Legislation brought forward by Infrastructure Minister Nichola Mallon to increase penalty points and fines for those using a hand-held mobile phone while driving comes into effect today (3 February 2021) for all motorists in Northern Ireland.
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Welcome to the last of our road safety articles after resident reporter Graham Curry spent a shift with a PSNI Road Policing crew with the aim of understanding and highlighting issues seen daily on our roads in the hope that you, the reader, take on-board the info and act upon it to make our roads a safer place.
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Welcome to the penultimate of our road safety articles, aimed at highlighting issues seen daily on our roads in the hope that you, the reader, take on-board the info and act upon it to make our roads a safer place.
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Welcome to part three of what looks like five articles in total, titled ‘road safety as witnessed by a back-seat driver’ – in this instalment I aim to cover motoring issues such as drink and drug driving along with passenger safety.
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You may well have read my mutterings just the other day with reference to road safety and how I spent a shift alongside the Police Service of Northern Ireland’s Roads Policing Team.
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As someone who spends a lot of time on our roads testing and reviewing new cars, as well as driving cars of interest, road safety is something that I think about daily – unlike many on our roads.