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The Rules of the Road (Irish: Rialacha an Bhóithre) is the official road user guide for Ireland published by the Road Safety Authority. It is available in English and Irish . See also
The Road Safety Authority was established in September 2006, charged with the task of improving safety on Ireland's roads, under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, in response to the high number of deaths on Irish roads.
From 19 January 2013, new licences issued are similar in size and shape to a credit-card (85.6 × 53.98 mm) as stipulated in Directive 2006/126/EEC. It features the driver's name and date of birth, their photo, signature and any restrictions or endorsements such as the need to wear glasses and any penalty points accrued.
Driver's education, driver education, driving education, driver's training, driver's ed, driving tuition or driving lessons is a formal class or program that prepares a new driver to obtain a learner's permit or driver's license. The formal class program may also prepare existing license holders for an overseas license conversion or medical ...
Only 28 countries, representing 449 million people (seven percent of the world's population), have laws that address the five risk factors of speed, drunk driving, helmets, seat-belts and child restraints. [citation needed] Over a third of road traffic deaths in low- and middle-income countries are among pedestrians and cyclists.
Motorways in Ireland have a set of restrictions, [4] which prohibit certain traffic from using the road. The following classes of traffic are not allowed on Irish motorways: Learner drivers; Slow vehicles (i.e. not capable of reaching 50 km/h (30 mph) on a level road) Invalid carriages (lightweight three-wheeled vehicles) Pedestrians
Road signs in Ireland do not differ greatly from those used elsewhere in Europe – with the notable exception that hazard or warning signs follow the 'MUTCD' style of a yellow diamond shape. The symbols used on these warning signs do, nevertheless, resemble much more closely those used (on red-bordered white or yellow triangles) in the rest of ...
Official traffic collision statistics in the Republic of Ireland are compiled by the Road Safety Authority (RSA) using data supplied by the Garda Síochána (police). [1] While related data is collected by other organisations, including the National Roads Authority, local authorities, and the Health Service Executive, these are not factored into RSA statistics. [2]