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The Yates problem: Does cycling have a moral hazard issue?

August 19, 2018 by Nadia Williams

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Back in January this year, on The Hard Shoulder with Ivan Yates on Newstalk, the presenter put forward the following question in … Read more

Categories Comment & Analysis Tags car dependence, cycling safety, dangerisation, driver attitude, driver behaviour, driver responsibility, ivan yates, media, minimum passing distance law, mpdl, newstalk, richie oakley, vulnerable road users

Deconstructing the truckers’ defence (part one)

July 21, 2018 by Nadia Williams

COMMENT & ANALYSIS: Verona Murphy, president of the Irish Road Hauliers’ Association, is very good at her job. When the cyclist fatality figure passed the … Read more

Categories Comment & Analysis Tags cycling safety, media and road safety, media anlaysis, psychology of road safety, radio, road safety, sociology and road safety, verona murphy

6 months after IFA signed up to greenway agreement, IFA rep says CPOs “simply won’t be tolerated”

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