Car News recent articles in category Road Safety
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Drink drivers may get locked out from starting their vehicles under tough road safety plan
In proposed new plans, motorists who are caught in a succession of drink driving offences may face having 'alco locks' fitted to their vehicles. The Road Safety Authority is carrying out a cost-benefit analysis on the introduction of the alco-lock systems on cars. These devices can prevent drivers from starting cars if they have been drinking. Once a previously banned...
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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...
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Dublin Port Tunnel introduces new average speed cameras
Dublin Port Tunnel introduced a new average speed camera system at 12 am this morning. Thousands of motorists use the Dublin's Port Tunnel every day and the warning has gone out that new special speed cameras are now activated from June 1, 2017, just in time for the June Bank Holiday weekend. The new Average Speed Cameras system has cameras...
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Woman crashes into five cars after drinking wine at birthday party
Woman crashes into five cars after drinking wine at birthday party A mother who is also a city property executive crashed into five parked cars while driving home drunk from her husband’s 40th birthday party. The appalling thing is, that Gemma Hewes, 40, had children in the back seat when she got behind the wheel of her 4x4 Land Rover...
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This is what happens when a 1998 car crashes into a 2015 car
There’s no doubt about it, cars are getting a lot safer and when one compares the cars of today with the cars of yesteryear you will really see the difference. Australia and New Zealand’s car safety advocate created a shocking test that demonstrates just how unsafe older cars really are compared to the modern cars and all the new safety...
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Danny Healy-Rae says eating a big meal before driving is as dangerous as driving while under the influence
Danny Healy-Rae says eating a big meal before driving is as dangerous as driving while under the influence Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has said that eating a big meal before driving can be as dangerous as driving while under the influence of alcohol. The suggestion was raised at an Oireachtas Transport Committee debate recently when the independent TD said, that...
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Gardaí record 226 cars speeding in just 24 hours
Gardaí record 226 cars speeding in just 24 hours In the space of just 24 hours Gardaí checked 134,739 cars in a speeding clampdown and recorded 226 travelling over the limit. Some of the worst offenders recorded was a driver in Cavan speeding at 131km/h in a 100 km/h zone. Another speeding vehicle was recorded in Knockboy, County Waterford doing...
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Garda traffic plan in place for Guns n Roses concert in Slane
Garda traffic plan in place for Guns n Roses concert in Slane this weekend The Paradise City rockers will perform at Slane Castle on Saturday more than 25 years since their first gig there. As a result of the event, a major Garda traffic plan will go into operation this weekend in County Meath. The policing operation will facilitate the...
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South Korea is building a mini 'city' for self-driving cars
A new South Korean city is being built but it is a city with a difference. K-City will have bus lanes, freeways and autonomous parking zones just like a real city but with one huge difference; it’s the size. The mini-city will be the world's largest test-bed for self-driving cars. The 88-acre facility will have everything an autonomous car might...
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Hyundai and Kia ordered to recall thousands of cars
The South Korean government ordered the recall of around 240,000 cars from auto manufacturer Hyundai and its affiliate Kia after a whistle-blower flagged safety defects within the cars. This is the first ever compulsory vehicle recall by the South Korean government over concerns that 12 different models were affected by five flaws. The transport ministry is seeking prosecutions and has asked...