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Why is the Irish driving test so hard, expensive and difficult to pass?
Why is the driving test so hard and expensive? Passing a driving test is certainly not easy and always challenging, expensive and stressful, except, seemingly for Mexico, where it would seem for the moment, you don’t have to sit a driving test). In stark contrast to Mexico and many other parts of the world, it would seem that Ireland is...
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Learner drivers face seven-month wait for driving test
Troubling new figures reveal that learner drivers are facing up to seven months on the waiting list to get a driving test. The number of people waiting for their driving test has shot up from 44,000 to 76,000 since October. In reality, learner drivers may be losing out on job opportunities because of the waiting time and they will also...
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Irish Government owns just five electric-powered cars
Irish Government electric car ownership Despite urging people to avoid fossil-fuel cars, the Irish State is not taking their own advice and has been shown slow to make a switch EV power in own fleet. Of the 6,536 vehicles owned by the Irish State, only 5 are electric-powered. The statistics released by Minister for Transport Shane Ross confirm a poor...
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The European Union is calling for an EU-wide database on clocked vehicles and cross-border deal to ease the crisis
The European Union is calling for an EU-wide database on clocked vehicles and cross-border deal to ease the crisis A wider clampdown is being demanded across the European Union to counteract the growing problem of car clocking. Despite NCT checks mileage is being altered on as much as 20 percent of UK imports. Due to the increasing number of clocked...
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Shane Ross introduces New law allowing Gardaí to identify owners of other EU cars
Shane Ross introduces New law allowing Gardaí to identify owners of other EU cars A new law has been introduced which will allow Gardaí to identify owners of EU-registered cars that commit serious offences on Irish roads have been signed into law by the Minister for Transport. Shane Ross signed into law the EU directive that allows gardaí to search...
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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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The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission launches car purchase study into PCP car finance products
The Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) is the independent statutory body that enforces the competition and consumer protection laws in Ireland. The latest target of the Commission are the ‘complex’ PCP (Personal Contract Plans) deals which consumers are purchasing from car dealers. This investigation come hot on the tail of last weeks raid on major companies in the insurance...
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Changes to Photo ID Required for Driver Theory Test
Photo Identification From 17 June, 2017 any person sitting the Driver Theory Test will be required to present their Public Services Card at the Test Centre as proof of identification.When the applicant starts the booking process for their test, they will be asked to confirm that they possess a public services card. From the only acceptable form of ID accepted...
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Car insurance needs supervision at EU level
Eoghan Murphy who is the Minister of State at the Departments of Finance and Public Expenditure and Reform has said that car insurance needs supervision at European level. The fear is that the insurance industry could face another Setanta and this was brought up last month by Senator Kiernan O'Donnell in the Oireachtas Finance Committee. The Supreme Court came to...
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Trump's $1 Trillion Infrastructure Plan And What It May Mean For Autonomous Cars
President Donald Trump has unveiled a massive $1 trillion dollar infrastructure spending package. During a speech to Congress in February, Trump declared: “Crumbling infrastructure will be replaced with new roads, bridges, tunnels, airports and railways gleaming across our beautiful land,” Elaine Chao, who is the Transportation Secretary for the first time put numbers behind the proposal. Chao told the Senate...