It’s not Ireland but I was just recently in Guernsey and… cars would drive over the sidewalk constantly (without putting pedestrian at risks AFAICT). Plenty of roads (if not most) on the island had just 0 sidewalk, like none. The road itself would often not accommodate 2 cars passing each other.
In such context I can imagine that indeed high-vis jackets would somehow help… but damn, just don’t make your entire country, or small island country-ish in my personal example, car-centric then you wouldn’t have to ask pedestrians to be “visible” in order not to die.
It’s not Ireland but I was just recently in Guernsey and… cars would drive over the sidewalk constantly (without putting pedestrian at risks AFAICT). Plenty of roads (if not most) on the island had just 0 sidewalk, like none. The road itself would often not accommodate 2 cars passing each other.
In such context I can imagine that indeed high-vis jackets would somehow help… but damn, just don’t make your entire country, or small island country-ish in my personal example, car-centric then you wouldn’t have to ask pedestrians to be “visible” in order not to die.
similar in his constinuency tbf, mostly rural roads without markings