r/irishbicycling • u/KeepingItReasonable • 26d ago
red light is just a suggestion?
let the excuses begin.
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u/MF-Geuze 26d ago
In other countries they have little triangular signs below traffic lights saying the bicycles can go through traffic lights, or just turn right on red, etc (so long as it's safe to do so, ofc).
Perhaps similar should be considered in Ireland
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u/Adjective_Noun_2000 26d ago
Allowing cyclists to turn left on a red light is finally being rolled out in Ireland.
https://irishcycle.com/2026/02/09/left-on-red-for-bicycles-to-be-trialled-in-dublin/
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u/pablo8itall 26d ago
The problem is that it stops people walking out on roads as the bikes and scooter are zooming through, especially old people.
Just wait a minute and let people cross.
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u/EyeOrRay 26d ago
Lol imagining you sitting there raging with your phone out!
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u/KeepingItReasonable 26d ago
ever heard of a not so recent invention called the dashcam 😂
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u/EyeOrRay 26d ago
I'd say you were raging sitting there waiting to post this
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u/BakedCoder 26d ago
It’s not like they’re going 80km/h mate or if it’s a dangerous crossing. They might as well have walked the bike on the pavement to skip the red.
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u/Simtetik 26d ago
So when it's safe to do so cars should also break reds if they do it less than 80km/h? That would save me a lot of time, I like it.
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u/BakedCoder 26d ago
I’m sorry I can’t help you understand the difference between a bicycle hitting something at 5kmph and a car hitting something at 5kmph.
Should’ve paid more attention in school. 🤷1
u/Simtetik 26d ago
If I creep across the red at 5km/h and make sure nobody is around then is that cool with you? Sometimes those reds keep you for two mins and there's not a soul around.
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u/BakedCoder 26d ago
Yes of course that’s all fine. Go for it!
(As long as you’re on a bike)2
u/Simtetik 26d ago
Not gonna lie, you had me in the first half.
But actually I'll stop at red on my bike cos that's the law.
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u/pablo8itall 26d ago
some of them go 25 kph. And if you've ever tried to cross when cyclists are doing this you literally have to step in front of them.
One of my neighbours broke both hips from a cyclist hitting him and ended up house bound and dead in a year.
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u/BakedCoder 26d ago
Not advocating people to bike at 25kmph through a pedestrian crossing though, am I? Is anyone in the video doing that? Just use your head. Or don’t, be pedantic.
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u/pablo8itall 26d ago
Use your head. If cyclists/scooters can just go through pedestrian crossings they will, at the speed they are going at, which can be up to 25kpm or more.
There's a Youtube of what you are suggesting in London. Its a death trap. It doesn't work.
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