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 [...]
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Irish Motorway Madness
The most beautiful seat belt ad ever created
Check out this road safety ad from the UK -
The most beautiful seatbelt advocacy commercial ever (produced by the Sussex safer roads in the UK)
This has been marketed as ‘The most beautiful seat belt ad ever created’. AXA in the past has sponsored a variety of different road safety tv ads. These ads are ultra hard [...]
Mayday! – take care on the Irish roads this weekend
Last year May was the most dangerous month of the year on Irish roads with 29 people losing their lives. The bank holiday weekend alone accounted for 6 of those tragedies. With this year’s May bank holiday upon us and with a decent weather forecast, there no doubt will be plenty of traffic on our [...]
‘Next time, it could be you!’ – Safe driving message from AXA
“I go through a pair of trainers quicker than most athletes… not from wear and tear but due to the blood soaked splatter stains that never wash out”.
- Haunting words spoken by the A&E consultant at a recent AXA Roadsafe Roadshow that was held at Goffs, in Kildare on Thursday 15th April.
He went on to describe [...]
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 [...]
Dublin city speed limit now 30kph
Life begins at thirty?
A new 30km an hour limit came into effect on 31st January in the Dublin city centre in an effort to improve road safety and save lives. In a report by Dublin City Council ‘pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists are particularly vulnerable if involved in a collision with a vehicle.’ It also mentions [...]
Speed control…but not as you know it
If I said to you I could guarantee that you would never get any penalty points on your licence for speeding ever again, would you believe me?
Well, it could be your lucky day! New technology may soon be on the way which could control the speed of your car to ensure you do not break [...]