918550#Comment_117918550

The existence of a tiny number of non-gas guzzling SUVs that are hugely resource hungry in terms of manufacturing, disposal and road space doesn't really negate the harm done by this whole sector of the motor trade.

Cyrus · 21-09-2021 3:52pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117920407#Comment_117920407

and where did i argue that it did?

Shao Kahn · 21-09-2021 5:26pm

I always assumed cyclists would try to claim the footpaths too. Once the penny finally dropped with them that they were put on the roads next to powerful vehicles for the safety of pedestrians, not for their own safety.

If you think about it, what is the difference between a pedestrian and a cyclist? Nothing other than that lump of metal between your groin. That lump of metal affords you zero protection over anything that a pedestrian has on foot. But yet you are on the road next to dangerous vehicles. If I put on some Lycra and a helmet, and started running around in traffic weaving in and out of cars and trucks like many cyclists, I would be in grave danger - not to mention breaking the law. But put a bike between my legs, and now I'm magically safer? How so? If anything the addition of the bike makes me less safe to be on the road - bikes can go faster (speed almost always makes accidents worse), and bikes are inherently unstable, that's what makes them high maneuverable. But this lack of stability also makes you more vulnerable too.

So my contention really, is that cyclists are actually just highly vulnerable pedestrians that were dumped onto the roads among powerful vehicles, and have no real business being there. But then you can't plonk them on the footpaths, because we all know cyclists love to zoom around at speed and assume everybody will see them in their brightly colored Lycra and get out of their way. The poor cyclists, nobody really wants them. Lets just be honest about it. 😆

AndrewJRenko · 21-09-2021 6:21pm

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/117920861#Comment_117920861

It's amazing how many drivers fail to notice that one extra cyclist means one less car in the traffic jam in front of them in many cases. It is therefore in the interests of many drivers to encourage and support cycling, unless they really like hanging around in traffic jams.