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Garda National Roads Policing Bureau
The main responsibility of Garda Traffic is to significantly reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injuries and improve road safety. A In their Traffic Mission Statement, An Garda Síochána say they are committed to developing a national culture of safe road use. The Garda National Roads Policing Bureau (GNRPB) formulated back in 1997 to establish policy and oversee traffic...
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Project Edward. European Day Without A Road Deaths
European Day Without Any Road Deaths MyVehicle.ie wants to do its part to help make this Thursday a European Day Without A Road Death Seventy people die every day on Europe’s roads, 110 people have been killed on Irish roads so far this year (as of 14th September). This is 22 less than in the same period in 2016 but...
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Phone talk-walk ban
As we all know, using a mobile while driving is four times more likely to cause us to crash and even more startling, is that drivers who text and drive are a staggering twenty-three times more likely to have a crash. The evidence then is clear; texting while driving is very dangerous but what about texting while walking? While countries...
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Car break-ins in the Wicklow mountains on the increase
There has been a spate car thefts in remote locations in the Wicklow mountains. With these cars getting broken into, it certainly doesn’t look good for our tourist industry. The problem of car theft in the Wicklow Mountains has been an ongoing problem in Wicklow for years but with the recent marketing of “Ireland’s Ancient East”, it has become somewhat...
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Car hire scandal: Europcar staff receive €4.50 each time they spot 'damage'
The French car rental company, Europcar, one of the world's biggest car hire firms, is paying its staff for cheating customers over "damaged" cars, a whistleblower has claimed. Every time, a Europcar agent inspects a car for the company, they are rewarded with a €4.50 bonus every time they flag a car as damaged, even if the damage report is...
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Sophisticated multi-million euro fraud ring 'behind staged accident damages claims
Sophisticated multi-million euro fraud ring 'behind staged accident damages claims It has been claimed in the courts that a highly sophisticated multi-million euro fraud ring is behind a scam involving fraudsters staging fake accidents in order to extract damage claims. The false claims usually involved alleged offending drivers who had only shortly beforehand taken out insurance on old cars after...
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Automated police cars to start patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year
Automated police cars to start patrolling the streets of Dubai by the end of the year The Dubai police force is world famous for its fleet of supercars and its progressive attitude towards future advanced technologies. In keeping with this, they are adding automated police cars to their fleet. The new automated patrol vehicles are known as O-R3 patrol cars,...
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Irish drivers being scammed by Ghost brokers selling worthless policies leaving drivers with no insurance
Irish drivers are being scammed by what are being called ‘Ghost brokers’ who are fooling drivers into buying fake policies leaving them without insurance. These ruthless fraudsters are selling fake motor insurance policies to unsuspecting motorists who are forking out hundreds and losing out. The fraudsters are charging unsuspecting drivers up to €300 and then leaving them with no...
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New book reveals inside track on the Volkswagen emissions scandal
New book reveals inside track on the Volkswagen emissions scandal It’s been almost two years, 21 months to be precise since the news surfaced that one of the biggest motor manufacturers in the world, Volkswagen, one of the most trusted and popular car brands in the world deliberately misled millions of their customers. The author of the new book by...
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Thieves steal 11 cars in a dramatic heist from Stockholm dealership
Thieves steal 11 cars in a dramatic heist from Stockholm dealership In a well-planned heist at the weekend, a gang of thieves stole a total of eleven cars from a dealership in a Stockholm suburb. The police were called to a car dealership in the north-west of the Swedish Capital Stockholm in the suburb of Barkarby after a witness saw...