It's a bit of a myth that using a phone while behind the wheel is only a road traffic offence if it's up to a person's ear.
In fact, distracted driving can be dealt with as careless and even dangerous driving.
The newsfeeds and notifications can all wait.
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Earlier this year, we tasked 800 third level business and marketing students to think differently about road safety and help us by developing new marketing campaign ideas to improve young people's driving behaviour.
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Did you know that towing a trailer or a caravan requires a driver to hold a Category B Driving Licence?
No, this driver didn't either but he does now thanks to Gardaí in Mountrath, Co. Laois.
Full details of the requirement: tinyurl.com/249u55jf
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A fake insurance disc is one thing.
A false insurance cert like this one presented to Naas Gardaí is another thing altogether - that means you go from a road traffic offence to a possible fraud charge.
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Our project - known as 'Road Safety Reimagined' centered on the fact that 30% of those killed on Irish roads in the first three months of this year were aged between 16 to 25 years old.
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Blanchardstown Roads Policing were keeping an eye out for anti-social activity at car cruises.
🛑Four vehicles were seized for having no insurance or tax.
🛑One driver has had 10 vehicles seized since 2009 for various offences.
🛑Drivers fined & some face court.
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We’re out all hours keeping people safe on our roads. 🌙
Early this morning Gardaí in Kilmainham, Dublin 8, using the TruSpeed camera, clocked nine speeding offences in a 60 km/h zone with some drivers doing between 75 km/h to 99 km/h.
📸The drivers were fined.
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Cavan Gardaí stopped this car after seeing it being driven erratically near Breffni Park during yesterday's game.
The young man had no insurance, no tax or NCT and the roadside drug test lit up - positive for cocaine, cannabis, opiates, benzos and methamphetamines.
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Irishtown Gardaí stopped this car on the N11 in Dublin 4 after they spotted on their Mobility device that it hadn't been taxed for over a year and a half.
They then learned that the driver didn't have insurance or a valid NCT, and he had no driving licence either.
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Gardaí have detected the driver of this car travelling 65km/h above the speed limit along the M9 on the outskirts of Carlow.
The young driver had three passengers.
He was arrested and has now been charged with dangerous driving.
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Our Commercial Vehicle Unit seized this lorry at Dublin Port which has not been taxed since it was imported into Ireland.
You can only drive a lorry professionally when you have a valid driver CPC card - he didn't have one.
Neither had he a haulage licence.
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The overall winning concept was devised by five students working together from Maynooth University.
‘Chances of you getting home safe aren’t as high as you are.'
The image of a dice stresses the unpredictability of drug driving.
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Bridewell Gardaí came across this poorly parked car causing an obstruction in Stoneybatter.
When they spoke with the driver it transpired that they had been disqualified.
The car itself was uninsured, untaxed and had no NCT.
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While conducting a checkpoint near Roundwood Co. Wicklow this afternoon, we stopped this car - the driver had no insurance.
But what's more, none of the three rear seat passengers were wearing seatbelts.
All five occupants have been fined, and the car seized.
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