This is one of two car crashes Dublin Fire Brigade has featured in its social media feed and issued warnings about in recent days. However, despite the crashes involving drivers in cars, the warnings were to parents, kids and pedestrians.

Dublin Fire Brigade advice has to be seen to be believed

Dublin Fire Brigade has come in for a roasting on social media after the bizarre advice it has offered in the wake of two car crashes in recent days.

In one of the incidents a driver rolled their car in a north Dublin housing estate. In the second crash, in Dublin 6, the driver managed to wedge their car between another vehicle and a garden wall.

In that incident the crashed vehicle, in the photo above, came to rest on two wheels between the other vehicle and a garden wall; fully blocking the pavement.

Seeing as both incidents involved drivers in cars, if Dublin Fire Brigade was going to offer any advice one would think that advice would be to drivers first and foremost.

However, that was not the case. Indeed, there is no mention whatever of drivers in the fire brigade's messaging published on its Twitter account with photos of the two unrelated incidents.

According to the posts by Dublin Fire Brigade, the car being rolled on a suburban street was a reminder that it is "important to teach your kids the dangers of public roads".

And in the second case, apparently a car becoming jammed on two wheels across a pavement was an ideal learning opportunity for pedestrians.

Dublin Fire Brigade shared a photo of that incident with the insightful comment that road traffic crashes can happened anywhere.

It then added: "So it's wise for pedestrians to keep their heads up out of their phones and headphones turned down a bit".

The Stayin' Alive at 1.5 cycling safety campaign wondered how car crashes had resulted in messaging directed at other road users.

Another Twitter user, Oisín O'Connor, was less diplomatic and offered his own advice to Dublin Fire Brigade.

"How about advice to drivers to stop driving like fucking lunatics," he said. "Should pedestrians be wearing helmets now too?

"Get your transition year student off the Twitter account and find someone with some common sense."

The fire brigade's reply to O'Connor was a less than satisfactory: "I understand where you are coming from. We are all road users and all have a part to play."

You can see the Dublin Fire Brigade posts, and reaction to them, below.

Case 1: Driver overturns car, but children & parents warned

All roads can be dangerous, not just main roads. Our Kilbarrack Fire and Ambulance crews attended this roll-over RTC in a residential estate earlier today. No significant injuries in this case, however is important to teach your kids the dangers of public roads. pic.twitter.com/FgIdGGD1hK

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 21, 2018

Might be better focussing energy on advising on good driver behavior. Would prefer kids to be out and about to tackle our obesity epidemic and to promote healthier active lives.

— Síle Ginnane (@sileginnane) October 23, 2018

Case 2: Bad car smash, but pedestrians warned

RTCs can happen anywhere, so it's wise for pedestrians to keep their heads up out of their phones and headphones turned down a bit. Crews from Dolphin's Barn attended this RTC in Dublin 6 yesterday evening. Luckily no injuries. pic.twitter.com/yrdcvzvxS8

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 17, 2018

Jaysus...how is that, what appears to be a car mounting a footpath, leads you to add a message about pedestrians and earphones...??‍♂️
Are we missing something between the images and the messaging?
C’mon @DubFireBrigade

— Stayin' Alive at 1.5 (@SafeCyclingEire) October 21, 2018

Drivers can do potentially lethal things anytime anywhere, so pedestrians must share the blame if they use mobile phones or listen to music while walking legally on the public footway?

— Cosáin (@cosaingalway) October 21, 2018

Or how about advice to drivers to stop driving like fucking lunatics. Should pedestrians be wearing helmets now too? Get your transition year student off the Twitter account and find someone with some common sense.

— Oisín O'Connor (@OConnorOisin) October 21, 2018

Hi Marc, I understand where you are coming from. We are all road users and all have a part to play.

— Dublin Fire Brigade (@DubFireBrigade) October 22, 2018