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Government fails to tackle issue of part worn tyres in road safety strategy
By Connor O Rourke The Government has launched its latest road safety strategy ‘Closing the Gap’, which will run until 2020, but has failed to tackle the issue of the sale and fitment of...
Posted 11 years ago
Government poised to ban clocking
Minister for Transport, Tourism and Sport, Leo Varadkar is set to move amendments to the Road Traffic (No. 2) Bill 2013 on Wednesday which will introduce the offence of “interference with the odomet...
Posted 10 years ago
New legislation to tackle written-off cars
DAN GRIFFIN Drivers who put severely and irreparably damaged vehicles back on the road face new sanctions under proposed legislation. Currently it is an offence under road traffic law to drive a...
Posted 10 years ago
Issues of ‘Clocking’ and ‘Write-offs’ being dealt with now
Transport, Tourism and Sports Minister Leo Varadkar is moving to deal with two issue that have been a dark shadow over the motor industry for a long time. The offences of ‘car mileage clocking’ an...
Posted 10 years ago