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One in five drivers in Ireland would consider getting rid of their cars because the soaring price of motor insurance is so prohibitive
One in five drivers in Ireland would consider getting rid of their cars because the soaring price of motor insurance is so prohibitive Young drivers, in particular, are highly exposed to massive car insurance costs. Another group affected by the high cost of car insurance are returning emigrants who may have let their no-claims bonus years lapse. It's quite a...
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Garda Traffic Corp now known as Roads Policing Unit
A new designation Garda unit was recently established to improve road safety and significantly reduce the incidence of fatal and serious injury on Irish roads. The Garda Roads Policing Unit is the main responsibility of the Garda National Roads Policing Bureau (GNRPB). The unit was established under the Modernisation and Renewal Programme 2016-2021. The Garda Traffic Corps has undergone an...
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Gardai seize car with fake tax, insurance and NCT discs
A learner driver has had their car seized after it was discovered by Gardaí they were driving without tax, insurance NCT as all disks displayed on their car were fake. Gardai in Dublin seized a car this morning after a learner driver was found to be driving with false tax, insurance and NCT discs. The car was stopped in the...
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Pass Your NCT With These 10 Simple Steps
If you want to pass your NCT on the first time, there are some very quick visual checks that you can do that will dramatically increase your chances of passing the first time. First things first. On the day of the test don’t forget to bring Your Driver's License (ID), the logbook (VLC - Vehicle Licencing Certificate), check oil and...
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NCT Test | NCT Fail List | All about Ireland’s NCT Test
Understanding the NCT test So you have got your notification that you must attend your NCT Test for another year. Your heart sinks because like most of us, we are dreading the thoughts of the wait before they hand you out your certificate of passing or a fail sheet. The NCT (National Car Test) test was first introduced in Ireland...
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Nearly 33,000 dangerous cars discovered by the NCT in 2018
Figure coming out of the NCT centres has revealed that during 2018, almost 33,000 cars that went through the test were so dangerous that they should not have been on the road under any circumstances. These figures are obviously higher now due to the new NCT classification rules. The exact figure released was 32,907 (2.6pc) of the 1,273,869 first-time tested...
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MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview for December 2018
Car sales during December The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of December 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold by Independent dealers in Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Ford Focus. This is a change from the Opel Insignia which held the number 1 spot in November. When it came to...
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BMW Transitioning to Electric Cars
BMW has sold more than 250,000 electric cars in the last two years. In 2017, the sold 100,000 EV’s and approximately 150,000 in 2018 and by 20125 they hope to have about 25 Electrified Vehicles in their range. BMW has rolled out vehicles like the i3 and i8 in the last few years and who would not want a BMW...
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Nissan executive Greg Kelly released on bail in Japan
Nissan Motor Co. executive Greg Kelly has been released from detention in Japan after being granted bail over the alleged underreporting of his boss Carlos Ghosn’s pay. The Nissan exec was freed on 70 million yen ($635,600) bail after he was held in prison for more than a month. He was spotted leaving the Japanese detention centre in the middle...
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Retired UK Copper stumbles across his old patrol car from the 1970s at a classic car show
A retired UK policeman has stumbled across the patrol car he drove when he was an officer in the 1970s at a classic car show. Gareth Owen, 58, spotted his former blue and white Leyland Mini 850 patrol car when he went to a classic car show at the Birmingham NEC. To his great surprise, among the 3,000 vehicles on...