# road-safety-authority - Monday 15 February, 2021
# Snow Storm
# Snow Storm
484 tests were cancelled for weather-related reasons last week.
# road-safety-authority - Sunday 24 January, 2021
# BACKLOG
# BACKLOG
A minister has said that the pandemic has had a “profound effect” on theory testing services leading to a large backlog.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 21 January, 2021
# Driving Test
# Driving Test
The RSA launched a new online portal in December.
# road-safety-authority - Friday 1 January, 2021
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
There was a 25% reduction in the number of serious or minor injuries in 2020.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 31 December, 2020
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
The figure was revealed in response to a Parliamentary Question last month.
# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 29 December, 2020
# On The Road
# On The Road
Here’s how drivers fared at each centre across the country this year.
# road-safety-authority - Friday 11 December, 2020
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
The detection was made as part of National Slow Down Day.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 30 July, 2020
# Direct Provision
# Direct Provision
The ruling overturns a previous finding in favour of people living in direct
# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 10 June, 2020
# Covid-19
# Covid-19
Roads around Ireland are getting busier as Covid-19 restrictions start to ease.
# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 29 April, 2020
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
Six pedestrians have been killed on Irish roads since the schools were closed in the middle of March.
# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 4 March, 2020
# Road Safety Authority
# Road Safety Authority
The Road Safety Authority also wants a greater roll-out of 30km/h limits in urban areas.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 2 March, 2020
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
Garda superintendent Eddie Golden appealed for people to “have a positive contribution to road safety”.
# road-safety-authority - Sunday 2 February, 2020
# Cyclist
# Cyclist
Between 2010 and 2018, cyclist deaths across the EU fell on average by 0.4% annually. In Ireland, this figure was an 8% increase.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 6 January, 2020
# Driver Theory Test
# Driver Theory Test
The candidate was one of nine people who aroused suspicion during driver theory tests last year.
# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 1 January, 2020
# Road Safety Authority
# Road Safety Authority
A total of 148 people died on Irish roads last year, according to provisional figures.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 28 November, 2019
# Road Injury
# Road Injury
Nearly one-third of serious injury collisions took place in Dublin
# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 26 November, 2019
# Verona Murphy
# Verona Murphy
Verona Murphy has clashed with the RSA in her role with the Irish Road Hauliers’ Association.
# road-safety-authority - Sunday 24 November, 2019
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
The figure is the lowest rate in the past five years.
# road-safety-authority - Saturday 26 October, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
It follows the proposed introduction of a similar ban in the UK.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 24 October, 2019
The warning comes ahead of the October Bank Holiday weekend.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 7 October, 2019
# Drug Testing
# Drug Testing
Cocaine was the second main illicit drug detected in tests.
# road-safety-authority - Friday 23 August, 2019
# New Rules
# New Rules
Electric scooters are currently not regulated in Ireland.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 22 August, 2019
# Garda Shake-up
# Garda Shake-up
The RSA is “very concerned” that Roads Policing was not among the four areas identified as ‘key focus areas’ for Gardaí.
# road-safety-authority - Sunday 18 August, 2019
# Preparations
# Preparations
The RSA has been warning UK driving licence-holders to exchange them for Irish licences before Brexit.
# road-safety-authority - Tuesday 30 July, 2019
# Must Read
# Must Read
Thousands of people have contacted the RSA about Brexit and driving licences since the end of February.
# road-safety-authority - Wednesday 22 May, 2019
# New Rules
# New Rules
Shane Ross has asked the RSA to research scooter regulations in other countries.
# road-safety-authority - Sunday 28 April, 2019
# Driving Test
# Driving Test
Currently the national average waiting time for a driving test is eight weeks.
# Driving Test
# Driving Test
Complaints include drivers being told to disregard speed limits and testers getting into shouting matches.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 8 April, 2019
# Jim Daly
# Jim Daly
Jim Daly contacted the authority after his constituents raised concerns about the ad.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 21 March, 2019
# Invalid
# Invalid
In the event of a no-deal Brexit the driving licence of a UK licence holder living in Ireland will no longer be recognised.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 4 March, 2019
# Poll
# Poll
Dublin City Council has led calls for the two-wheeled vehicles to be banned.
# road-safety-authority - Sunday 24 February, 2019
# Your Say
# Your Say
The RSA has received dozens of complaints over an ad about the so-called ‘Clancy Amendment.
# Clancy Amendment
# Clancy Amendment
The ad warning learner motorists not to drive unaccompanied began airing in December.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 7 January, 2019
# Freedom Of Information
# Freedom Of Information
Six people were caught cheating in their theory test by RSA officials between 2017 and 2018.
# road-safety-authority - Saturday 29 December, 2018
# It's Quizzness Time
# It's Quizzness Time
How well do you know the rules of the road? Take our quiz and find out.
# On The Road
# On The Road
Data released to TheJournal.ie showed the pass rates for each centre where a car tests was carried out this year.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 29 November, 2018
# Operation Open City
# Operation Open City
A new ad campaign will also promote the dangers of drink driving through a virtual reality experience.
# road-safety-authority - Thursday 25 October, 2018
# Road Traffic Act
# Road Traffic Act
The new law removes a concession in previous legislation by which some drink drivers received penalty points instead of being disqualified.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 15 October, 2018
# Testing Times
# Testing Times
Applus, the company which currently operates the test, made €6.5 million in profit last year, down 20% from 2016.
# road-safety-authority - Monday 1 October, 2018
# Road Safety
# Road Safety
An RSA lecture today heard pedestrian risk increases with age.
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