Dublin Bus has confirmed a "full investigation" was now underway after one of its buses was driven partially on a cycle lane and partially on a pavement so the driver could undertake a line of traffic in south Dublin this week. Dublin City councillors have also discussed the remarkable driving, which was captured on dashcam.
The incident occurred between Rathfarnham and Terenure, with many commentators remarking not just on the manner of the driving but on the speed the bus was driven so closely to the driveways of the houses on the street. Video of the incident, above, shows the bus being driven down the footpath before it appears to rejoin the road at a junction where a driver in a car was emerging from an adjoining street.
A spokesperson for Dublin Bus has confirmed a full investigation into the incident was now underway, two days after stickybottle was the first to carry a report on the case.
Advertisement
Related News
Journalist Alison Bray of The Irish Independent has reported the video was remarked upon at Dublin City Council’s Traffic and Transport Committee on Tuesday. That hearing - ironically - was discussing the Road Safety Authority’s Be Safe, Be Seen campaign; to encourage cyclists and pedestrians to wear hi-vis clothing to avoid being hit by drivers.
Cllr Carolyn Moore (Greens) said the incident highlighted the fact the focus of the RSA safety campaign should be on drivers.
“If you take that bus in Terenure yesterday, any pedestrian who stepped out of their front gate into the path of that bus could have been lit up like a carnival and they still would have been injured in that scenario,” she said at the meeting, according to The Irish Independent.
Cllr Keith Connolly (Fianna Fáil), at the committee hearing, said: “I saw that video myself, I think it was shocking, but ultimately it is down to an enforcement issue. Someone illegally mounting and driving down the pavement is an issue for the guards. It is dangerous driving essentially, and if anyone had walked out on that, it would have been a really bad outcome."
