Almost as dangerous - walking that is

[cheshirecat]

"On average, 40 pedestrians are killed and 1000 pedestrians are injured on New Zealand roads every year."

from here (http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/roadcode/about-other-road-users/sharing-road-with-pedestrians.html)

Then if course if we include Manners Mall . . . .

[Juzz976]

I think your underestimating how many people actually walk compared to how many people ride motorcycles.

Also include people who can walk enough to injure or kill themselves but lack the capacity to mount a bike.

I walked to subway this morning for morning tea and I ride a motor bike, gee looks like I'm gonna die a young man....

[NighthawkNZ]

They need to pay more ACC...


oh wait... hmmmm :facepalm:

[Juzz976]

Shoe tax!

Anyone with a foot larger that 600cc pays more too.

[Scuba_Steve]

Even more dangerous when drunk


“Doing the math, you find that on a per-mile basis, a drunk walker is eight times more likely to get killed than a drunk driver.

They add a caveat that drunk walkers don’t kill other people, as drunk drivers do; but even factoring for that, “walking drunk leads to five times as many deaths per mile as driving drunk.”

[jim.cox]

So when are helmets going to be made compulsary for them too?

[NighthawkNZ]

So when are helmets going to be made compulsary for them too?


Make every one wear bubble wrap... I like bubble wrap

[Juzz976]

Pull em all over and give them Safety Tips, literature and inspect them to make sure they're upto road legal standards and appropriately licenced

[SMOKEU]

Won't be long before we see pedestrian licences.

[davebullet]

If self induced, then it's a form of natural selection.

[firefighter]

This thread is fucken awesome! hahahaha.

[rwh]

Make every one wear bubble wrap... I like bubble wrap

But think of all the sexual abuse claims, what with all the people who can't resist popping it?

Richard

[Buyasta]

Shoe tax!

Anyone with a foot larger that 600cc pays more too.

Sounds like someone bought into the whole "You know what they say about guys with big feet?" thing and wants to take out their inadequacy issues on those with more generously proportioned feet. :p

Makes you wonder whether the folks who wrote that legislation had similar hangups.

[Number One]

I'd comment that some pedestrians ask for it...especially in Wellington - some people are stupid idiots.

[Grasshopperus]

Make every one wear bubble wrap... I like bubble wrap

Bubble wrap? That's ridiculous

I say coat them in soft foam; nerf life!

[mattian]

I was out walking one day.... this arrogant prick in an older model Jaguar swerved across the driveway inches in front of me to get into a gas station just as I was about to walk across. I lashed out and kicked his rear bumper as hard as I could as it went passed. Damn lucky it didnt fall off! he just jumps out of his car and starts pumping gas like he didn't even notice......lol