Population levels of physical activity are far below recommendations limiting its public health benefits. Utility cycling (i.e. cycling for transport purposes) may be a means of increasing this activity. Empirical evidence quantifying the contribution of utility cycling to the population levels of physical activity is sparse. Read article Published by the Health Economics Research Group (HERG)
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Car owners don’t come close to covering the price of maintaining the roads they use A report published earlier this year confirms, in tremendous detail, a very basic fact of transportation that’s widely disbelieved: Drivers don’t come close to paying for the costs of the roads they use Read article
Four out of five drivers summonsed to court over penalty points offences are escaping conviction, new figures show. Almost 150,000 drivers who were ordered to appear in court over the past two years were not convicted for reasons including not being served with a summons at the correct address, or claiming to have never received a fixed-charge notice in the post. Read article
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Almost four out of five drivers disqualified in court are failing to surrender their licence, figures from the Road Safety Authority (RSA) show. These figures also show some disqualified drivers are continuing to drive and to commit motoring offences while they should be serving the six-month driving disqualification. According to the RSA, 9,611 drivers were disqualified in court between October 29th, 2013 (when the RSA … Continue reading Four in five disqualified drivers holding on to licences
A 23-year-old man has been sentenced to six and a half years for dangerous driving causing the death of a 42-year old cyclist near Killarney. Shane Fitzgerald of Knockeen, Meelin, Newmarket, Co Cork, had denied the charge of dangerous driving causing the death of father-of-four Paudie O’Leary (42) at Scrahan Fada, Gneeveguilla, near Killarney on July 1st, 2012. Judge Thomas E O’Donnell, handing down sentence … Continue reading Man given 6½-year sentence for causing death of cyclist
Cyclist.ie – The Irish Cycling Advocacy Network – strongly endorses Roseanne Brennan (Jake’s Legacy campaign) to force road authorities to introduce lower speed limits in residential areas and estates. We want to see a quantum increase in the use of the bike for commuting to study, work and for utility purposes, recognising that a ‘critical mass’ of cyclists in traffic leads inevitably to safer streets. … Continue reading Jake’s Legacy vigil
20 is Plenty for Us is a UK based organisation, campaigning for 20mph to be the default speed limit in residential and urban streets. One of its officers, Rod King, MBE presented at the Road Safety Authority’s conference about children and road safety in Dublin last Thursday 2 April. 20 mph in UK is our equivalent of 30 km/h. Recent presentation See also the radio … Continue reading RSA 20’s Plenty – Presentation