What other EU member state would allow new schools to be built on roads with speed limits of 80 km/h and no footpath?
What other EU member state would allow new schools to be built on roads with speed limits of 80km/h and no footpath?Hi-vis jackets for children will not change driver behaviour. In fact they can give a false impression of safety. Photograph: Robbie ReynoldsAfter a horrendous period for road fatalities, the next few weeks will be marked by a flurry of public meetings and Dáil debates calling for a renewed focus on road safety. But the public discourse is not always well-informed.
Between 2018 and 2022, 89 per cent of seriously injured pedestrians and 81 per cent of seriously injured cyclists were injured on an urban road. In 2022, the number of pedestrian fatalities and serious injuries were the highest in the past five years.
However, the biggest road safety issue of all perhaps is the very design of our transport system, which gives priority to cars and other motorised vehicles by default, and which permits legal traffic speeds that are unsafe for pedestrians and cyclists in urban areas. What other EU member state would allowRoad safety is a key ingredient for effective climate action in the transport sector and sustainable mobility.
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