Frustration at City Centre Traffic Lights Staying ‘Red for Too Long’

Multiple breakdowns and heavy traffic across Dublin

Thursday morning's traffic and travel updates from across the capital's roads and public transport routes - drive safely out there

Frustration at city centre traffic lights staying ‘red for too long’

Traffic lights near Newport’s railway station should be reconfigured to prevent city centre gridlock, a councillor has claimed

Five decades after Ontario enacted seatbelt law, some still aren't buckling up

It’s been half a century since Ontario made seatbelts mandatory for drivers and passengers, but nearly one in four road fatalities in the province still involve someone who was not buckled up.

Drivers urged to drive 10% slower to ‘improve fuel efficiency’

Motorists have also been advised to avoid “continuous harsh braking” by anticipating traffic lights, roundabouts and changing traffic flow

The Voorhees law of traffic: when overtaken slow cars seem to always catch up at a red light

UK researcher uses maths to explain seeming inevitability of phenomenon experienced by many motoristsIt is a situation experienced by many motorists: one driver overtakes another only to find the slower car is right behind them when they reach a red light. Now a researcher has used mathematics to reveal why the situation feels inevitable.Dr Conor Boland from Dublin City University has called his work “The Voorhees law of traffic”. Continue readi…