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A shortlist of 10 models for the Continental Irish Car of the Year 2011 has been announced by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA).

Imagine if tomorrow morning your local authority decided to remove all yield, stop, and other such signage, as well as traffic lights and pedestrian crossings from your village, town or city?

Imagine if tomorrow morning your local authority decided to remove all yield, stop, and other such signage as well as traffic lights, pedestrian crossings, etc, from your village, town, or city? Well up until last Monday, I would have cringed at such a prospect.

Delegates attending the annual Automotive Forum, organised by the Irish Motoring Writers Association and sponsored by Semperit Tyres, heard how overloading the motorist with traffic lights and road signs can increase road crashes in urban areas and that handing more responsibility to the driver can result in a spectacularly positive change in behaviour.

Imagine if tomorrow morning your local authority decided to remove all yield, stop and other such signage as well as traffic lights, pedestrian crossings etc, from your village, town, or city? Well up until last Monday, I would have cringed at such a prospect.

Ireland is almost completely dependent on fossil fuels. How vulnerable does that make our transport system and economy as a whole? Are biofuels really the way to ensure a sustainable transport system?

The list of candidates for the 2009 Semperit Irish Car of the Year awards has been announced by the Irish Motoring Writers Association.  The winners will be revealed at a ceremony in the Crowne Plaza Hotel, Santry, Dublin 9, on Friday, November 21. 

The shortlist for the Semperit Irish Van of the Year 2009 has been announced by the Irish Motoring Writers Association (IMWA) Van of the Year jury.

The Citroen C5 has been voted Semperit Irish Car of the Year 2009 by the Irish Motoring Writers Association, writes Padraic Deane.

The Citroen Berlingo/Peugeot Partner have been jointly voted Semperit Irish Van of the Year 2009 by the Irish Motoring Writers Association.