Minimum passing of cyclists law abandoned on Attorney General’s advice
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Séamus Woulfe
Plans to legislate for a minimum passing distance for motorists overtaking cyclist have been shelved on the advice of Attorney General Séamus Woulfe, The Irish Times reports.
Transport Minister Shane Ross said the law officer had concerns about how a minimum passing distance could be enforced.
Mr Ross said his Department is instead “drafting a statutory instrument which will make dangerous overtaking, specifically of a cyclist, an offence”, without specifying a minimum passing distance.
The alternative measure is set to be in place by April this year, but the penalties are not yet clear.
The Road Traffic (Minimum Passing Distance of Cyclists) Bill 2017 had proposed three penalty points and an €80 fine where a motorist passed a cyclist closer than one metre on a roads with a speed limit under 50km/h and one-and-a-half metres on roads with a higher limit.
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