Liam Fitzgerald (Fianna Fail)

Cyclists and pedestrians should be made just as amenable as drivers to the rules of the road. The current position is appalling. Cyclists ignore all classes of convention and laws such as one-way streets, footpaths and traffic lights. We will never engage the collaborative goodwill of all unless we stop the targeted victimisation of one sector as a mere revenue collecting ploy. We must bring equity and common sense to our crusade because it is a crusade we need.

It is significant that school buses have focused our reflection on the issue of road safety. We never prioritised their road worthiness until tragedies befell. I point the finger at everybody since the foundation of that service. Now we are wringing our hands in exasperation that things had got so bad unbeknownst to us.