It might also be there to discouarge poeple from driving in the city centre. I slowed down to 30km today and it was painfully slow.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Cllr Montague's party is in the largest party on Dublin City Council.This Councillor Montague is just another minor politician taking advantage of our weak leglislative and government systems that allow minorities to dictate their agendas to the majority whether through the city council or government coalition.
Sorry to burst your bubble, but Cllr Montague's party is in the largest party on Dublin City Council.
I've no problem with the new speed limit but it should go hand and hand with stricter rules regarding jaywalking.
I cycle in the city centre the odd time. As 18MPH is so slow I hope I don't get done for breaking the speed limit while on my bicycle...
I have driven twice this morning in Dublin City Centre. Traffic was light so it was very difficult to keep to 18mph. Cars were undertaking and overtaking. Pedestrians were darting out between the slower vehicles. We also encountered two cyclists cycling the wrong way up one-way streets! Will it be enforced fairly? I doubt it. A law that cannot be enforced is bad law. As someone who walks in the city quite a lot every day due to my business and who feels quite safe doing so, enforcing jay walking would be more effective in saving pedestrians.
This Councillor Montague is just another minor politician taking advantage of our weak leglislative and government systems that allow minorities to dictate their agendas to the majority whether through the city council or government coalition.
I had to do about an hour of driving around Cork city this morning while the new limit was being discussed on radio. It struck me that maybe the cops should pay more attention to some cyclists instead. In that time this morning, I deliberately looked out for cyclists going through red lights and counted five. I presume some cyclists behave the same way in Dublin.
The new law sounds a little daft, to me.
Stricter rules would imply there are some currently. Jaywalking is not an offence under Irish law.
Jaywalking is an American term
This is our "law"
46(2) A pedestrian facing a traffic light lamp which shows a red light shall not proceed beyond that light.
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