Motorists breaking red lights at Luas junction to get penalty points
Break a red light at a notorious black spot in Dublin and you now face three penalty points writes Geraldine Herbert How is breaking a red light detected? An automated camera system has been installed at the junction of Blackhall Place and Benburb Street in the Dublin to capture any motorist breaking a red light at this junction. Why are they in use? It is in response to the large number of collisions that occur between road vehicles...
Maserati – Luxury and Performance with Style
Suzanne Keane takes a look at the Maserati brand, past, present and future The rumble of a Ferrari engine catches your attention before a gleaming trident badge comes into view – a muscular piece of Italian engineering that turns heads on every corner – a Maserati. It all began in the early 1900s with Rodolfo Maserati, a railroad worker, whose son Carlo Maserati designed a single cylinder engine at age 17 after inheriting a lust...
The Inside Track with Aimee Woods
Buckle Up! Aimee Woods joins us as a regular contributor with her own column, the Inside Track, we follow her progress through Formula Vee plus Aimee will be sharing her tips and advice, as a racing instructor. It’s almost June and the mid-season madness that every championship brings is in full swing and I’ve deemed this the appropriate time to dive straight in. Having been certain last March that the 2015 season was not my year to...
One To Watch: Alyx Coby
We catch up with 10-year-old Alyx Coby, a young kart racer from Newbridge, Co. Kildare, who wants to make it all the way to the top Ten year old Alyx Coby is youngest of the Coby family to enter the competitive world of motorsport. Alyx first started racing in 2013, aged 8, in the Cadet class of Motorsport Ireland’s karting championship. These karts run with a 60cc 2 stroke Comer pull start engine with a top speed of around 95km/h. ...
We’re growing! Aimee Woods Joins WheelsForWomen.ie as a Contributor
We’re very excited to announce that Aimee Woods is joining WheelsForWomen.ie as a regular contributor Racing Instructor, Aimee Woods has her sights on becoming the first female to win a Formula Vee race in Ireland and will compete in the remainder of the 2015 season. No stranger to racing, Aimee attended her first rally at just two weeks old, but her career began in earnest in 2010 in a Fiat Uno. After an action-packed racing season...
Renault Ireland to host car finance clinic with David McWilliams
Renault Ireland is to host a Car Finance Clinic aimed at informing prospective buyers about their finance options. David McWilliams, the well known economist, will speak with guests as well as be on hand to answers questions. The Renault Finance event is being hosted by Linders Renault at their showrooms on the North Road, in Finglas, Dublin on June 4 Starting at 7.00pm there will also be refreshments on the evening for guests....
