{"id":459222,"date":"2026-02-07T06:47:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:47:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459222\/"},"modified":"2026-02-07T06:47:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-07T06:47:08","slug":"cyclists-are-forced-to-dress-like-construction-workers-as-cars-speed-past-with-impunity-the-irish-times","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/459222\/","title":{"rendered":"Cyclists are forced to dress like construction workers as cars speed past with impunity \u2013 The Irish Times"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Sir, \u2013 Instead of following what the data and science clearly show works to make cycling safer: lower speed limits, safe and fully segregated active travel infrastructure and fewer cars, the Government appears determined to pursue deflection, distraction and victim blaming, highlighted by renewed calls and proposals from the Government to mandate helmet and hi-vis use for people cycling.<\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">While I, as a healthcare worker, support tighter regulation and proper enforcement around e-scooters, the Government\u2019s overall approach to cycling safety is fundamentally flawed. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">We should be designing environments where a 10-year-old can cycle safely to and from school, wearing whatever they want, not forcing people to dress like construction workers if they want to cycle, while drivers speed past with little or no consequence. \u2013 Yours etc. <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dr Ola L\u00f8kken Nordrum, <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Beggars Bush <\/p>\n<p class=\"c-paragraph paywall \">Dublin 4<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Sir, \u2013 Instead of following what the data and science clearly show works to make cycling safer: lower&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":407905,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[445],"tags":[49,48,635,82],"class_list":{"0":"post-459222","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-cycling","8":"tag-ca","9":"tag-canada","10":"tag-cycling","11":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=459222"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/459222\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/407905"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=459222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=459222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=459222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}