Maybe it's a common thing but I don't get up to Dublin much
I couldn't count how many times we saw people either on foot or bike darting out in front of cars/trucks/buses but the most alarming were:
The woman on Stillorgan Road as we were driving in who decided as the lights changed to green to cross in front of 3 lanes of traffic, made worse as a bus was stopped blocking her access to the pavement...thank god no-one was driving at speed!
The cyclist on Abbey Street who didn't seem to notice people standing on the pavement due to oncoming trams in both directions and stepped out directly in front of a tram. I assume they have some sort of immediate braking system, the driver stopped probably a foot away from her. We saw the same woman a few minutes later on another street step in front of a car, causing it to swerve, she simply didn't bother looking.
Another cyclist on Stillorgan Road on the way home merrily going along in the bus lane with a coach behind her....while a cycling lane sat a foot to her left!
I don't know how many pedestrians we saw running across the road to save a few seconds...
Is this normal? Have some people forgotten how to safely cross a road? And I have to wonder if any of the above had been hit, who would get the blame?
I couldn't count how many times we saw people either on foot or bike darting out in front of cars/trucks/buses but the most alarming were:
The woman on Stillorgan Road as we were driving in who decided as the lights changed to green to cross in front of 3 lanes of traffic, made worse as a bus was stopped blocking her access to the pavement...thank god no-one was driving at speed!
The cyclist on Abbey Street who didn't seem to notice people standing on the pavement due to oncoming trams in both directions and stepped out directly in front of a tram. I assume they have some sort of immediate braking system, the driver stopped probably a foot away from her. We saw the same woman a few minutes later on another street step in front of a car, causing it to swerve, she simply didn't bother looking.
Another cyclist on Stillorgan Road on the way home merrily going along in the bus lane with a coach behind her....while a cycling lane sat a foot to her left!
I don't know how many pedestrians we saw running across the road to save a few seconds...
Is this normal? Have some people forgotten how to safely cross a road? And I have to wonder if any of the above had been hit, who would get the blame?