Madam, - Though it is only a matter of days since the tragedy on Wellington Quay, it seems to be a distant memory to some already.
On Thursday, walking across the Millennium Bridge, I was disgusted to see the driver of an articulated truck driving one-handed at speed while using a mobile phone, directly across from the site of last Saturday's sad events.
Surely it should be compulsory for such vehicles to have hands-free kits fitted. And surely it is time for the Garda to enforce laws against the use of mobile phones while being in charge of a 40-ton truck, especially when passing close to pedestrians on the narrow quays.
Regrettably we have experienced the tragic results of a bus going out of control at low speed. One cannot think of the consequences if one of these trucks were to do the same at 40 or 50 miles per hour. - Yours, etc.,
P.W. LENNON, Templeroan, Knocklyon, Dublin 16.
Madam, - Substantial barriers or railings should be provided between pavements and roadways where there are busy bus-stops. This would provide some protection from vehicles in danger of mounting the footway. Openings in the railings could be provided as required.
This could also discourage people from encroaching on the roadway. It might also encourage people to form more orderly queues.
Such a measure might also result in the first people arriving at the bus-stop being the first people to enter the bus, a phenomenon seldom seen in Dublin at busy stops. - Yours, etc.,
TOM RYAN, Dunmore Road, Waterford.