Tyre safety awareness campaign
71 road deaths in Ireland between 2008-2012 had defective tyres as a contributing factor of the related crashes writes Geraldine Herbert Today at the launch of a tyre safety awareness campaign by the Road Safety Authority and An Garda Siochana new figures reveal that vehicle factors contributed to 1 in 8 fatal collisions analysed between 2008 and 2012. Defective tyres were the most significant factor, representing almost two thirds...
Brace Yourself For An Nct…
Brace yourself for the dreaded NCT, its as much a test of the owners nerves as the car writes Guest Blogger Barbara Scully As a passionate feminist I am loathe and slightly ashamed (nah, not really, I am also a realist) to admit that in our house there are some jobs that are boy jobs. Boy jobs include going to the dump, getting coal and logs, and car stuff. When absolutely necessary I have stepped unto the breach on all fronts...
A bluffer’s guide to the 2016 Formula 1 season
This month saw the start of the Formula 1 season – the world’s biggest and most lucrative motor racing championship– kicked off in Melbourne for the Australian Grand Prix – we have a bluffer’s guide writes Geraldine Herbert What is it all about? Eleven teams are contesting the season, each fielding two cars so this means that 22 drivers will line-up to compete for the 2016 Formula 1 World Championship. The German Grand...
Car Chat with Mary Kennedy
Mary Kennedy present Nationwide on RTE1 7pm Monday, Wednesday and Friday and is the author of “ What Matters. Reflections on Important Things in Life”. Your current car – Love at first sight or just a means to get from A to B? It’s a nice car but it would be nicer if I had time to hoover it regularly and have it shining. It’s about getting from place to place and having lots of space for changes of clothes...
Braking it in…….
We all know that brakes and tyres are the most important safety features of your car but how do they actually work? Suzanne Keane explains all All you have to do is push on the brake pedal and the car stops… seems simple? But what if your brakes didn’t work? When you press the pedal, it displaces the brake fluid (which is why it’s important to keep the brake fluid at the correct level). Under normal circumstances,...
Twitter a decade on ….
We look back at which car companies were first to embrace twitter writes Geraldine Herbert On March 21, 2006 Jack Dorsey sent the first tweet and ten years on some 500 million tweets are sent out each day, adding up to close to 200 billion per year. However Twitter is only number three in the social network charts and trails behind Facebook (1.5 billion) and Facebook-owned Instagram (400 million). To celebrate ten years we look...