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Most of us are guilty of sometimes driving too close behind the car in front – intentionally or not – however the dangerous practice of ‘tailgating’ has become more common than ever on Irish roads.

An AA survey of more than 7,000 Irish motorists has shown that mobile phone use and failure to indicate at roundabouts are the most common examples of everyday bad driving.

Road safety professionals are appealing for people observing Lent to give up one more thing - bad driving.

• Change up early through the gears. Shift up between 1.700 and 2.500 revolutions (depending on vehicle).

A lorry driver, with a large load of logs and a trailer attached, who tailgated a bus — carrying 20 school children — dangerously overtook the bus while was there was oncoming traffic, and then cut directly in front of the bus, causing the bus to swerve onto the hard shoulder, was disqualified from driving by Judge Mary Devins at Castlebar District Court on Wednesday for the incident which she described as “so shocking”.