Galway traffic

Actions speak louder than words.

For all that use the road, not just motorists.

I had some twat on a bike giving out to me for standing in the bike lane waiting to cross the road.

That's literally what I'm saying in my post.

wow, someone just has a brain cell....

garda will always investigate burglaries when reported, most times no prosecutions only if they are lucky with cctv or they get a decent lead.

Garda will not waste their time if motorist calls in to log a complaint about a cyclist, it may be logged but nothing will come of it. however if a compliant comes against a motorist and they have a reg plate the work is already done. Garda ask's motorist, motorist will deny (if they don't their an idiot) and unless there is cctv evidence its just one word over another. case closed.

in some countries i've being to, if you act like an asshole on the road you get run over and the police will just laugh at you. If the mindset changes people would actually think first before doing. Not many have a brain cell here

Instead of the mentality i will go infront of this car and they will stop, if they don't it's an easy insurance claim.

To be fair to the council exec, if they have a full plan for the year then they can't magically find time for new things without bumping something else. The full article gives a bit more context I think. They could probably do it if they really wanted to but I'm fine with it being next year if they think it needs to be.

Enforcement (or lack there of) will be the issue though

Why can’t they tow those cars or at least clamp them? That’s absurd.

A large percentage of cyclists on here are car drivers and owners, but post like they've never been inside one, never mind drive one.

Well, ya got me timmy. No more double entendres for me.

Congratulations. But I always drove that way. I cycled or bused everywhere till my late 20s, so I was always aware of the perils of cycling in Galway

For most people, once you buy a house or rent somewhere large enough for a family, you will not be living close to work or city centre anymore.

I cycle too and less about the city but what grinds my gears with cyclists is on the weekends when they are 3 or 4 people wide spanning from the hard shoulder to about 1m from the line in the middle of the road. It isn't hard to slow down and wait for a passing when they are 1 or 2 wide but the larger recreational groups can be really frustrating.

I have an issue with groups that ride more than two abreast. There's no need for it except in organised rides like the monthly Salthill Community Cycle that has Gardai front and back directing the participants to bunch up. But I've also noticed drivers getting their knickers in a twist on Twitter about groups riding three or four abreast, and posting pictures that they think clearly demonstrate the case. They don't seem to realise that, just because they can see the backs of more than two cyclists, it doesn't automatically follow that there are cyclists riding more than two abreast. I can't seem to find the video right now but someone did a clever montage combining the view from behind a bunch of cyclists with a view from a drone flying directly above them to illustrate this point. The drone view showed that the group were cycling in pairs, two abreast the whole way up, but because they weren't lined up exactly like soldiers on parade, the view from behind looked like they were three or four abreast.

Then you get the complaints that cycling two abreast is inconsiderate, even though it is completely legal, because it is holding up traffic. But the reality in most cases is that cycling two abreast should hold up traffic less for drivers who are overtaking legally. In a 3m wide traffic lane a driver performing a legal overtake of someone on a bike is going to need to enter the oncoming lane. Say the bike is 50cm from the kerb, the bike is 65cm wide, and you need to allow 1m space when passing, that means the left wing mirror of the car should be 2.15m out from the kerb. Then, in a 2m wide car, a little more than half of the car width needs to be over the centre line. So, if you need to be over the centre line in any case, having the group of cyclists two abreast means that the group is only half as long as if they were travelling single file so the passing driver can complete the manoeuvre more quickly and has more opportunities to do so rather than having to wait for a longer straight stretch of road and a longer gap in oncoming traffic.

Arguably the same logic applies to a group riding 3 or 4 abreast; that it should be easier to overtake because the body that needs to be passed is only one third as long, or one quarter as long, as if they were travelling single file. But it's illegal so it shouldn't be happening.