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RSA road safety awards

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is calling for entries to its annual ‘Leading Lights in Road Safety’ Awards. Now in its sixth year, the awards recognise and honour the contribution made by people nationwide to reducing deaths and serious injuries on our roads. Details of how to enter the ‘Leading Lights in Road Safety’ Awards are available on www.rsa.ie Announcing the call for

Driving for work risk seminars continue

This month there are a series of free ‘Driving for Work’ seminars, run by the Road Safety Authority, the Health and Safety Authority and An Garda Síochána. They are designed to help employers put in place safe Driving for Work Risk Management practices. The first will be held in October with the first taking place

Irish Road Safety Week underway

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is urging people nationwide to get involved in the sixth annual ‘Irish Road Safety Week’, the national drive to save lives and prevent injury on Irish roads. This call comes as deaths on Irish roads have increased for the first time since 2005. This year, ‘Irish Road Safety Week’ will

Vipal debuts special tread for snow

Vipal, one of the world’s most important manufacturers of tyre retreading products, has just launched its VT160 tyre tread. Presented first last May at the 2013 Autopromotec trade fair in Bologna, Italy, it is specially designed to improve the traction of heavy vehicles in snow. Produced to be provide greater durability under severe conditions, the

Van and truck sales up in August

New van sales increased by 15 per cent in August, when compared to the same period last year, while truck sales increased by a whopping 76 per cent, figures released this week by the Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) confirm. A total of 818 new vans were sold in August, an increase of

Tougher penalty points system on the way

Motorists face a raft of new penalty point offences and tougher drink drive and licensing rules under new legislation currently before the Dail. Transport Minister Leo Varadkar brought the Road Traffic (No.2) Bill before the Dáil this week, which introduces 11 new penalty point offences, creates a new class of Novice driver, and allows testing