We all take the brakes in our car for granted. We expect them to work perfectly, especially if we need them in an emergency. So it’s no surprise that they’re a part of the vehicle that’s overworked – the average driver uses their brakes an estimated 75,000 times a year.
Advances in technology through the years [...]
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Technology skids in to prevent accidents
The DrowZZZy Driver!
Does this story sound familiar?
“It was early evening and I was on the road for a couple of hours. I should have taken a rest break but I just wanted to get home. I felt ok – I know I wasn’t at my sharpest but home was only 30 minutes away. My eyes started to [...]
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 [...]
Back to school- How to keep your kids safe in the car
Summer is officially over – not that it was much of a summer! And for many parents it’s time to start back out on the road as an unpaid chauffeur doing the school run.
Keeping your children safe in the car is a top priority for every parent. But even if you think you’re doing everything [...]
Google’s Self Driving car given the green light- VIDEO
The future of motoring could be nearer than we think – and it’s a future likely to include self-driving cars!
In June of this year the state of Nevada paved the way for the introduction of self-driving vehicles to the U.S. when it passed a new bill that would create guidelines for the safe operation of automated self-driving [...]
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 [...]
Now you’re sucking diesel!
Fuel prices have soared to an all time high over the last 10 years. The days of filling up a tank for 90 cent a litre are in the distant past. We all know too well now that any claims that house prices would keep on rising were pie in the sky. Petrol, on the other [...]
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 [...]