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[Dr. Martin Gooter Bling]

https://m.independent.ie/regionals/sligochampion/news/high-vis-vests-for-taxi-drivers-36245721.html

High Vis vests for taxi drivers

October 28 2017 12:00 AM

Fine Gael's 'Local Area Representative' in Sligo, Blaine Gaffney, has called on the Road Safety Authority (RSA) to consider issuing Ireland's taxi companies and Public Service Vehicles (PSV's) with their branded high visibility jackets, as a relatively low cost, measure which could help to prevent similar deaths from occurring in the future.

Gaffney stated: "Taxi's and PSV's are the most common vehicles on Irish roads at the busy weekend night time periods and its felt that in the event where a taxi driver cannot stop and take on a fare or stop and give a lift to people they see walking on the roads in the dark, the least they can do in this situation as a priority is to provided them with a high visibility jacket that will allow them to be visible to passing traffic."

He added: "I have been contacted about this by a concerned local taxi driver here in Sligo who has stated that people walking home on roads with no public lighting from nights out is a worrying common occurrence in Sligo and there are real fears that someone will be hurt in the future.

"I believe that there is support for this measure within the taxi industry here in Sligo and that it could be rolled out relatively easily. I believe this should be a national policy. I have written to the Chairperson of the RSA, Liz O'Donnell to highlight to her this proposal and I have also placed a large order for these free high visibility jackets in order to provide them to the interested taxi drivers in Sligo."

"Its only a small measure, but if followed up on by the RSA, could save a life in the future, and for that reason I think its is very important to fight for this policy and to at least get it off the ground here in Sligo" concluded Gaffney.

Sligo Champion

[john m]

You got to admire this type of stupidity .government promote bike use in Cities result is more cyclists die in road traffic accidents .Solution DONT PROMOTE CYCLING ITS DANGEROUS .

People walking on dark roads are in danger of getting knocked down .Solution  FIT STREET LIGHTS .

a taxi driver cannot stop and take on a fare or stop and give a lift to people they see walking on the roads in the dark, the least they can do in this situation as a priority is to provided them with a high visibility jacket that will allow them to be visible to passing traffic." SO YOU CANT STOP SO HOW THE FUCK CAN YOU GIVE SOMEBODY A JACKET .

[Rat Catcher]

The obvious solution is to reduce the speed limit to 30 kilos/hour on roads which have poor lighting/no footpath. However, as we can see up above in Dublin, taxi drivers have no regard for the rules of the road and there is no enforcement.

[TheDevilHimself]

They chaff the nipples !