How hard are crash test dummies? – Thick skinned and tougher than nails, they have a ‘can do’ attitude and don’t ask any questions. They are the SAS of the mannequin world. One thing is for sure – they pack a lot of punch into their short lives. And their legacy might just save your [...]
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“That’s a ‘fine’ way to talk to your mother, Tony McCoy”
It’s taken 15 years of hard work, blood and sweat but last Saturday Tony McCoy, Northern Irish horse racing jockey finally managed to ride home the winner in the Grand National at Aintree. However just a few hours later, he was stopped by police on his way home from Aintree for talking to his mother on his [...]
Pothole causes Gerry Ryan to fail NCT – the poor auld crater!!
On 26th February Gerry Ryan spoke at length on his radio show about how a pothole on Dublin’s southside literally drove him round the bend. Just a couple of days before his NCT the angered 2FM radio presenter proclaimed his failed NCT was caused when he “drove into a flipping hole in the middle of [...]
Make it a ‘Good Friday’ – Drive safely this weekend!
AXA Insurance would like to make a plea to all road users for extra caution on our roads during the upcoming bank holiday weekend, a busy weekend for people driving down the country.
The death toll from road accidents in Ireland to date is 40 people who have lost their lives, compared to 57 at the same [...]
No CHOC-a-block school traffic at Easter
Sometimes you notice things only in their absence. Take the traffic congestion on our roads in the mornings. With schools closing over Easter, the suburban roads that channel school runs should have a ghost town feel. It should make for a welcome change from your normal routine where if you snooze, you lose…
Pressing the snooze [...]
Gaping ‘pothole’ revealed in Department of Transport budget
Road conditions are responsible for 3pc of all fatal collisions according to the Road Safety Authority, yet the Independent has recently reported that Government spending on all local and regional roads has fallen by more than €200m from the €607m allocated in 2009.
The spokesperson for the Department of Transport said this budget is intended to [...]
Myth busted – sucking copper coins won’t beat breathalyzer test
It was reported on independent.ie that JPR Williams, the legendry Welsh and Lions full-back, bet his bottom dollar, well a few pennies anyway, that he could fool the police who had stopped him for suspected drink driving by sucking on a few copper coins. This popular myth has no scientific backup and it has [...]
Dublin city centre speed limit here to stay, while L.A speed limit may increase
In Sun Valley, California many of the residents want traffic to slow down but there is a move by the Los Angeles Transportation Committee this week to actually raise the speed limit.
City officials want to slow traffic down on three valley streets, but the irony is that they have to raise the speed limit in [...]
The most stressful car horns – mind your beeps in queues!!
I thought it was just me that got frustrated by drivers honking their horns. My mother would often say ‘Well that’s just the height of rudeness!’ when she’d hear some impatient driver beeping their horn behind the car. Research conducted for AXA UK of 2,000 adults has found that 41% of drivers feel stressed when [...]
AXA sponsors “Impact”, a new Road Safety Awareness documentary series on TV3.
“It’s ironic drink driving did this to me and now I look drunk all the time”. Haunting words from Michilín Feeney, who’s featuring in a TV campaign for Road Safety. Micilín, among others, expresses the heartbreaking human side to road accidents in the poignant 2 part documentary series “Impact” which airs on Monday March 22nd [...]