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Aviva target UK forklift drivers in safety campaign

Hauliers must ensure surface free ice work conditions

Councils to fund road repair recovery

HGVs flouting weight restrictions face prosecution

‘Top of the class’ for Irish drivers

Call for all crash scene drivers to be breath tested

Insurance company predict road deaths to be down this year

Hauliers brace themselves for insurance hike

September - safest month for road users

Bad news for Insurance firms

Insurance firm suffers setback

Insurance misery for NI drivers

Aviva Insurance set to increase premiums

Motorists to face insurance premium hike

Motor Insurance increases on the cards

Massive difference in car insurance premium

Dept of Transport to get tough on ‘write-offs’

Motor insurance expected to rise by 10%

EU takes Ireland on in compensation cases

Allianz green initiative

Signs of motor insurance on way up

Insurance likely to rise

High Court asked to clarify liability of insurers

Insurers seek to up premiums by 10%

Motor insurance set to rise

Insurance fraud rise by 40%

Quinn Direct linked with UK motor insurer

Insurance company offers motorists bonus for weekend no-shows

Quinn in second place in motor insurance table

Road Authority hails new law

Man awarded large sum after lorry accident

More job losses set for Insurance industry

Boy struck by van receives settlement

Industrial action for Hibernian

Union takes on insurance giant

Insurance company to cut 580 jobs

New legislation for ‘write-offs’

Motor claims top the list

Gardai plan extra roadchecks

RSA Chief reveals plans

Lenihan to crack down on boy racers

Northern Ireland motorists admit speeding

Dashboard diners focus of research

RSA wants roadside drug test

High powered Dail committee focuses on road fatalities

New breath tester could saves lives

Speed camera contract likely to fall by the wayside

Nine out of 10 collisions down to driver error - RSA

Byrne launches government attack over speed cameras

Continental unveils tyre pressure monitoring system

Driving test debacle deepens

FTA issues corporate manslaughter advice

Sleep disorder highlighted

Department will move to plug licence loophole

Drivers demand dangerous speed humps be dumped

Foster proposes new NI drink drive limit

Drink drive limit will be lowered

RSA issues road safety warning

Government wants a 5 per cent cut in road deaths

RSA issues driving advice

One in ten at-work drivers say they fall asleep at the wheel

New road safety advertising campaign

Mobile phone ban pays dividends in the UK

Focus on morning after drivers

RSA launches annual anti-drink drive campaign

Young drivers don’t rate their peers’ driving

In vehicle monitoring could improve driver behaviour

Alcolock 500 unveiled in UK

Government side steps driver training issue

Dempsey defers no “L” driver rules

Drink drive limit to be slashed in new road safety strategy

Pedestrians urged to make themselves visible

MIBI makes submission to Department of Transport

NRA to launch motorway driving campaign

RSA welcomes crash driver breath test move

EU moves to harmonise road safety systems

Insurance write offs on the road

AA calls for driver training on school curriculum

Commission launches secure truck stop pilot programme

Mountrath bridge struck 17 times this year

Britain pledges further £2m for lorry road safety enforcement

Drivers risking their lives by neglecting tyre pressures

Insurers call for drink drivers to be named and shamed

Inquest jury calls for proper signage

Drink drivers face rehab programme

Tired driver survey unveils shocking findings

RSA focuses on eyesight tests

Penalty point notices pass half million mark

Seat belt survey results published

Volvo launches world-first technology to alert tired and distracted drivers

AA calls for non-national driver file

New safety initiative for students unveiled

Penalty points will be transferable next year - Department

Sideswiping on UK motorways

First Help line For Stressed-Out Motorists

RSA wants truckers to comply with speed limits

Website provides list of speed traps

Insurance profits have rocketed while premiums have barely dropped - Hogan

Government must withdraw unconstitutional PIAB Bill - Creighton

Road accidents claim eleven lives

30 injured in bus crash

Fall from 4x4 kills man

Gilmore slams motor licence madness

Dempsey handed transport role

Insurance costs preventing young hauliers taking to the road

Ireland bottom of league for ESC

Roadsafe backs road safety campaign

Safe and Sober

Volvo research into drowsy driving

Penalty point co-operation hits snag

EU calls for special drink driver limit for truckers

Hay fever driving risk

Road safety legislation to be tested in High Court

Unlucky for some

Blind spot mirror call

Motorists support drink drive purge

New road safety strategy delayed

Gardai call for drug and drink testing at accident scenes

One in five drivers with penalty points

“L” drivers face May 1 deadline

IAM issues traffic light warning

Cullen receives alcohol testing petition

Tracker system proves its worth

Conference to focus on vehicle crime

Motorists still flouting mobile phone ban

Oil distributor fined for no insurance or HGV licence

Hibernian to reduce insurance premium for DriveCam hauliers

Mobile phone ban beginning to bite

Driver training key

Technology based insurance

Motorists urged to drive with extreme caution

One in five morning after crashes alcohol related

McEntee calls for driving test overhaul

New initiatives needed to stop carnage

Harmonised Penalty Points In The Offing

UK survey could be mirrored in Ireland

Box clever for safer motoring

Drink driving arrests running at 400 per week

ID scheme a big hit with Felixstowe hauliers

Motor insurance costs could fall by 50%

Northern drivers warned about bogus insurance firm

Motorists boost insurance profits

 



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  Features

VIVAS Health once again puts its competitors to shame by offering all members who join in April free travel insurance
VIVAS Health has once again demonstrated its commitment to offering Irish consumers more with the announcement of free annual worldwide travel insurance for all members who sign up during the month of April

How long must we wait?
Almost 18 months have passed since the Motor Insurance Advisory Board (MIAB) published its hard-hitting report into the motor insurance industry. John Loughran poses the question: How much longer must we wait for meaningful reductions in motor insurance premiums?

Spiralling insurance premiums number one cause for concern
There are bleak times ahead for the road haulage industry if the findings of a recent survey conducted by the Irish Road Haulage Association reflect the mood within the sector. Here John Loughran reviews the survey.

Light at the end of the tunnel
There could be a light at the end of the tunnel for embattled hauliers struggling to pay ever increasing motor insurance premiums, thanks to an initiative from road safety specialists, How’s my Driving Ltd and leading insurer Hibernian, writes John Loughran.

Under the spotlight
The spotlight of attention has finally focused on the spiralling cost of commercial vehicle insurance with the recent announcement that the Motor Insurance Advisory Board is to hold an inquiry into the issue and present its findings
to the Government, writes John Loughran.

A little advice
The Fianna Fail / Progressive Democrat Coalition Government is back in harness and will be guiding the fortunes of the country and the road haulage industry for the next five years. Here Gerry McMahon offers some salient advice to Bertie and Mary and the troops

The opposing view
Denis Naughten is Fine Gael's deputy spokesman on Public Enterprise. He also has some outspoken views on the insurance industry, road safety and the National Roads Authority, John Loughran spoke with the haulage friendly TD.

Young drivers deliver letter of protest
Young motorists brought their campaign for cheaper car insurance to the Fianna Fail Ardfheis in October when they delivered a letter of protest to the Taoiseach at the Citywest venue in Dublin.

 


 

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