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National Slow Down Day - Friday October 21, 2016
Friday, October 21, has been designated National Slow Down Day by An Garda Síochána. According to their website, “The objective is to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads.” The Gardaí said that, “The aim of the Slow Down initiative is to remind all drivers of the dangers of speeding, to comply...
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Self-Parking Cars
Parallel Parking Frustrations We’ve all done it. Tried to negotiate a tight parking spot, only to give up in frustration and pull back out in a huff. Safe to say, parallel parking can be a real ordeal for many drivers, especially in busy towns and cities and is often the most dreaded part of the driver’s test. In fact, many...
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Major Change For Clamping In Ireland
Clamping Fees Maximum €100 Good news on the wheel clamping front. Minister of Transport, Shane Ross is set to sign into law, new regulations that will cap all clamping fees at just €100. Although the new clamping legislation was passed 17 months ago, the signing into Law was delayed to enable the National Transport Authority a chance to train staff...
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Tesla Store Dublin 2017
Tesla Store Dublin Tesla Motors have major plans to open a Flagship Store in Dublin in 2017. The Luxury Electric Car Manufacturer is looking set to open it very first showroom in Ireland within a matter of months by all accounts, which is exciting news for all those tech executives. Tesla director of Nordic sales, Peter Bardenfleth-Hansen said...
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Tesla Gigafactory - Sustainable Motoring Future is Here
Tesla Gigafactory 1 The Tesla Gigafactory 1 is a lithium-ion battery production plant at the Tahoe Reno Industrial Center in Storey County in the State of Nevada, USA. The factory became operational in the first quarter of 2016. It will be the world's second-largest building after the Boeing Everett Factory but the world's largest building when taking into account the...
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Ireland's Oldest Ford Fiesta
Ireland's Oldest Ford Fiesta John Egan and Ireland's oldest Fiesta Mk 1 1978It's been 40 years since Ford released the Fiesta and as part of Ford’s celebration activities to mark the anniversary, Ford have identified and unveiled Ireland’s oldest Fiesta. The celebration took place at Weston Airport were car owner John Egan was delighted that his 40 year old car...
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Taxi Drivers Stage Protest Over Rising Motor Insurance
Continuingwith the subject ofmassive Insurance hikes in recent times, dozens of taxi drivers staged a protest in Dublin City Centre yesterday over the rising cost of motor insurance.Hundreds of Dublin Taxi Drivers blocked Merrion Square around lunchtime overthe massive hike in insurance. Driving through the city centre they soundedtheir horns loudly to draw attention to their demonstration. This was seen...
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Motor Insurance Crisis
With the massive hikes in Motor Insurance in recent times there is a lot of public concern about where these Insurance increases are going to stop. Added to the public outcry on the huge increases in Insurance, the discussion within Government is focused on the need to address fraud and the random nature of personal injury court awards as a...
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Roads That Charge Electric Cars
Charge While You Drive Believe it or not, the UK is testing roads that can actually charge your electric car as you drive. It seems that electric cars are rapidly becoming the future of transportation. This transformation has been helped in no small part by Tesla Motors who have just announced that its patents will now be made ‘open source’...
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Petrol and diesel cars to be banned by 2030!
Autobahn Stau, Brandenburg German weekly news magazine, Der Spiegel has dramatically announced that Germany's Upper House, the Bundesrat last week passed a resolution that seeks to ban petrol and diesel vehicles from European roads from 2030. Emissions-free German Autobahns by 2030Apparently, the German Government has been in consultation with the EU Commission in order to "evaluate the past tax...