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A City centre multi-story car park partially collapses and leaves vehicles dangling from upper floors 50ft above ground
A city centre multi-story car park in Nottingham has partially collapsed, leaving some vehicles balanced precariously on the edge of the upper floors of the NCP Nottingham City car park. The collapse occurred shortly after 4am this morning, when part of a wall and a floor at the NCP Nottingham City car park away. Nottingham Police have cordoned off the...
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Number of cars abandoned has more than trebled in the last three years
The number of cars being abandoned in Ireland has apparently trebled in the last three years. The latest figures have shown that of the 648 cases of abandoned cars in Dublin alone, only one litter fine has been handed out. Local authorities around the country are becoming concerned about the increasing numbers of abandoned vehicles left in housing estates and...
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Researchers say they can trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs
Researchers from the University of Washington have identified a very simple way to trick self-driving cars into misidentifying road signs. They have found that by strategically placing stickers on different road signs, they can effectively fool the image-processing software in autonomous cars. In one dangerous experimental incident, stickers attached to a stop sign caused the onboard sensors to misidentify it...
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Irish company, Cubic Telecom raises $40m to advance driverless cars technology
Irish global connectivity platform provider, Cubic Telecom has raised $40m to advance driverless cars technology. The new funding will allow the mobile tech company to expand its value to $200m Cubic Telecom was started in Dublin five years ago. The chief executive, Barry Napier, said that the company is developing network and software systems that can allow cars to communicate...
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DHL promoting their new Streetscooter electric delivery van
StreetScooter is an electric vehicle manufacturer located in Aachen, Germany. They were bought out by DHL Deutsche Post DHL Group in December 2014. The Deutsche Post DHL Group explained that their electric vehicles were part of GoGreen initiative to reduce CO2 emissions. The group is producing and selling its own electric delivery vans as a response to the ongoing debate...
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Due to new Luas tram operations, Cars will be reduced to one lane on Dublin's quays
Due to the new Luas tram operations, which will begin fully in December, cars will be reduced to one lane on the quays in the city centre from this Sunday. Cars will also be banned from turning right onto O'Connell Bridge from Bachelors Walk under the new traffic management plans for Dublin City Centre. Dublin City Council said the changes...
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Eastlink toll charges to be reduced
Motorist will now pay reduced tolls at the Thomas Clarke Bridge, formerly the East-Link, from Friday as VAT is removed from the current price. The charge will now be reduced from €1.75 to €1.40. The East-Link bridge was originally a private enterprise but it was eventually acquired by Dublin City Council in 2015. The removal of VAT from State-owned tolls comes...
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Norway, tough on speed limits and drink driving
Speed limits out on the roads can only properly be useful to society where they create an atmosphere and environment of widespread compliance and enforcement. In Norway, for example, there are no shades of grey when it comes to enforcement of the speed limits and especially towards drinking and driving . In places like Norway, if you are slightly over...
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Do you want a car that runs for a million miles?
Many people say that they would like their car to run forever but is that actually a good or bad idea? Mercedes once had a famous ad campaign that boasted of their cars lasting a million miles. Nothing could be less desirable today. Back in the good old days, companies like Mercedes-Benz made a "good solid car" and they were...
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Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland
Driverless cars just around the corner in Ireland Automated driving is just around the corner, but are Irish roads ready for it? All the world's major manufacturers are leapfrogging each other with technology that will eventually lead to autonomous driving. Motor industry chiefs worldwide are urging governments to encourage partial and eventually full automatic vehicles with suitable infrastructure. Many are...