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Criminals Cloning Irish Vehicle Registration Plates
Criminals Clone Irish Vehicle Registration Plates It was reported over the weekend that a major Irish trucking company has claimed that some of its company vehicle licence plates have been ‘cloned’ by criminal gangs in Europe. Setanta Vehicle Importers, who are the main importer of Renault Trucks in Ireland, hire some of their vehicles on a contract basis and have...
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List of Recorded Damaged Vehicles in October.
MyVehicle data is compiled from various crediblesources and is used byentire automotive industry ranging from Insurance Companies, Independent Vehicle Assessor’s, Financial Institutions, Independent and Franchise Motor Dealers.During our latest study, MyVehicle.iediscovered the top 10 VehiclesWith Most Damage Alerts. MyVehicle.ie has an extensive database of Irish and UK used cars, which is crucial before investing in a used car in Ireland....
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Insurance Implications for Self-Driving Cars
Insurance Implications for Self-Driving Cars With Self-Driving cars becoming more and more a near future certainty, you have to consider the insurance implications and impact with the new shared mobility and self-drive technologies. Just recently, one of Google’s self-driving cars was involved in an accident. This was one of the most damaging driverless collisions to date. In that particular incident,...
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Terrorists May Use Self-Driving Cars as Portable Weapons
Self-Driving cars may be used as weapons It has been revealed that terrorists could use self-driving cars as dangerous weapons. Cars being developed by companies like Google and Tesla could have security vulnerabilities which could be exploited by terrorist to wreak havoc. This means that Law Enforcement Agencies worldwide will have to face considerable challenges when driverless vehicle become more...
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‘Urban Villages’ to Benefit from Expanded Bikes Scheme
The Dublin Bikes Scheme is set for expansion into ‘Urban Villages’ such as Ballymun, Finglas, Terenure and Ballyfermot. Dublin City Council has said that the bikes project has largely stalled in recent times due to the difficulties in suitable advertising sites to fund the project and its expansion. Six years ago, the council proposed a 14-stage expansion of the project...
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Three Irish People Die Each Day Due To Pollution
3 Irish People Die Each Day Due To Pollution Shocking New Statistics Revealed The EPA (Environmental Protection Agency) has released a new report today with the shocking statistic, that Pollution is the cause of 1,200 premature deaths each year in Ireland. The report highlights the terrible human cost of Ireland’s failure to maintain a quality environment for all its citizens....
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Next Generation Motor Apprenticeships
Next Generation Electric Car Apprenticeships With the advent of autonomous and electric cars on Irish roads, there is shortage of qualified Auto Electrical engineers and mechanics. As a result, Nissan Ireland is to hire 40 new apprentices to address the shortage of personnel in the rapidly growing electric and autonomous car sector. It is expected that the 40 new recruits...
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Video: Riding in a Self-Driving Racing Car looks absolutely Mental.
For a lot of people, the concept of cars driving itself around, seems a bit absurd. When you've spent most of your life learning to maintain anundivided focus behind the wheel, turning the complete control of the vehicle to autopilot may seem a bit dangerous. That's why, you must never want to this if you are a race car...
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Car Thieves Using 'Jamming' Technologies To Steal Your Car!
Next time you go back to your car and find it unlocked it might not be because you forgot to lock it – a thief sitting nearby might have actually stopped you locking your car without you even knowing it. For years, depicted in movies, we have seen criminals, governments and security forces being able to block signals with radio...
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Public Transport Fares to Increase in December
Fare Hikes on the Way Anne Graham, the CEO of the National Transport Authority has announced this morning that the coming months will see changes to the prices of Irish public transport. The largest increases will be on the Luas while bus services will see the least amount of increases. The biggest fare hikes will be on Dublin’s rail network...