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.
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Autumn leaves are falling along with the poor weather and visibility making our driving conditions more hazardous. Don’t add to the figures of our national accident rate slow down and think about the road conditions before you start each journey.