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Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland
Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland Automated driving is just around the corner, but are Irish roads ready for it? All the world's major manufacturers are leapfrogging each other with technology that will eventually lead to autonomous driving. Motor industry chiefs worldwide are urging governments to encourage partial and eventually full automatic vehicles with suitable infrastructure. Many are...
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Ireland's newest motorway to open early
Ireland’s newest motorway, the new Gort to Tuam M17 is set to open by the end of September. The Gort to Tuam road,as regular users will know, is an extremely busy stretch of road which is overdue relief by a motorway. It doesn't really matter what time of the day you travel on this road, you are almost guaranteed to...
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Engineers want multiple toll’s and a change of speed limit on the M50
Engineers are saying that variable speed limits and multiple points of tolling should be introduced on the M50 in order to ease congestion. This is the stated opinion released this week by Engineers Ireland in their infrastructure report The State of Ireland 2017. As anyone from Dublin will tell you, the M50 motorway is massively congested at most times of...
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Dublin drivers are commuting on average almost one and a half hours a day or 14 days per year
Dublin drivers are commuting on average almost one and a half hours a day or 14 days per year According to a recent easytrip.ie survey, Dublin drivers are commuting in and out of the city for, on average, 86 minutes a day. When you take out holidays, this amounts to about 14 days per year spent commuting in the car...
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Trump may eliminate electric and hybrid car warning noise mandate
Trump may eliminate electric and hybrid car warning noise mandate President Donald Trump’s Administration may eliminate the controversial rule that quiet electrified cars must make sound. The proposed rules as they stand would require hybrid and electric cars to emit noises to warn pedestrians and other road users that they are approaching. The electrified vehicle noise rules were finalized in...
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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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Two injured as truck collides with Luas tram
There were disruptions to tram services this morning on the Luas Red Line in Dublin as a result of a collision between a truck and a Luas tram between Saggart and Belgard. Two people were brought to Tallaght Hospital but their injuries are not thought to be life-threatening. Services have been restored now but they were delayed for several hours...
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Half of all drink-driving cases struck out of court
It has been revealed by the Garda Síochána through the Policing Authority that only 8% of motorists who go to court for driving offences bring their licences with them so as to have penalty points attached. Almost half of all drink-driving prosecutions were struck out last year because court summonses could not be served on the suspect. An Garda Síochána...
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Flying cars anyone?
Uber announced on Tuesday that it's partnering with Dallas and Dubai to make the idea of flying cars a reality. Speaking at Uber's Elevate Summit in Dallas on Tuesday, Uber's chief product officer, Jeff Holden said: "Imagine if you get up in the morning and go on a six-minute flight, Versus an hour in a car and wasting time."...
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Apple gets approval to test autonomous cars on real roads
Apple gets approval to test autonomous cars on real roads Apple has decided to get into the autonomous vehicle game and they have gotten approval to test autonomous cars on real roads. Apple has just been granted official permission in the United States to test autonomous driving technology. This adds another major entrant into the autonomous vehicle race which is...