A verdict of misadventure has been returned at the inquest into the death of a cyclist who died as a result of multiple head injuries in Sligo almost two years ago.

A man is killed because road workers put safety signage in the middle of a cycle lane and the coroner has made two recommendations - that the council use a different colour sandbag, and that cyclists be told to be more careful

from mastodon

  • mjr@infosec.pubEnglish
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    14 hours ago

    Mr O’Grady accepted that the sign was an obstacle.

    However, he said it is accepted that Sligo County Council complied with the Department of Transport Traffic Manual.

    So basically, it’s a government-approved killing, as a 85cm-wide sign in an already-undersize 1.2m cycle lane is both an obvious potentially-fatal crash hazard and perfectly legal. When will Ireland protect cyclists better?