The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has launched a new website aimed at dispelling the myths surrounding drink driving.
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Road Safety
Dempsey Publishes Road Traffic Bill 2009
Transport Minister Noel Dempsey has published the Road Traffic Bill 2009, which provides for a reduced blood alcohol concentration (BAC) for professional drivers and mandatory testing of drivers involved in collisions.
Operation bicycle
An innovative road safety campaign is taking place in Co. Mayo today in a bid to reduce the alarming number of collisions involving cyclists and pedestrians with motor vehicles.
Ireland and UK target disqualified drivers
Ireland and the UK have struck a deal that will ensure that disqualified drivers in one jurisdiction will also be banded in the other.
RSA expresses concern over service station decision
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has expressed road safety concerns over the National Roads Authority’s (NRA) decision to proceed with just three out of the country’s planned 12 motorway service areas.
Leave extra time for your journey
The Road Safety Authority (RSA), Automobile Association (AA) and the Gardai have appealed to all motorists to allow extra time for the journeys as the Bank Holiday Weekend draws to a close.
Cowen seeks all party support on drink drive changes
Taoiseach Brian Cowen is seeking cross party support for the Government’s new drink drive limits, which would see the limit for professional drivers slashed to 20 mgs.
NRA called to confirm tunnel safety
The National Roads Authority (NRA) has been called upon to clarify if safety systems at Dublin Port Tunnel are up to scratch.
Gardai seek witnesses to fatal accident
Gardai have appealed for witnesses to a fatal accident involving a HGV near Ballywilliam, Co. Wexford on Thursday.
RSA issues appeal ahead of the October Bank Holiday
The Road Safety Authority (RSA) is urging motorists to switch on their dipped headlights during the day and is calling on pedestrians to stand out in traffic by wearing bright or high visibility jackets, ahead of the Bank Holiday Weekend, which also see the clocks go back one hour.
CILT supports lower drink drive limit
The new President of the Chartered Institute of Logistics and Transport (CILT), Paul Mallee, has said the Institute fully supports the proposal by the Minister for Transport to reduce the drink-driving limit.
Driver behaviour key to road safety
Driver behaviour is the key to road safety, according to a leading member of An Garda Siochana.
Gardai urge use of daytime running lights
Gardai are advising all motorists including HGV drivers that using “dipped headlights” is an “effective and low-cost method of reducing daytime collisions”.
Gardai appeal for witnesses to fatal HGV accident
Gardai are appealing for witnesses to a fatal accident on the main Cork to Limerick road involving a HGV, which claimed the life of a 31 year old man on Monday morning.
Drink drive plan meets stiff opposition
Transport Minister Noel Dempsey’s plan to lower the legal blood-alcohol limit, which would have an impact on HGV drivers has run into stiff opposition from Fianna Fáil TDs.
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