More than half of AM-online users think Britain should exit the EU. Some 52.2% of respondents to AM-online’s poll said the UK should leave the European Union, with 44.8% voting to remain and just 3% undecided.

Following the announcement that more than 938,000 speeding tickets were issued since the introduction of speed cameras, came the news that there will be an increase to over a thousand camera locations nationwide from midnight 27th May 2016. All high risk locations available on Garda website. Since 2010, An Garda Síochána has contributed to making our roads safer through the use of safety cameras, using a service provider ‘GoSafe’ to operate them on its behalf….

An Garda Síochána will conduct a national speed enforcement operation “Slow Down”, supported by the Road Safety Authority and other stakeholders for a 24 hour period from 07.00 hrs on Friday 27th May to 07.00 hrs on Saturday 28th May 2016. The objective is to reduce the number of speed related collisions, save lives and reduce injuries on our roads. The aim of “Slow Down” is to remind drivers of the dangers of speeding, increase…

Van operators need to start implementing policies that ensure their vehicles are operating legally and safely if they haven’t already done so, according to industry representatives speaking on van safety last week. Andy Hill, Lex Autolease Commercial Vehicle Manager, said that such policies should cover every aspect of fleet operations, including checks to ensure drivers have valid driving licences and operators requiring that their drivers perform walk-around checks of their vans every morning. Loads being secured in vehicles…

Commercial vehicle telematics systems are used more extensively in the UK than in any other country, according to new findings presented by MiX Telematics at last month’s CV Show. Marc Trollet, MiX Telematics Europe Managing Director, presented research conducted by Frost & Sullivan and Berg Insight, two giant multinational research and consultancy firms. It concluded that between 2014 and 2020 the global market for commercial vehicle telematics systems would grow on average by no less than 15% annually,…

Norway’s sovereign wealth fund, the world’s largest, plans to join the class-action lawsuits filed against Volkswagen over the German automaker’s emissions scandal. “Norges Bank Investment Management intends to join a legal action against Volkswagen arising out of that the company provided incorrect emissions data,” Marthe Skaar, the fund’s spokeswoman, said. “We have been advised by our lawyers that the company’s conduct gives rise to legal claims under German law. As an investor, it is our…

Advances in van safety technology could be undermined by dangerous overloading, warns the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders (SMMT) today. Almost nine in 10 (88.5%) of the 2,381 vans weighed last year by the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) were found to be overloaded, a worse record than the previous year in which 84% of the 3,337 checked were illegal. Manufacturers are offering increasing levels of safety on the latest vehicles: around a…

German daily Handelsblatt is reporting today that the German Federal Motor Transport Authority (KBA) has completed its tests on diesel vehicles and concluded that only Volkswagen Group has used so-called defeat devices using software to cheat on nitrogen-oxide levels emissions tests. The newspaper reports that sources told them that there were other cars that showed irregularities during on-road testing of emissions levels, but they were all within the legal limits. It also says that the…