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  • Bad drivers could cost a fleet hundreds of euros a year in fuel

    Bad drivers could cost fleet hundreds of euros a year in fuel New research by a UK company Direct Line has revealed that bad drivers spend an average of £560 (€660)more on fuel a year due to bad driving habits of excessive braking and acceleration. The study was based on about 319,000 journeys by almost 2,000 drivers and the final...

  • Motorists could face fine and penalty points for driving too close to cyclists

    Penalty points for driving too close to cyclists Fine Gael is seeking radical new laws to give penalty points to motorists who drive too close to cyclists. Fine Gael TDs Ciarán Cannon and Regina Doherty, the Government chief whip are publishing their new Road Traffic (Minimum Passing Distance of Cyclists) Bill 2017. It is their wish to see the bill...

  • Ford engineers are falling asleep at the wheel of self-driving cars

    Ford Falling asleep at the wheel in autonomous cars Ford have been developing and testing their own autonomous vehicles and they have discovered during research that their engineers have been falling asleep at the wheel in Level 3 automated cars. There are five different categories or level of automation in vehicles and the Level 3 cars require both human and...

  • Tesla driver heroically uses his car to stop a runaway Volkswagen

    Hero Tesla driver uses his car to stop a runaway Volkswagen A Tesla Model S owner has heroically used his car to stop a runaway Volkswagen on an Autobahn in Germany The Tesla driver made headlines this week when he used his €80,000+ electric car to bring a runaway Volkswagen Passat to a halt on a German Motorway. The Tesla...



  • Gardai to get app for checking driver details on roadside

    Garda roadside app for checking driver details The Gardai have outlined a plan for members of the force to get a mobile phone app to let them check a driver's details at the roadside. The new app will access a database of names and details of insured and uninsured motorists, their driving licence and insurance policy numbers. The app, which...

  • Child Car Seats - What age can a child use a booster seat?

    Child Car Seat Safety Regulations in Ireland All children under 150cms in height or 36kgs (79lbs) in weight must use a child restraint system (CRS) suitable for their height and weight while travelling in a car or goods vehicle (other than a taxi). Rearward Facing Child Seat Rear-facing child car seats must not be used in passenger seats protected by...


  • Ford reveals some concerns about self driving cars

    Ford share concerns about autonomous cars The Chief Executive Officer of Ford, Mark Fields is revealing a major fear about self--driving cars as they are moving full speed ahead with its self-driving cars. Ford aims to have fully autonomous commercial cars on the road by 2021 but they aren’t the only company trying to bring self-driving cars to market in...