The Irish Cycling Campaign today welcomes the introduction of online reporting capabilities to Ireland’s TrafficWatch service, marking a significant step towards modernising traffic incident reporting. Road users can now begin the process of reporting traffic issues online, making it easier to log an incident and easier to follow up. While providing photos or video footage and making a statement remains the same, by recording the … Continue reading Irish Cycling Campaign Welcomes Online Reporting Improvement to TrafficWatch Service
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Earlier today (Fri 05 April 2024), Irish Cycling Campaign made a submission in response to the Department of Transport’s consultation on the Review of the Road Safety Authority. You can read a copy of it below. We wish to thank all of our fabulous volunteers who contributed to this submission. We sincerely hope that it helps to reshape the institutional context which has a huge … Continue reading RSA Review 2024 – Irish Cycling Campaign Submission
The provisional figures published on the 26th of July 2021 by The Road Safety Authority (RSA) identify several worrying trends on the country’s roads. The review shows that from 1 January to 15 July, 2021, 65 people died on Irish roads in 60 collisions with a further 406 people were seriously injured. [1] Speaking on behalf of Cyclist.ie – the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network, Colm … Continue reading Cyclist.ie Demands an Immediate Response to Deaths and Serious Injuries on Rural Roads
Cyclist.ie ,the Irish Cycling Advocacy Network, welcomes the recent Garda Siochána and Road Safety Authority road safety appeal in advance of this June Bank Holiday weekend. However Cyclist.ie is strongly of the view that the publication of Ireland’s new road safety strategy must be brought forward. Just as for Slow Down Day one week ago The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána renewed … Continue reading Latest 2020 Road Traffic Collision Data Shows New Road Safety Strategy and Funding Are Urgently Required
The Irish Cycling Advocacy Network, Cyclist.ie, welcomes the enforcement by An Garda Síochána of a 24-hour National Slow Down Day on 22nd – 23rd May 2020. Yet unlike Christmas Day, Slow Down Day should be every day. An Garda Síochána say that more road deaths have been recorded so far this year compared to last year (56 deaths up 5). This is appalling in a … Continue reading Slow Down Every Day, not just One Day
Kerry Cycling Campaign have called for motorists to slow down and take more care following a horrific month of road deaths and injuries. With so many people out walking and cycling within 2 kilometers of their homes motorists are asked to slow down and be careful. The dramatic reduction in traffic volumes has resulted in some drivers increasing their speed – particularly in urban areas. … Continue reading Kerry Cycling Campaign call for motorists to slow down
Advocates for everyday cycling call on all to support Prof John Crown’s plea for lowered speed limits nationwide during the COVID-19 pandemic. Prof Crown, consultant oncologist at St Vincent’s Hospital and former Senator, called for lowered speed limits nationwide during this public health emergency [1]. We are all concerned by reports countrywide of people driving faster. Though our roads are emptier, six people died in … Continue reading Focus on COVID-19, not broken bones from speeding cars
Last November a new offence of ‘dangerous overtaking of cyclists’ was introduced, it carries a higher fine of €120 as well as three penalty points. How you can report such dangerous overtaking is explained in this article by Paul Corcoran, a former chairperson of the Dublin Cycling Campaign, who has recently reported cases to the Gardai. See full article, on IrishCycle.com