Parents “free taxi service” equates to billions

School run mum and dads in Ireland could be providing as much as €10 billion worth of free lifts, equivalent to a quarter of our nation’s bailout debt burden, by the time their children reach the age of 15 according to a hypothetical calculation ca…

16% of parents have had close call or collision driving with kids in the car

The AA which experienced its usual back to school spike in callouts on Monday, 28% above its daily average, is taking the opportunity of the start of the school run season to remind parents to pull over somewhere safe if they need to attend to their ch…