Jogger taking a private criminal prosecution against an eBike who knocked him down on a footpath

Yep, that’s why I cycle on the road.

Sometimes the road is the better option. Which was why so many had a problem with compulsory cycle lanes. Certainly for much of my route it the faster better option.

But to make cycling and other options accessible to others especially the inexperienced, options other than road are needed. We don't need to reinvent the wheel on this, other countries have already done it.

Layouts like that in Swords have to stop. They need to do it properly.
 
I cycle this route frequently and while I stick to going with the traffic flow on the main road, certain routes will take you into either abruptly ending counter flow cycle lanes or that notorious narrow lane where there is very limited space. There's a consultation on the Booterstown strip of lane about why there is a counterflow given that it ends abruptly and the reason given by engineering is to prevent people from cycling on the footpath! (which doesn't prevent).

Think the problem with the Holywell distributor Rd strip in the photo is that the entire area around it has 20 year old similar strips of cycle lane that actually looks like it, so the cyclist could be forgiven for believing that he was on a cycle lane when in fact he might not have been.
You can see from the Holywell/Airside photos below there is a different road surface on the lane that is clearly marked on the hill leading down to Swords, but when you get around the corner to Airside, there is no marking, but the road surface is still in two distinct strips.
And before you ask, why would Fingal put a cycle lane right through a bus stop? They've repeatedly done so, in several places close to the airport, and this especially dangerous one in the 1st photo in Santry just after Northwood, where the cycle lane goes right through an extremely busy bus stop. Dublin city have a couple of these in Whitehall and Drumcondra as well, but DCC are generally far better at removing these dangerous pieces of infrastructure.
That said the "old" bike lane on the Drumcondra Rd that goes up onto the embankment is regularly full of dog walkers, joggers, tourists with suitcases, people just standing around. You have to just use your head, or like the person from Drynam, you'll end up in court.

The cyclist might well argue that he believed he was on a cycle lane, though the lack of clear road markings and fact that he was possibly riding an L1e-B e-moped in which case he had no permission to use the cycle lane. Its hard to tell without knowing whether or not the vehicle was unclocked in software to limit the speed to under 25kmph.


 
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You'd think even by accident they'd do it the same way some, even most of the time. You'd think that would be easier. But no it's utterly random. It's like they are drawn by a child. Absolute crazy layouts.