New lower drink driving limits will come into force in September 2011 after the Dáil passed a vote on Wednesday. Minister for Transport Noel Dempsey believes this change to the Road Traffic Bill will save lives and reduce injuries on the roads.
The new Bill will reduce the drink-driving limit to 50 mg – the equivalent [...]
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Lower drink driving limit law passed
57,898 new cars sold so far this year
Maybe it’s just me but who are these people buying new cars? I’d like to get a new car but I’m waiting for my one to explode before I can think about changing it. My car wouldn’t be in the best of shape. I drove into a scrap-yard there recently to get a part for [...]
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 [...]
New car sales rev up in February
The latest Central Statistic Office figures released on Monday show that car sales in February up 33 per cent compared with the same period a year ago. Some 11,707 new cars were licensed in the month of February. The majority of which were diesel cars (58.1%; 6,804) and 4,317 (36.9%) were petrol.
In 1986 Peter Gabriel [...]