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		<title>Watch out – the cold is about</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2012/02/coldweather/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 01 Feb 2012 14:30:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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Just when we thought we’d escaped with a relatively mild winter, the cold has returned with a vengeance.
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has urged motorists to take extra care on the roads over the next few days in order to avoid accidents, as weather conditions are set to be difficult.
Their warning comes as the country [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The DrowZZZy Driver!</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/11/drowzzzy-driver/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 23 Nov 2011 16:44:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Lower Drink Drive Limits</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/10/drink-drive-limits/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/10/drink-drive-limits/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Oct 2011 13:18:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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New, lower, drink drive limits come into force tomorrow. Make sure you&#8217;re aware of the changes. But, as ever, the best way to be sure you&#8217;re under the limit, and to stay safe, is to simply never drink before driving.

Brought to you by AXA Car Insurance Ireland
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		<title>Back to school- How to keep your kids safe in the car</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/08/children-safe/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 31 Aug 2011 10:55:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.axa.ie/?p=2386</guid>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to reduce the stress of your driving test</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/08/driving-test/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/08/driving-test/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Aug 2011 10:51:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.axa.ie/?p=2363</guid>
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Leaving Cert results, CAO offers, plans for the next few years of your life&#8230;for thousands of students all over Ireland it’s been a nervous, stressful couple of weeks.
As you take your first steps in the ‘real world’ outside of school, getting your full drivers licence may well be the next thing on your To Do [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Google&#8217;s Self Driving car given the green light- VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/08/google-car/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/08/google-car/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Aug 2011 09:24:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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The future of motoring could be nearer than we think &#8211; and it&#8217;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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>How to overtake a cyclist safely- VIDEO</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/07/cyclist-safely-video/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 21 Jul 2011 21:33:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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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 &#8211; Juan Antonio Flecha and Johnny Hoogerland &#8211; flipping them into the air and straight into a barbed wire fence. The accident [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The wrong approach when it comes to roundabouts</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/06/roundabout/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/06/roundabout/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 30 Jun 2011 21:09:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Summer Rain – a driver’s pain</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/05/summer-rain/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 May 2011 14:00:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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It’s that time of the year we all love &#8211; 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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Distractions of the heart</title>
		<link>http://blog.axa.ie/2011/05/distraction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 20 May 2011 20:52:31 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>PauricL</dc:creator>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://blog.axa.ie/?p=2172</guid>
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Forget about phones and iPods, passengers are increasingly becoming dangerous driving distractions. Whether you’re flirting or fighting with your girlfriend or boyfriend, having a laugh with your mates or even catching a quick snack while behind the wheel, make sure to keep your attention on the road ahead.
According to a survey carried out by Confused.com, [...]]]></description>
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