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CarTube - London Underground for Cars
London Underground for Cars London-based architectural firm PLP has come up with an ingenious proposal to move all cars into an underground tube system they are dubbing ‘CarTube’. Dreamt up by Lars Hesselgren and the PLP research team, the ‘Car Tube’ concept reflects the company motto, “Streets are for people, not cars.” The proposed underground system for cars would have...
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Number of vehicles increasing dramatically
Dramatic increase in traffic volume Without a doubt, if you are a regular traveller along the M50 you know only too well that there is an increasing number of vehicles on the road. The country's busiest motorway is now at the point of "breakdown" due to the sheer number of vehicles using it every day. With almost 159,000 vehicles using...
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Europe car of the year 2017
The shortlist: Superminis NissanMicra Citroën C3 Executive Peugeot 3008 Alfa Romeo Giulia Mercedes E-Class Crossovers Toyota C-HR Volvo S90/V90 Nissan Micra The big surprise at this years Paris motor show was the introduction of the new Nissan Micra supermini which stole the limelight from the Citroën stand, which was literally across the aisle. To the surprise of many, they did...
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Abandoned 1930’s era cars discovered in old quarry
Abandoned 1930’s era cars discovered in old quarry A previously undiscovered collection of abandoned cars from the World War Two-era has been discovered in a small quarry in rural central France. It is believed that they were hidden away at the start of the war to avoid them being requisitioned. The cars have been rusting away in the same spot...
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Man loses €11.5k in DoneDeal car scam
A man has revealed how he was conned out of €11,500 by DoneDeal scammers Eamonn Dunne was the unfortunate victim of an elaborate car scam recently. “I was blinded by the excitement.”, he said. When he contacted Joe Duffy’s Liveline last week he revealed how he had fallen victim to an ad which had been hacked on the popular site,...
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Gardaí seize vehicle not taxed in four years
Gardaí seize a vehicle which was not taxed in over four years The Gardaí last week stopped a vehicle which was not taxed in over four years. When the driver was questioned by the Guards he claimed to be a mechanic who was fixing the vehicle at the time. Meanwhile, Garda checkpoints are being increased around the country in the...
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Secondhand car imports doubled in November
Secondhand car imports increase The latest statistics on secondhand car imports from the UK has revealed that car imports into Ireland skyrocketed by 98.8 per cent in November compared to the same month last year. During the month there was a total of 7,571 imported used cars licenced up from 3,906 in November 2015. In total 97% of all used...
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Paris ban all odd-numbered cars for 24-hours
Paris to ban all odd-numbered cars in a bid to crackdown on emissions A 24-hour traffic-regulating scheme in Paris that aims to halve the day's emissions from road vehicles has been launched amid a crackdown on rocketing air pollution in the French capital. Parisian police said that on Tuesday that only vehicles with even-numbered licence plate were allowed entry...
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Insurance scammers staging fake road crashes
Insurance scammers staging fake road crashes for fraudulent claims New footage of insurance scammers emerged last night on RTÉ’s Prime Time which shows insurance fraudsters staging road crashes in order to lodge fraudulent claims. In a sting operation, Gardai covertly recorded footage of a group of individuals staging their fake road collision. RTE's Prime Time showed two crashes which were...
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Petrol prices set to rise
Petrol prices are set to rise again at the pumps Although crude oil costs are lower than they have been for years, fuel prices at the pumps are set to rise. The average Irish driver has been paying around €40 less per month on petrol or diesel in the past while but some petrol retailers have decided to put...