Cycling is not as dangerous a pursuit as it is perceived to be, the Minister with responsibility for road safety has suggested. Speaking at the launch of the National Road Safety Week, Hildegarde Naughton said cycling suffers from “negative perceptions” as to its relative safety. Ms Naughton, the Minister of State for Road Transport, said the increase in cycling deaths has to be seen in the context of a greater increase in the number of cyclists on Irish roads. The fact is that cycling has become statistically safer in the past 20 years and yet the perception of many people is that it has become more dangerous,” she said. He said sleepiness is associated with between 20 per cent and 25 per cent of all major highway accidents globally.

Source: The Irish Times October 05, 2020 14:48 UTC