If your job was to reduce road deaths what would you do?

[mister.koz]

How will that work? Speedos are not accurate, especially on bikes.

The idea is that it will make people thing about their speed more rather than roughly guessing...

[alley cat]

ban asains from operating a motorised vehicle.

[EJK]

ban asains from operating a motorised vehicle.

Not ALL of em

[Headbanger]

Govern all vehicles to 80km/h.

3 strikes and you lose your license for life.

2 days mandatory driver/rider training a year.

Tax petrol to $5 litre



No licence required for scooter riders as long as they attend the required 2 days training every year.

[scumdog]

*Get rid of Cheesecutters!!!!!!

Piss off, there are waay more dangerous things around our roads than them - how many motorcycle death have resulted from a biker hitting them?

And how many bikers crash into them whil tootling along minding their own business and riding to the conditions??

[NighthawkNZ:Me]

If your job was to reduce road deaths what would you do?

Tell every one to walk... which would also make you fitter and healther and help with out health system... There would be no road rage, no rush hour stress, les Co2 and smog, more fresh air... you would save money on petrol, insurance, vehicle mainenance and you would not get run over by an idot that got his licence in a wheat bix packet, it would solve the boy racer problem, it would solve quite a few problems

We wouldn't have the need for roads to maintain so the country would save billions... you want to go to ChCh from Dunedin cool go by rail...

Of course since there is no roads and no cars we have no road accidents, no deaths from roads... so I would be out of a job in 2 seconds flat

[Rockbuddy]

the use of cellphones while driving will become a jailable offence

[longwayfromhome]

What to focus on in working on the biking road toll....

After a decade away, the most noticable thing on my return is the shocking quality of road repairs in two ways...

1. Heavy overuse of straight tar with no/little gravel, so there are large patches with slick, poor grip. This is lethal in a wet country like NZ. My point-to-point averages in NZ are distinctly lower than on similar class roads in the US. This has been the greatest disappointment since coming back...the roads may ocassionally be emptier, but you can't belt along in wet weather (a lot of the time). For the first time ever I have had cars actually gain on me in some corners in wet weather.

2. Criminal negligence and outright laziness with regard to leaving unswept gravel on repairs or if swept, then left in piles right on the verge so trucks respread it back onto the road. This is so easy to police when a contractor needs sign-off, that I have to blame the supervising authority. Those Fulton Hogan guys must be laughing all the way to the bank...From comments on this site, I think all of us have had too many nasty experiences in this regard. Also, you can't get any rhythm going in your riding when the remains/deposits of these dudes are about, its ok if riding means going fast on the straights, but if curves are a magnet...blah, rubbish!

[wysper]

Make 100 hrs riding off road part of the licence requirements

+1 to the above.

I believe that the most effective way would be to to train the riders.

You can put ABS and all that flash stuff on bikes, make perfect roads, signpost everything accurately and correctly, make all drivers aware of bikes etc
But I reckon the biggest cause of motorcycle rider deaths is the rider on the bike.
Their skill set, attitude, understanding of what they are doing etc.

So my one would be just train the rider. Not just licence them. But TRAIN them.
Maybe a combination of Track days, trail rides, road riding and awareness.

my 2c

[Tunahunter]

Ban the use of cars

[SMOKEU]

Get rid of these stupid laws and bring sensible ones in. This is a good example:
If someone is doing a burnout in a stationary position with 1 or 2 wheels spinning, then they can get their car automatically impounded for 28 days, a court appearance and 3 months license disqualification with a hefty fine and impound fees. Yet, if someone drives at 130kmh on the wrong side of the road around a blind corner, all they get is a fine and a few demerits. No loss of license, no court appearance. How can they justify that?

[Shaun]

For a start, I would reduce the cause of traffic flow issues on the Auckland Motorway, Causing people to pop a fuse and drive badly and aggressively, by putting up a LOT of signs in the 27 different languages of the dam forign people living up that way that would REMIND them of the legal driving rules are ie

If NOT passing, get the -uck out of the Right lane

And re write the road rules to this below

Trucks to NEVER pass, and ALWAYS to stay in the left lane

This happening alone, would probally reduce deaths, and deffinatley help with the Auckland traffic flow issues?

So reducung traffic issues, will help stop people blowing fuses, causing bad dangerous driving

[Usarka]

Reduce the number of vehicles on the road.

Simple, ATGATT.

Impractical. It works for helmets because there's a worldwide standard for safety, so we can say they need to be dot or snell certified.

To implement for atgatt you'd need to certify every piece of motorcycle clothing. Otherwise who's to say whether the jeans I'm wearing are ok or not....

[Swoop]

If NOT passing, get the -uck out of the Left lane

They already do this. The left lane is normally empty.

[Shaun]

They already do this. The left lane is normally empty.

WOOPS