Proposals to make pedestrians and cyclists wear mandatory high-vis vests are ‘ludicrous’

Staff writer
Cyclists protest through central London campaigning for safer roads in the capital.
Cyclists protest through central London campaigning for safer roads in the capital.

Recent plans put forward in Ireland to force all pedestrians and cyclists to wear high-visibility jackets have been branded as 'ludicrous' by a cycling campaigner.

Mike McKillen of the Dublin cycling campaign said that to introduce such a policy would be 'misguided', and safety clothing was not a practical solution to reducing deaths on Irish roads.

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