See and be seen while driving

If you’ve driven after dark or on a wet day, you’ve seen it. A car up ahead with no rear lights illuminated, barely visible on the road.   As of September 1st 2021, in Canada, all new vehicles must have both headlights and taillights that turn themselves on at dark and dashboards that stay dark if …

Wild animal collision advice

The coming weeks will see a significant rise in the risk of collisions with deer and other wild animals, warns road safety organisation GEM Motoring Assist. This is the rutting season, which makes deer more likely to be on the roads. Figures from the Deer Initiative indicate that between 42,000 and 74,000 deer are involved …

‘Make Way Day’ marked with new campaign

 The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An Garda Síochána are supporting the Disability Federation of Ireland’s ‘Make Way Day’ on Friday 24 September with an illegal parking on footpaths and cycle lanes campaign. The campaign reminds drivers that parking on footpaths and blocking cycle lanes is an offence and poses a road safety risk to …

New €50m scheme for the M50

Digital gantries will be introduced to the M50 to display new changeable speed limits on certain sections of the motorway, RTE news reports. The new programme will cost €50 million to introduce variable speed limits to the M50, with an additional €30 million needed to run the service. The Transport Infrastructure Ireland’s (TII) enhancing Motorway …

Conference calls and their effect on driving

Road safety professionals are calling for motorists to keep online meetings out of their cars. Imagine that you’re driving, you’re bored and tired of staring at the road, your eyes drift toward the polished touchscreen to the left of your steering wheel. First you scroll through its menus to select a music playlist; then you …

Bike Week 2021 kicks off

Bike week, an annual event that promotes all things great about bikes, started on Sunday the 12th of September and will end on this coming Saturday (September 18th), the Irish Times reports. Due to a mix of less busy roads and the commitments from the Government to build safer cycling infrastructure, the last year and …

Witness Appeal for Collision on N2

Gardaí in Ardee are appealing for witnesses in relation to a serious injury road traffic collision that occurred on the N2, Edmonstown, Louth on Saturday evening 11th September, 2021 at approximately 8.20p.m.   A two vehicle collision occurred on the N2 between a motorcylce and a car. The male motorcyclist (22 years) was removed from the scene to Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in a serious condition.  His condition is critical at this time.  The male car driver, late 30s and his passenger, male mid 60s, were treated at the scene by paramedics.  An examination of the scene was conducted by Garda forensic collision investigators and the road has now reopened.   Gardaí are appealing to anyone who may have witnessed this collision to come forward. Any road users who were travelling on the N2 in the townland of Edmonstown, Louth on Saturday evening 11th September, 2021 between 8p.m. and 8.30p.m. and who may have camera footage (including dash cam) is asked to make it available to Gardaí.  Anyone with any information is asked to contact Ardee Garda Station on (041) 6853222 , the Garda Confidential Line on 1800 666 111, or any Garda station.