Clubs urged to lead use of cycle lanes

Cyclists are not using the cycle lanes put in for their safety, a policing meeting has been told.

Gardaí in Kerry have appealed to cycle clubs to “lead by example” and use cycle lanes, amid growing concerns about the number of fatal incidents involving cyclists, pedestrians, and other road-users.

Patterns over a five-year period between 2013 and 2017, which were unveiled yesterday at the county’s quarterly policing meeting in Tralee, detailed how, last year, cyclists equalled the number of motorists and car passengers killed on the roads in Co Kerry.