Irish Motor News & Driving Tips 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/ Get in Gear 2026-04-13T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/the-learner-drivers-guide-to-understanding-fuel-grades-and-ev-charging-speeds/ The forecourt is already stressful enough without standing there squinting at pump nozzles like you're defusing a bomb. Here's what the numbers actually mean. 2026-04-10T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/edt/ireland-s-essential-driver-training-how-does-it-work/ Twelve lessons. Six months. One logbook nobody enjoys filling in. Here's how Ireland's Essential Driver Training actually works, and why the RSA makes you do it. 2026-04-07T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/edt/becoming-a-driving-instructor-in-ireland/ Want to become an Approved Driving Instructor in Ireland? The RSA makes you earn it. Here's the full process, from eligibility to that final Stage 3 exam. 2026-04-03T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/the-importance-of-lane-discipline-when-driving/ Drifting between lanes is one of the most common mistakes new drivers make, and one of the most dangerous. Here is how to get it right on motorways, roundabouts, and crawler lanes. 2026-03-30T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/skid-pan-driving/ Rain, ice, or a sudden loss of grip. Skidding can happen to anyone, anywhere. Here are the five types of skid you need to know and how to recover from each one before the ditch finds you. 2026-03-25T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/learning-to-drive-in-an-automatic-car/ No clutch. No stalling at junctions. Learning in an automatic is easier, but the licence restriction is real. Here's what you need to weigh up before you decide. 2026-03-20T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/how-to-get-learners-permit-in-ireland/ Getting your learner permit in Ireland involves paperwork, proof of identity, and possibly a trip to the optician. Here's exactly what you need and how to avoid wasting a journey. 2026-03-15T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/how-to-combat-driving-test-nerves/ Your hands are sweating, your stomach is doing backflips, and the test is in forty minutes. Here is how to walk into that test centre like someone who actually knows how to drive. 2026-03-10T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/can-us-citizens-drive-in-ireland/ Your US licence works in Ireland for up to twelve months. The tricky part isn't the paperwork. It's the narrow roads, the left-hand driving, and the roundabouts. 2026-03-05T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/learners/automatic-gear-box-how-does-it-work/ You put it in Drive and go. But underneath, the automatic gearbox is doing a remarkable amount of work with torque converters, planetary gears, and fluid pressure. Here's the plain English version. 2026-03-01T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/why-has-the-cost-car-insurance-got-so-high-in-ireland/ Premiums fell for a few years. Now they're climbing again. Here's why Irish car insurance costs what it does, and why the fixes keep not quite fixing it. 2026-02-24T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/tips-for-driving-at-night/ Night driving is nobody's idea of fun. Less visibility, more fatigue, and every oncoming car trying to blind you. Here's how to handle it. 2026-02-19T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/the-irish-driving-test-what-s-involved/ The Irish driving test, from booking to test day to what happens if you fail. Everything you actually need to know, without the waffle. 2026-02-14T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/the-best-games-to-play-on-boring-car-journeys/ Three hours to Kerry. Two kids in the back. No Wi-Fi. You need games. Here are seven that actually work. 2026-02-09T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/is-ireland-right-hand-drive/ Planning a trip to Ireland? You'll be driving on the left. Here's why, how it got that way, and why nobody's changing it any time soon. 2026-02-04T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/ireland-funniest-road-signs/ Contradictory distances, diversions to nowhere, and warnings about sheep lying on the road. Ireland's road signs are unintentionally brilliant. Here are 12 of the best. 2026-01-30T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/countries-that-drive-on-the-left-side-of-the-road/ About 35% of the world drives on the left, and the reason goes back to Roman soldiers and their sword hands. Here's the full list of countries, plus the history behind it. 2026-01-25T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/can-meditation-help-with-your-driving-test/ You've done the lessons. You know the controls. And yet you're terrified. Here's how meditation and affirmations might actually help with test-day nerves. 2026-01-20T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/best-irish-road-trips-routes/ Eight routes. No motorway service stations. Just the kind of driving that reminds you why you got behind the wheel in the first place. 2026-01-15T00:00:00.000Z https://getingear.ie/articles/features/are-ireland-s-roads-getting-safer-to-drive-on/ Ireland used to be one of Europe's safest countries to drive in. Sixty years of crash data tells a complicated story of real progress and recent backsliding.