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    2013-2015 action plan for road safety

    For anyone interested in the plan for the next 2 years...

    http://www.saferjourneys.govt.nz/act...5-action-plan/

    I couldn't spot anything on Driver Training! Surely that would be number 1 on the list.. Bit of compulsory driver training would go a long way I think.

    Their list seems more concerned on spending money on Automated Enforcement? speed cameras I'm guessing.. and making sure we all drive brand new cars with ABS,PSM,TCS,LOL,GTFO and then spend the rest of our cash money on rebuilding intersections and at risk areas of road.. to make them "safer" and then they want "safer speeds" like the lovely stretches of 90km limits you have up north between TGA and Auckland..

    Plenty of people are still going to cross the centre line, overtake on blind corners, go too fast in the wet, go too fast for the corner, get road rage, fail to use their indicators, run red lights, run stop signs, fail to look over their shoulder before pulling out etc etc.. having a brand new car with ABS and airbags and a new sealed road won't change a drivers attitudes or behaviour..

    Spend all that cash on teleportation technology or something..

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    The whole thrust of this is to engineer things so that no matter how we drive (but not ride) people are in a protective coccoon that will keep them safe in collisions at, or uner, the lower speed limits. It's sort of people are idiots and will crash, so lets not waste time on people.

    A lot of management speak and misleading prose. eg

    "Outcomes reflect this cautious approach to speed management. In 2011 crashes that involved driving ‘too fast for conditions’ resulted in 83 deaths and 461 serious injuries - 23 percent of all deaths and serious injuries. The proportion of drivers that exceed the 100km/h limit was 25 percent in 2012. "

    So 23 % off all deaths and injuries invovled driving too fats for the conditions, they may well have been under the posted limit...but that information is omitted.

    In 2012 25% of drivers exceed 100kmh, but no figures for lower speed limits or the conditions when they were speeding. Drivers in Europe have a speed limit 110-130kmh, so I guess on the roads there, it is a safe speed, but not here.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie View Post
    I couldn't spot anything on Driver Training! Surely that would be number 1 on the list.
    Why the f*ck would UnZud need any of that crap? Hand-me-down skills and attitudes from family members and their "no shit! I could have died!" stories are what kiwi driving skills depend on.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Fast Eddie View Post
    I couldn't spot anything on Driver Training! Surely that would be number 1 on the list..
    Fucking should be for you, you cant ride for shit
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    For example, if vehicle entry standards severely restrict the availability of affordable vehicles, the number of vehicles entering the country could decline. That might encourage people to keep their existing vehicles for longer or switch to less-safe vehicles such as motorcycles.
    Shock horror there, the government actively trying to discourage motorcycle use.....cunts

    Oh and it seems they're keen to kill off classic cars too......ffs....

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    All the more reason to carry ninja rocks in a readily accessible place when using public roads.

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    Same old same old ... why do they insist on doing the same things over and over expecing to get different results ???
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