K Doc

"My poor baby was mangled in that hospital in that bed, and to watch her take her last breath is the worst pain imaginable." This poor and incredibly brave mother and the rest of Grace Lynch's family (as well as the 16 year old child herself) have paid for the government's failure to adequately tackle this issue of scramblers and scooters. Where's the enforcement? Where's the seizure of these lethally used menances? The government is too busy implementing spyware legislation to tackle that, which is just as terrifying as violent crime on our streets and every bit as much of a threat. When I was very close to my due date in late summer 2016, I had a very near miss with a scrambler on a footpath. I stepped up on the path to go onto a shop in Tallaght when one of these lads on a scrambler came careering around the blind corner, and I had to jump out of the way. No cares given by him. In fact, if you challenge any of these young lads, you get serious abuse or worse. I made the mistake of doing so a couple of years back while my daughter was in the car (I simply beeped). For that, they circled us like sharks for several mins, and my daughter was screaming crying. Scooters are also a dangerous scourge. A few weeks ago I was doing 60km in my car when a scooter (not even a scrambler) passed me out with a young lad who of course didn't have a helmet (God forbid) and a few days ago three balaclava wearing all in black lads tore through a pedestrian crossing in the dark as I was crossing. No lights, etc. I didn't see them until they whooshed past the cars that had patiently stopped for me. I am actually scared to take my child anywhere local where I live in D 15, and unfortunately, I realise now that this is not paranoia. I'm sure other parents feel and felt the same before this latest death. My daughter's tiny little wisp of a 9 year old body wouldn't be able to withstand one of these on impact. No one's body really can. As poor Grace fatally discovered. How will this family survive this? God help them and all witnesses, as well her friends and community.