Parking Survival Tips
Getting from A to B may be stressful but it’s nothing compared to the hazards and challenges of parking. We have some parking survival tips writes Geraldine Herbert Reverse into a space Where room is limited it is much easier to reverse into a car space than it is to drive straight in, it simply takes practice. It is also much safer to drive out of a space as it avoids backing into unknown traffic when your field of vision is...
Total Recall – What are Vehicle Recalls and Why do they happen?
Problems with vehicles are not confined to one car maker. In any one year over 15 million cars can be recalled in Europe alone. Geraldine Herbert explains why recalls occur and what to do if your car is recalled. While car manufacturers continue to recall millions of vehicles every year, for the most part, recalls go unreported because they’re minor and relatively inexpensive to resolve. Some make an impact due to the sheer...
The causes and cures for car sickness
Car sickness can turn an eagerly awaited family trip into a nightmare and occurs when the brain receives conflicting information from the inner ears, eyes and nerves writes Geraldine Herbert While it is a fairly common experience for children ages 2 to 12 there are some ways that it can be eased or even prevented Distraction is often the best cure so encourage children to focus on things outside the car avoiding...
Ten ways Lisbon cut emissions
Lisbon has cut CO2 emissions by 50% in the past few years, so how has such a dramatic reduction been achieved ask Geraldine Herbert Lisbon is the European Green Capital 2020, an award that recognised the city’s commitment to achieving a better urban environment and the transformation that has taken place in the past decade. The city illustrates how green initiatives can support economic recovery and enrich the lives of citizens....
Lives could be saved if there was greater enforcement of road safety laws
We have an abundance of road safety laws, so why are we not enforcing them asks Geraldine Herbert Road deaths are on the rise again. So far this year, despite a reduction in traffic volumes during the lockdown of up to 70% there have been 64 fatalities as a result of 60 fatal crashes on Irish roads, compared to 64 fatalities following 55 fatal crashes up to the same period in 2019. In response, The Road Safety Authority (RSA) and An...
Ten things to know about Car Sales this year
The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has today published Vehicle Licensing figures for May 2020. The number of new cars licensed for the first time in May 2020 was 1,490 compared to 9,126 in May 2019, a drop of 83.7%. In the first five months of 2020, almost 1 in 5 new cars licensed was a hybrid or electric. From January to May 2020 there was a drop of 34.6% in the number of cars registered to 51,904 compared with 79,350 for the same...
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