VRT & Motor Tax Bands

.."We as a driving nation have not moved with the times as everything else around us has. These series of articles serve to guide the reader in how to be a better motorist, and thus serve to improve the driving experience for both yourself and those other drivers around you"...

.."There are many more factors to take into consideration. However, competition is supposedly there and you can save up to €1,600 on a yearly premium by calling around, depending on the usual age and behavioral factors of course. Just remember that what might be standard inclusion on one companies policy might turn out to be an optional extra on anothers"...

.."In certain circumstances, your brakes are your enemy. This was evident on the numerous news videos of drivers on icy roads in Ireland last week. When you see a video of a car sliding with wheels locked (we are talking slow speeds here, not emergency high speed braking), you can be assured that the driver is panaicked and frozen stiff in the car, hanging on for some divine intervention to save the day. All too often it never comes and they end up sliding backwards, hitting another vehicle or ending up in the ditch. The thing to remember here is, and this is important, is that when your wheels are locked, you have absolutely no control over steering the vehicle! The wheels are not rolling, therefore there is no chance of grip and the car will just travel in the direction of the slope or gradient. So here is what you do."...