Two wheels, no helmut?

A chara, – I’ve noticed the installation of the pay-as-you-go public bicycle system is underway around the streets of Dublin…

A chara, – I’ve noticed the installation of the pay-as-you-go public bicycle system is underway around the streets of Dublin.

If I were a tourist, peddling on my merry touristic way through the traffic jammed streets of our city and have the misfortune to get a whack on the back of my bare unhelmeted head by the wing mirror of the 46A, who is liable? The driver of the 46A and/ or Dublin City Council which provided me with the bike, indeed encouraged me to take to two wheels without safety gear.

Perhaps the bikes come with helmets. I am sure the council has thought of this, hasn’t it? – Is mise, etc,

COLM FAHY,

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Arnott Street,

Dublin 8.