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  • Unmarked UK Police Lorry used to catch phone users whilst driving

    UK Police have launched their latest tactical vehicle in a bid to catch drivers breaking the law. As you can see from the video below, the police have unveiled their massive undercover police lorry complete with flashing blue lights. The unmarked HGV (Heavy Goods Vehicle) will give the UK police a much better vantage point to spot motorists texting and...

  • St Patrick's Day: Public Transport on March 17

    As most of us know, getting in and out of Dublin city on public transport can be a bit of a nightmare at the best of times but on St. Patrick's Day it can get quite daunting. Thousands of visitors will pour into the city centre to celebrate St Patrick’s Day tomorrow. The streets will be packed with revellers from...

  • Are flying cars on the horizon?

    Are flying cars on the horizon? Uber Technologies, theAmerican worldwide online transportation network company who markets and operates the Uber app has hired a NASA engineer to get their idea of flying cars off the ground. Back in 2010, Mark Moore, an advanced aircraft engineer based at NASA's Langley Research Center in the U.S. published a white paper outlining the...

  • UK Government scheme for scrapping diesel cars

    UK scrapping scheme for diesel cars Drivers in the UK are being urged by their Transport Secretary, Chris Grayling to take a long hard look at their options before buying diesel cars He made the comments after the UK Government published its latest plans for cutting urban air pollution. This highlights the real possibility that the UK will soon restrict...

  • Will Autonomous Cars of the Future be Gyms on the Go?

    Will Autonomous Cars of the Future be Gyms on the Go? Have you ever thought about what you could do in an autonomous vehicle if you didn’t have to drive? Well, using your car for something other than just driving is not that far away and there will be endless possibilities opened up to what people can do behind the...

  • Traffic chaos expected if cars are banned from quays

    Traffic chaos on the quays Dublin City Council is planning to ban cars and lorries from three of the north Liffey quays. In order to accommodate additional bus and bicycle lanes This will cause massive traffic congestion all over the north side of the city if the ban is implemented. Some local residents are fearful that all the traffic which...

  • M50 'orbital route' proposal to curb traffic chaos is slammed by expert

    M50 'orbital route' proposal to curb traffic chaos is slammed by expert. Major public transport infrastructure is urgently needed in west Dublin to improve “the most congested part of Ireland”, according to one industry expert. Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) has come out with a report that predicts significant infrastructure congestion on three of the major west Dublin Roads by 2023...

  • Tesla driver heroically uses his car to stop a runaway Volkswagen

    Hero Tesla driver uses his car to stop a runaway Volkswagen A Tesla Model S owner has heroically used his car to stop a runaway Volkswagen on an Autobahn in Germany The Tesla driver made headlines this week when he used his €80,000+ electric car to bring a runaway Volkswagen Passat to a halt on a German Motorway. The Tesla...

  • Will you need a Driving Licence for a Self-Driving Car?

    Will you need a Driving Licence for a Self-Driving Car? Future generations of motorists may find they will not need a driving licence, as we know it today. The first driving licences in the world were issued back in 1903 in the United Kingdom and Ireland. If your car can drive itself and has a robot driver, why would you...