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Insurance fraud began when insurance first began. Incidents have been recorded as far back as ancient Greece. Ship scuttling was an insurance scam in ancient Greece where ships were purposely sunk. Later insurance fraud travelled to England then to America. When cars were introduced it opened a whole new arena for fraudulent insurance claims.

Insurance fraud began when insurance first began. Incidents have been recorded as far back as ancient Greece. Ship scuttling was an insurance scam in ancient Greece where ships were purposely sunk. Later insurance fraud travelled to England and then to America. When cars were introduced it opened a whole new arena for fraudulent insurance claims.

The Society of the Irish Motor Industry (SIMI) has just launched its ‘Safe Car Campaign 2009’. The SIMI is offering motorists a 10 point visual car check, free of charge, at participating dealerships for the months of September and October, to coincide with the back to school run.

Safe Car Campaign is offering motorists a free visual 10 point check on their car at all participating SIMI garages for September and October 2009.

Free car safety checks are available courtesy of the Society of the Irish Motor Industry as part of its Safe Car Campaign 2009.

The road safety department of Mayo County Council is reminding trick or treaters that the major dangers at Hallowe’en are not from ghosts and goblins, but rather pedestrian/vehicle collisions. To date this year 28 pedestrians have been killed on Irish roads. 

Transport 2008, which is a CSO thematic publication, bringing together a wide range of transport statistics mostly relating to data compiled from 2008, was published this Tuesday, which showed that more males in Mayo in comparison to females possess full driving licenses and are also the gender which obtained the most penalty points in the county in 2008 in speeding, driving without a safety belt and driving while holding a mobile phone.

A number of new measures are to be introduced to the National Car Test this year to further improve the quality of the service and the safety of vehicles on our roads, according to Fianna Fáil TD and Minister for Labour Affairs Dara Calleary.

The Road Safety Authority (RSA) has recommended that anyone considering buying a new car under the Government’s car scrappage scheme should examine closely information about the safety performance of the car before buying.