Just when we thought the freezing winter of 2010 was a distant memory and the milder winter weather of last year would prevail, it looks like Jack Frost has decided to reappear next week!
Met Éireann has advised in their forecast that during the middle and later part of next week, there will be fresh north-east [...]
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Winter Driving tips – Video
Tips for motorists at Halloween
Halloween is here, and with it the annual challenge of fashioning complicated outfits out of toilet rolls, cellotape, milk cartons and, if you’re really fancy, papier-mâché!
For children, tonight is all about having fun.
They dress up as their favourite cartoon character, superhero or ghastly ghoul but often ending up looking like none – or a combination [...]
Wet-weather driving tips
Most people don’t particularly like driving in the rain and this can increase stress and anxiety. When it rains, we all need to take more care to handle the bad road conditions.
An average of 24% of crashes happen in the rain, according to the RSA. Two types of drivers can cause these crashes – excessively [...]
New Lower Drink Drive Limits
New, lower, drink drive limits come into force tomorrow. Make sure you’re aware of the changes. But, as ever, the best way to be sure you’re under the limit, and to stay safe, is to simply never drink before driving.
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Top tips for motorcyclists on road safety- VIDEO
Motorcyclists can often be vulnerable road users. According to the Road Safety Authority’s National Motorcycle Plan 2010 – 2014 they accounted for one in ten of all road fatalities in 2009. This is especially worrying given that motorcycles only accounted for one percent of all licensed vehicles in the Republic of Ireland in 2007.
This [...]
How to overtake a cyclist safely- VIDEO
The Tour de France has had its fair share of crashes so far this year. But none of these were more shocking than the incident where a TV car swerved into two cyclists – Juan Antonio Flecha and Johnny Hoogerland – flipping them into the air and straight into a barbed wire fence. The accident [...]
The wrong approach when it comes to roundabouts
I’m not sure the perfect driver exists. But although we all make the occasional driving error, a recent survey has revealed frightening levels of rule-breaking on Irish roads.
The roadside survey, carried out by Continental Tyres, looked at motorist behaviour at some of Ireland’s busiest roundabouts. It found that drivers often ignore the rules of the [...]
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 [...]
Drivers ‘tailgating’ on M50 targeted
Over 160 motorists have been caught and penalised for ‘tailgating’ offences on the M50.
In many of these cases motorists were apparently trying to avoid paying the M50 toll by tailgating HGVs – driving right up behind them, to within inches of their bumper – in a foolish attempt to hide their licence plates from the [...]
Drivers using mobile phones are four times more likely to end up in a serious or fatal crash
Your phone beeps. You reach down to check the screen. A new text message – you’ll just have a quick glance through it. Your eyes leave the road to type a quick reply – sure it only takes a few seconds and everyone does it. But that’s all it takes, a split second, and you’ve [...]