For every 1 invested in active travel , it generates almost 4 in benefits to society. Cyclists in Ireland do not have to use cycle paths.A video of an Irish motorist recording a person cycling beside a new cycle path which is not finished has gone viral with over 366,000 views on Facebook alone.The video was originally posted a week ago by an account called laura.DrIfTjUnKiE on TikTok before a commercial website and social media outlet called Donegal Page shared it, with the audio changed. It was recorded on the approach to Sweeneys Top Oil on the N56 in LetterkennyThe video shows traffic cones in the middle of the road, but within seconds of the start of the clip, the road opens up, and there is space for the motorist to overtake. This type of anti-cycling clickbait video is now nearly a cottage industry around it on social media. But in Letterkenny, locals and councillors are also complaining about construction disruption from active travel projects, as well as a whole host of other issues with parking and traffic in Donegals largest town.The video appears to show a handheld device being used to record from the drivers side of a blue Subaru, a type of car which regularly appears on laura.DrIfTjUnKiEs videos.In the original audio, a womans voice said: Brand-new cycle lane, not used brilliant fucking way to use money.The video has Only in Letterkenny in overlaid text, and the caption text with the video said: Only in Letterkenny would they spend millions building new cycle lanes for people who dont use them. Great way of spending tax payers money donegal county council ffs #letterkenny #traffic #wasteofmoneyThe short video does not show the entry or end point of the cycle path in question, or whether it was accessible when the video was taken, but at a point in the video there appears to be traffic cones in the cycle path ahead, and the video shows that the markings on the cycle path have yet to be painted, indicating the cycle path was not finished at the time. The Donegal Page version of the video has the text Millions spent on new bicycle lanes across Letterkenny Money Well Spent? Maybe some more money to be spent on training cyclists to USE them? But, as well as the project still being a work in progress, there is no requirement for cyclists to use cycle lanes or tracks.This is for various reasons, including cycle paths being of poor quality, often being blocked, and cycle tracks often not accommodating turns and different directions of travel. In this case, it looks like the cycle path does not accommodate all right turns directly. Research carried out for the National Transport Authority and published recently shows that for every 1 invested in Active Travel infrastructure, it generates almost 4 in benefits to society. Even with finished cycle paths, the odd cyclist not using them is unlikely to change this assessment.