Una Morrison
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So from what I understand it, a speed limit for all bike users.
But I guess from my point of view, it's what do we define by a bike or a cyclist in terms of we have analogue cyclists, shall I say, without batteries who are using their own power by porridge or their own muscles to get them around.
And then there are some e-assist bikes which have a cap attached
The assistance stops at 25 kilometers an hour, and they're the legal bikes, e-bikes that are available for sale.
However, there is increasingly more not legal bikes that are essentially almost like little motorbikes.
And they look like a bike, but the cycle people aren't really paddling them.
So it's important to differentiate between those different types of bicycle-shaped objects, as a friend calls them.
From my understanding of what I've read, yes, which is a comfortable speed of cycling as a means of transport.
So I rarely go higher than that when I'm cycling around the city.
So that is, as a means of transport, that's a pretty acceptable way to get around.
Definitely not.
That's when you need the ESS to save it.
Yeah, I guess from my point of view, I think when we're looking at our traffic policing, we need to focus on where the big risks are.
And if you're looking at how people are dying and being seriously injured on our roads, we need to focus our attention on minimising those risks.
which is our larger motorized vehicles, speeding in motorized vehicles that are going much higher than that, trucks, all of that kind of thing.
That's where our enforcement focus should be, because that is where those people can be killed and seriously injured.
And I think sometimes having a conversation, it is important that we are all staying safe, but we need to prioritize our enforcement focus.
Well, I guess I was cycling in North Dublin last week and there was a cycling group and they were all, there was about eight people one by one.
So it's harder to overtake that where if they're in a group, it is easier to overtake.
But to be honest, I hung back and it was fine.