Category Archives: Penalty Points

Poll: How many penalty points are on your license?

June 10, 2008 – 9:02 pm

Just a general query – and of course this poll is completely anonymous. How many (if any) penalty points have you on your license? I recently had the good fortune of having my last penalty points removed from my license. At the most, I’d accumulated 6 – all for speeding, but now I’m back to [...]

By niallok | Also posted in Bad Driving, Polls | Comments (2)

Female SUV drivers and mobiles

June 10, 2008 – 9:34 am

Am I the only one now who is now totally pissed off with the amount of SUV women drivers who continue to use their mobile phones when driving. It’s as if the law doesn’t apply to them, only to the rest of us. I have now started blowing my horn at any I see on [...]

By georgev | Also posted in Bad Driving, Children, Technology, Women drivers | Comments (4)

“You’re 4 times more likely to crash when on the phone” – RSA

May 15, 2008 – 2:11 pm

People who use a mobile phone while driving are 4 TIMES more likely to have a crash, putting themselves and other road-users at an increased risk of death or serious injury, the Road Safety Authority said today. Making no distinction between hand-held and hands-free usage of mobile phones, Noel Brett of the RSA said that [...]

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Media: Motoring discussion on Newstalk today

December 10, 2007 – 1:23 pm

There will be a discussion on motoring, including topics on foreign drivers, the penalty points system and this very web site on the Moncrieff programme on Newstalk 106-108 today at 2pm. I should be on it talking to Seán about ShiteDrivers.com at about 2.20pm. You can tune in live via the Web here or between [...]

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