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» Reduction in our Road Toll » Simple and Loveable — Tue, 06 Jan 2009 03:34:56 +0000

[...] awards for the anti-drink driving campaign that has been raging since 1987 (date is according to lance). The ads are sometimes so shocking that the likes of me are too scared to even drive on [...]

By: Alistair Helm

Alistair Helm — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 18:16:16 +0000

Lance,

An excellent analysis. It is encouraging to see the steps that are getting NZ to be a safer place on the roads. It is always so depressing to hear of any deaths on the roads – always worse when it is a tourist for example who are not that used to the narrow roads and harsh road conditions around the country.

A couple of other factors I woulds cite would be the poor public transport in NZ, especially outside of urban centers, this puts more people in cars.
The driving age at 15 is in my view mad, there is little justification for it in this day and age.
The stock of old poorly maintained (not maintained / not warranted) cars on the road that were imported from Japan over the past 20 years.

Finally I think a similar analysis of the rural NZ fatalities compared to urban NZ fatalities would possibly show a worse number than the 21.7 of rural WA.

By: Brian (Shadowfoot)

Brian (Shadowfoot) — Sat, 03 Jan 2009 08:08:08 +0000

Any chance we can see numbers of fatal accidents instead of fatalities? Four people dying in a single accident is not the same as four separate accidents with one death each. The current statistics are misleading as to the safety of the road.