When confronted with a complex road safety challenge, we too often reach for the most visible response of all: placing new legal obligations on those already at greatest risk. But presenting mandatory helmets and hi-vis as a serious road safety intervention is misleading. We have created a strange parallel reality where road safety law is now applied selectively. Ireland likes to see itself as a country that takes road safety seriously. Grace Lynch deserves to have her memory honoured with road safety policies that are evidence-based, proportionate, and proven to save lives.

Source: Irish Examiner February 06, 2026 01:01 UTC