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Driving license - Want to get a job? Get a license first…
I know, I know. We’re all supposed to be getting ourselves to work these days by more environmentally friendly means. Get the bus, or the train. Go by bike. Hec...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
NCT Fail Dangerous cars are cause for concern
The number of dangerous cars on our roads are a serious risk to all road users Official statistics released by Applus, the organisation which runs the NCT in Ir...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Car Safety could become a key sales tool.
There is new high-tech safety equipment out there for our cars which can save lives, and yet we’re being charged huge amounts extra every time we fit it to our...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Learner driver cars - Keeping our kids safe.
With the new year having just turned, thoughts will inevitably be turning to the next set of new drivers about to get their first official miles beneath their w...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Car safety - Keeping safe on the road this Christmas.
You’re expecting me to say something about drink-driving here, aren’t you? Well, I’m not. At least not yet, because it seems that an unheralded and somewhat unl...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Winter Motoring - Don’t get caught out this winter.
Picture it. It’s the hard shoulder of the M6, or maybe the M8 on the way down to Cork. It’s getting dark and it’s already cold. The passing HGVs are kicking up...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Should driving safety be taught in schools?
Safety really is everything when it comes to motoring. Whizzing about at high velocities in tonne-and-a-bit projectiles has become so commonplace that we have i...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Car Clocking is costing the Irish Consumer up to €60m annually
The European Parliament’s Transport Committee calls for a pan-European mileage database in an attempt to stamp out the practice of car clocking that could be co...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Good tyres make for good sales as much as safety
It is a curious quirk of Irish car buying habits that while we are prepared to spend many a thousand Euro extra on such items as leather seats or a more kick-as...
by Michael Rochford
11 years ago -
Learner drivers and N-Plate drivers experience trouble with starter cars
As and from this week, new drivers will be under harsher scrutiny than ever before. With the introduction of the new Graduated Driver Licencing (GDL) system, an...
by Michael Rochford
12 years ago -
Survey winner - Texting while driving
Congratulations to Francis Kavanagh from Galway on winning the recent Motorcheck draw. The draw was associated with the texting while driving attitudinal survey...
by Michael Rochford
12 years ago -
Pass Your NCT with our 10-Minute 10-Point Check
If you want to pass your NCT there are some very quick visual checks that you can make before attending the test that will dramatically increase your chances of...
by Michael Rochford
12 years ago
Road Safety