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The Grand Tour Debuts on Amazon Prime
The Grand Tour The former presenters of BBC’s Top Gear have debuted their new show “The Grand Tour” on Amazon Prime on Thursday marking the global arrival of the streaming service. This comes after the BBC failed to get any traction on their redeveloped show, whose poor reviews led to the departure of host Chris Evans after the first series,...
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Chinese gunman uses cars as target practice
Chinese gunman uses cars as target practice! It has been reported this morning by the South China Morning Post, that a man in China allegedly used 20 different vehicles near his home as target practice! The Chinese gunman had in mind to align the sights of his new air rifle by firing at the parked vehicles which were nearby his...
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One third of Garda cars have licence plate recognition
Only one third of Garda cars have licence plate recognition It has emerged that just under one third of Garda Traffic Corps vehicles are fitted with licence plate recognition technology. Compared to the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), which have almost all their cars fitted with this technology. Independent TD, Tommy Broughan mentioned the comparison between the two...
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Quiet electric cars must make sound
The U.S. government on Monday has finally caught up with Europe and ruled that "quiet cars" like electric vehicles and hybrids are to emit alert sounds when they are moving at speeds of more than 18.6 miles per hour (30 km per hour). It is hoped the new ruling will help prevent injuries among pedestrians, cyclists and the blind. It...
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Volkswagen admits Audi cars had emissions cheating software
Audi admits toemissions cheating software The German Car Manufacturer, Volkswagen has admitted to technologically cheating again on its carbon dioxide emissions tests. They have confirmed that some Audi cars are equipped with software that can distort and turn out incorrect carbon dioxide emission test results. This comes on the heel of Volkswagen's most embarrassing and costly scandal in which they...
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Criminals Cloning Irish Vehicle Registration Plates
Criminals Clone Irish Vehicle Registration Plates It was reported over the weekend that a major Irish trucking company has claimed that some of its company vehicle licence plates have been ‘cloned’ by criminal gangs in Europe. Setanta Vehicle Importers, who are the main importer of Renault Trucks in Ireland, hire some of their vehicles on a contract basis and have...
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List of Recorded Damaged Vehicles in October.
MyVehicle data is compiled from various crediblesources and is used byentire automotive industry ranging from Insurance Companies, Independent Vehicle Assessor’s, Financial Institutions, Independent and Franchise Motor Dealers.During our latest study, MyVehicle.iediscovered the top 10 VehiclesWith Most Damage Alerts. MyVehicle.ie has an extensive database of Irish and UK used cars, which is crucial before investing in a used car in Ireland....
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Insurance Implications for Self-Driving Cars
Insurance Implications for Self-Driving Cars With Self-Driving cars becoming more and more a near future certainty, you have to consider the insurance implications and impact with the new shared mobility and self-drive technologies. Just recently, one of Google’s self-driving cars was involved in an accident. This was one of the most damaging driverless collisions to date. In that particular incident,...
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Terrorists May Use Self-Driving Cars as Portable Weapons
Self-Driving cars may be used as weapons It has been revealed that terrorists could use self-driving cars as dangerous weapons. Cars being developed by companies like Google and Tesla could have security vulnerabilities which could be exploited by terrorist to wreak havoc. This means that Law Enforcement Agencies worldwide will have to face considerable challenges when driverless vehicle become more...
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‘Urban Villages’ to Benefit from Expanded Bikes Scheme
The Dublin Bikes Scheme is set for expansion into ‘Urban Villages’ such as Ballymun, Finglas, Terenure and Ballyfermot. Dublin City Council has said that the bikes project has largely stalled in recent times due to the difficulties in suitable advertising sites to fund the project and its expansion. Six years ago, the council proposed a 14-stage expansion of the project...