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Four Men Arrested For Selling Vintage Cars Targeting The Elderly
An arrest and search operation was carried out today by An Garda Síochána in County Limerick. Four men who are part of a crime gang have been arrested for targeting elderly people in a vintage and classic car sales scam. According to the Gardai, this latest incident involved €360,000 worth of vintage cars and targeted mainly elderly people. Regarding the...
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The faster the speed, the higher the fine
The Minister for Transport Shane Ross has proposed that the faster a driver goes over the speed limit, the higher the fine. Currently, the fine for speeding is €80, but Shane Ross is proposing a new punitive “sliding scale” system basing fines according to the driver's speed. Statistics show that speeding is one of the leading causes of road deaths...
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Police Catch Tesla Car Driving Itself On Autopilot With a Sleeping Drunk Behind the Wheel
Over in the United States, it took the police officers in two police patrol cars seven minutes to outsmart Tesla's Autopilot system. Maybe in the future people will be able to sleep at the wheel but right now, no matter how advanced an autopilot system may be, this is simply not possible with great safety at this present time. California...
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Madrid Bans Most Polluting Cars
Spanish authorities in Madrid have activated an anti-pollution order that will significantly restrict private vehicles in Madrid city centre. Spain's capital city is aiming to reduce air pollution by up to 40%. These tough measures will mean that Spanish motorists will have to test their vehicles' emissions, with the oldest and most polluting vehicles being banned from Madrid. The...
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Tesco Ireland may join the UK in expanding its e-car charging network
Tesco may extend their Irish e-car charging points network after UK move. Tesco and Volkswagen have teamed up to develop free charging points for electric cars across 600 of its stores in the UK over the next three years and they are set to roll out an e-car charging network here in Ireland also. The Retail Electric Vehicle (EV) charging...
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Dublin Six Line Metro System Could Be In Place By 2025
Dublin 'could have a six-line metro system in place by 2025 entirely funded by private investment' and the Metro Dublin plan would cost €9bn. John van der Poll, the CEO of Metro Dublin thinks the capital could bring in the system relatively cheap and save Dubliners massively in travel time. The lines would run from Ashbourne, Swords, Howth Junction, Rathfarnham,...
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Motor Insurance Cover for up to 50,000 Customers Worthless As Firm Fails
Up to 50,000 motor insurance customers have found that their cover is worthless because their insurance company has gone under and they have been urged to seek new deals from alternative insurers. Danish company Qudos has gone into liquidation and it is not known as of yet whether the insurer will be able to pay outstanding insurance claims as payouts...
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Longford ‘Chop Shop’ Raided by Gardaí
A Longford ‘Chop Shop’ has been raided by Gardaí who have recovered parts worth €500k. They believe the Longford site was used for the disassembly of stolen vehicles. A chop shop is exactly that, a location or business which disassembles stolen vehicles, mainly cars, for the purpose of selling its parts. The term ‘chop shop’ originated from the practice of...
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MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview for November 2018
Car sales for November The MyVehicle.ie Nationwide Market Overview report for the month of November 2018 shows that of the top ten used cars sold by Independent dealers in Ireland, the number one best selling car was the Opel Insignia. This is a change from the usual culprits such as the Volkswagen Golf which held the number 1 spot in...
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Dangers of Gifting a Quad or Scrambler Bike To Your child.
With the rising numbers of collisions involving quad bikes and scramblers in recent times, it is so important that you make yourself aware of the dangers that these vehicles could pose for young and inexperienced drivers. There are huge dangers in allowing minors unsupervised use of these vehicles as they are not toys and should never be viewed as such....