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Pubs to serve high visibility jackets

Saturday, January 31st, 2009

Pubs to serve high visibility jackets, read Tim O’Brien’s piece in Friday’s Irish Times. Members of the Vintners Federation of Ireland will loan out 30,000 hi-viz jackets, presumably paid for by FBD (Insurance), in 4,200 rural pubs nationwide. Mr. O’Brien reports that 10% of pedestrians killed in 2003 were drunk and lying on the road. [...]

Filed under: Driving, Plonkers, Publicans, RSA | 20 Comments »

Tractors on the roads

Thursday, August 7th, 2008

In early July, the Road Safety Authority announced the release of a consultation document on the use of agricultural and works vehicles on public roads. Head of the RSA, Noel Brett, said among the problems identified is that a 16-year-old can drive a tractor and trailer weighing more than 30 tonnes without a driving test [...]

Filed under: Builders, Driving, Farming, Law, Politics, RSA | 9 Comments »

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