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A haulage company was convicted and fined at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday after an inspection from the Road Safety Authority found that a number of the company’s drivers had exceeded the legal driving time on a daily basis.

A 38-year-old self employed lorry driver, who failed to take required breaks while driving, was before Castlebar District Court this week.

Men were quicker to lambast the opposite sex about their driving skills. This is according to the results of the AA Motor Insurance winter poll where more than 7,500 motorists were asked to rate various categories of road users on a scale of excellent to very poor.

A Gort man who dangerously swerved in front of a 40 feet articulated lorry at a busy traffic junction before flicking his middle finger at the driver was fined €600 and disqualified from driving for two years at Galway District Court this week.

A lorry driver was seriously injured in an accident that closed one lane of the N4 dual carriageway for six hours outside Mullingar last Monday August 16.

Fancy yourself as a dapper truck driver as well as a budding entertainer? Why not combine the two skills for a new reality television series planned for this summer?

If you are a professional bus or truck driver you now have to undertake one day’s training per year under a new Driver CPC EU directive.

If you are a professional bus or truck driver you now have to undertake one day of training per year under a new Driver CPC EU Directive.

A graphic film highlighting the dangers of texting while driving, produced for the Gwent police in the UK force with film-maker Peter Watkins Hughes, has become an internet hit across the globe. Although people are aware of the laws against driving while using a mobile phone, many still are not aware of the dangers of texting while driving, an offence in Ireland since July 16 2006. The film seeks to highlight this to dramatic effect as it follows fictional schoolgirl girl Cassie Cowan, nicknamed Cow. She and her friends are involved in a horrific car crash after she loses concentration behind the wheel while texting. A four-minute taster clip of the film, generally known as COW, has been seen by millions of viewers on YouTube, and has gained global attention.

The owner of a heavy goods vehicles was fined more than €5,000 at Galway District Court this week for failing to have the proper carriers licence in place and failing to pay road tax.