The death toll from road accidents in Ireland is increasing with 44* killed (28 in 2012 for the same period) so far this year and statistics show that over the Paddy’s Bank holiday weekend 3 people were killed in 2012 (16-19 March 2012).
AXA has an on-going commitment to road safety and reducing traffic related accidents [...]
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As Paddy’s Day approaches, be careful on our roads!
No more nervous breakdowns
Most people have a fuzzy notion of motor breakdown assistance. Your car stops (or won’t even start). Or maybe it’s a flat tyre; no petrol or you’ve locked your keys on the inside. You call a mechanic. The problem is fixed and off you go. So far, so good.
But what if your car can’t be [...]
Summer Rain – a driver’s pain
It’s that time of the year we all love – summertime! But the Irish summer is a temperamental, unpredictable creature. We might get two, even three glorious weeks of hot, sunny weather, but then, just as we’re getting used to wandering around in shorts and t-shirts and starting to believe that it could actually last [...]
Irish Motorway Madness
It sounds like something you’d only see in an action movie – a motorist speeding headlong into oncoming traffic on a busy motorway. But apparently this crazy sight isn’t as rare as you’d think.
In fact, according to Road Safety Authority chief executive Noel Brett, high-risk incidents of motorists driving the wrong direction down motorways have [...]