Michael Moynihan: A sense of driver entitlement — where the streets have no laws

No-idling zones for schools would help tackle emissions, as well as no-law zones which seem to exist at schools first thing in the morning and at the end of lessons in the afternoon. 

The inconvenience of careless and ignorant parking is usually temporary and relatively harmless, but anything which makes driving more dangerous needs to be dealt with. File picture: Larry Cummins

Last week I wrote about air quality in Cork, specifically, how bad it can be. Along the way I learned about the dangers posed by wood-burning stoves and Cork’s unique bowl-like topography, two contributing factors to the problem.

The pollution caused by cars — non-electric cars, at least — is another contributing factor, something that’s known to us all.