Joan of Contention 😷Access Requests under the GDPR: the RSA edition
https://joan.ink/2024/04/11/access-requests-under-the-gdpr-the-rsa-edition/
#GDPR #DataProtection #RSA #RoadSafetyAuthority #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks
The public consultation on the Road Safety Authority (RSA) closes on Friday, 5 April 2024.
"If you think this is an outrageous way for a public body to behave, then please have your say!"
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https://www.gov.ie/en/consultation/bd619-call-for-submissions-review-of-road-safety-authority/
#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #RSA #GDPR #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #MastoDaoine
“I’m used to dealing with public bodies & long-drawn-out processes, but with the RSA, I’m actively angry. To say the only explanation you’ll offer is GDPR when people are suffering life-altering injuries and dying is an insult to people.” - Cllr Janet Horner
#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #RSA #GDPR #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks
As injuries mount, Road Safety Authority hadn’t shared crash data with councils for eight years -- IrishCycle.com
Ireland’s Road Safety Authority has not shared crash location data with local councils and other transport bodies for eight years. After an increase in serious injuries and deaths, there now …
In news to nobody: "Serious injuries to cyclists on roads far higher than official Garda data shows: Study finds number of injured child cyclists recorded in Irish hospital data is more than six times higher than in Garda records"
via The Irish Times (archived copy)
#StreetsAreForPeople #CarsAreTrash #AnGardaSíochána #Gardaí #BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #Cycling #BikeTooter #MastoDaoine
Well fuck me, we only have until 5 April to prepare all we need to say:
"Call for Submissions: Review of Road Safety Authority"
#RSA #RoadSafetyAuthority #RoadSafety #RoadViolence #VisionZeroFucks #VisionZero
This is fine.
"Fears over disqualified drivers behind the wheel as 76% ignore orders to surrender licences"
https://www.thejournal.ie/driving-while-disqualified-ireland-6302006-Feb2024/
#BanCars #RoadViolence #RoadSafety #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #CarBrain #Driving #MastoDaoine #Ireland
Thus, in-car navigation company's press release, I say to you: your claim that average driving speeds in Dublin are slower than an average person cycling IS UNPOSSIBLE.
#RoadSafety #Love30 #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #StreetsAreForPeople #BikeTooter
Eight people dead on the roads in the first eight days of the year. Watch, as precisely nothing happens as a result.
https://www.thejournal.ie/woman-50s-dies-in-co-sligo-crash-6267357-Jan2024/
#RoadSafety #RoadViolence #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #MastoDaoine
5 January 2024. 5 days. 5 fatal road crashes. 5 people gone. And media organisations report on it like it's nothing. Public authorities barely respond beyond the routine.
https://www.thejournal.ie/man-30s-dies-after-collision-in-co-mayo-6264937-Jan2024/
#RoadViolence #RoadSafety #VisionZero #VisionZeroFucks #MastoDaoine
Well, I didn't mean to actually predict anything, but not 60 seconds on the road, covered in Christmas lights, and not one but two* drivers overtook and pulled in on top of me, forcing me to brake and swerve to avoid being hit.
So, you know, Happy Christmas, or fuck you - whichever.
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[ * There was a third driver who did this today, but that was pre-#ChristmasBike, in broad daylight. ]
#BikeTooter #MastoDaoine #Cycling #CyclingIreland #RoadSafety #VisionZeroFucks #StreetsAreForPeople