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Ford recalls nearly 1.4 million cars
Ford Recall over a million cars Ford is recalling nearly 1.4 million cars in North America because the steering wheel can come loose. This is quite a serious recall as the steering wheel can detach from the steering column and drivers could lose control of the vehicle. The recall covers certain Ford Fusion and Lincoln MKZ cars from the 2014...
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Snow Storm Emma: Essentials you need to have in your car to stay safe
Snow Storm Emma: Essentials you need to have in your car to stay safe Here are the essentials you need to have in your car for severe weather events such as Storm Emma. It is always a very good idea to carry in your vehicle, a high-visibility jacket which could prove essential to ensure other road users can see you...
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WATCH: Sulky Race Chaos on N7
Motorists were astounded and frustrated by a "dangerous" sulky race which caused delays on one of the country's busiest routes this morning. Up to six vehicles abreast, across three lanes on the N7 Naas Road, were captured on video driving slowly. Other spectators of the race where seen leaning out of car windows cheering on the racers as they drove...
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Car owners who allow learner drivers to drive unaccompanied will face prosecution
Unaccompanied learner drivers As many learner drivers know only too well, it is currently illegal for them to drive a vehicle unaccompanied and must by law have a full-licenced driver beside them. What's more, that full-licenced driver must have their own licence for at least two years’ standing. In light of this fact, the Minister for Transport, Shane Ross is...
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Garda Tweet - 'Driver is toast now'
Driver is toast Gardaí stopped a car in Skerries, County Dublin during the week with no rear tyre! Not only did the guards discover this extremely dangerous vehicle being driven by this reckless motorist but they also discover a number of other traffic offences. After pulling the car over for the bazaar traffic offence of not having a rear tyre,...
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Self-driving cars could be ‘weaponised’
Autonomous vehicles could be weaponised The tech giant has warned global car manufacturers the vital need to address security concerns over autonomous vehicles. It has been identified that Autonomous vehicles have can have security vulnerabilities and are in danger of being hacked by terrorists and turned into “weapons”. This is leading governments around the world to block cars operated by...
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Young student scientists believe CDs and human hair can stop deer hitting cars
Young student scientists from Kerry believe official figures of deer accidents are hugely underestimated. They have discovered that the true number of deer being struck by a vehicle on Irish roads is hugely underestimated. The young scientists are students at St Brendan’s College in Killarney, Co Kerry and they have combined official statistics on such incidents and their own survey...
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Bus driver arrested at Garda checkpoint on M1 motorway with passengers on board
A bus driver was arrested on Saturday morning at a garda checkpoint on the M1 motorway with passengers on board Gardai carried out a Mandatory Intoxicant Checkpoint on the M1 motorway between Swords and Balbriggan on Saturday morning. Unusually, when the bus approached the checkpoint it was pulled over even though it was carrying passengers. The driver may not have...
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Thousands of dangerous cars still on Irish roads
Thousands of people are driving extremely dangerous cars and not only are they putting their own lives at risk but they are also putting other road users at serious risk as well. New figures reveal that 6,000 car owners turned up for their NCT’s this year with cars that were so unroadworthy and so dangerous that test centre staff advised...
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Apple Reveals More of its Self-Driving Technology
Apple has released results from several of the companies artificial intelligence AI projects. Ruslan Salakhutdinov, Apple’s director of artificial intelligence research addressed roughly 200 AI experts who had signed up for a free lunch and peek at how Apple uses machine learning, a technique for analyzing large stockpiles of data. Each of the projects involved giving software capabilities needed for...