Didn't realise our stats were that bad!

[Big Dave]

Topography is a factor here too.
The reasons why motorcyclists love the roads are also what makes them more dangerous.

[SPman]

In New Zealand, fatalities dropped 2 per cent over the decade.

Despite a massive increase in traffic policing and increasing draconian penalties!......obviously, somethings not working.....perhaps they should increase penalties some more and arm all police so thay can pistol whip those going 2k over......

[Berries]

NZ has a very very high prevalence of toxoplasmosis positive citizens, undercooked meat, gardening and CATS

Cats. I knew they were at the root of it.

Burn them all.

[awayatc]

but do kiwibikers wave more per trillion miles travelled....?

Don't tell me f*ckn cambodja beat us at that to......

[scissorhands]

Why is Malaysia top of the list?

I sold a couple of motorbikes to Malaysians, a FX125 and a Kwaka 6speed water cooled 50.

Those guys were muppets, I feared for their safety both times

[scissorhands]

FROM: http://www.tm.mahidol.ac.th/seameo/2...1/04A-3160.pdf


Toxoplasmosis is common and has a high
prevalence among the Malaysian population. It
is interesting to note that the highest
seroprevalence of toxoplasmosis in most of the
studies was in Malays, when compared with other
races (Chinese and Indians). This finding is in
agreement with other studies in this region
(Partono and Cross, 1975, Gandahusada, 1978;
Wong et al, 2000). This could be explained by
the fact that Malays have a habit of keeping cats
in their house which leads to close contact where
they will be more likely exposed to contaminated
cat feces, which was noted by other investigators
(Tan and Zaman, 1973; Thomas et al, 1980).

http://informahealthcare.com/doi/abs...10310001604376



As in many cities throughout the world, Doha in Qatar has had a significant rodent problem for decades and it was the difficulties in controlling these rodents that led to a solution based on the introduction of cats in the 1960s, but without any consideration of the possible knock-on effects for human health. Introduced cats have multiplied and colonized rapidly around food and water resources, mainly in urban but also in rural areas. They are known to harbour a range of helminths [24,25] and most likely also protozoa and other infectious organisms, although no surveys of the latter have been reported as yet. Cats are only rarely kept as pets in Qatar, and yet the feline population is believed to exceed 2 million, the vast majority living on the streets, scavenging garbage as well as feeding on the rodents. In the city of Doha and its surroundings, these cats mostly have a feral existence congregating near human dwellings, businesses, restaurants and in the market places where food for human consumption is prepared and traded. Because of the numbers involved Doha city has introduced a control program, but there are no plans to eliminate cats since they are believed to play a vital role in keeping down rodents populations.

[Swoop]

New Zealand road deaths are among the highest in the world per capita, alongside Cambodia, Malaysia, Lithuania and Slovenia, new statistics show.

We are not called the Banana Republic for nothing!!

Its probably a combination of:
=possbible bad driver training

Possible????????????


Possible???

Scratch and win....
NO driver training - just "testing".

[candor]

It was very interesting to see an article on road fatalities which didn't mention speed once. ...

It did not come out of the blue - many organisations have been pushing that the excess focus on a couple of "non majority" of the toll count issues is negligent. Pushing it for at least 4 years. Select committess and MPs have been beseiged.
Once they shuit up with their lies about limit drops (the bottom of any sane safety advocats list) both sides of the house we'll know they have their bearings again. Darren Hughes has been telling a heap of porkies to try selling a limit drop as Lab thinks this makes the Nats look bad. The Nats tho know true results are what truly would if they dropped. They are starting to get it. The submission printing presses of many organisations may soon be able to be turned off it is to be hoped. TG the media is finally asking the right questions...

[JimO]

New Zealand road deaths are among the highest in the world per capita, alongside Cambodia, Malaysia, Lithuania and Slovenia, new statistics show.

Road-fatality figures from 33 countries released by the International Transport Forum (ITF) show New Zealand has the seventh-highest ratio of deaths per billion vehicle kilometres travelled and is the ninth highest in deaths per capita.

Per capita, Kiwi road deaths last year were the ninth highest, with 8.9 deaths for every 100,000 residents.

This was higher than the figures for the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Hungary and more than double the figures of Norway, Israel, the Netherlands, Sweden and Britain.

Malaysia had the highest ratio, with 23.8 deaths, while Britain had the lowest at 3.8.

In the two categories, New Zealand was accompanied by countries such as South Korea, the Czech Republic, Malaysia, Cambodia, Slovenia, Poland, Lithuania and Israel.

Safer Journeys recognises that drivers will make mistakes, but it's the road or the roadside that determines the outcome of those mistakes.

"Cars, roads and roadsides need to be protective," he said.

Upgrading the country's "unforgiving" road network would make a significant difference in improving road safety, Noon said, as many roads were carrying double the traffic volume they were designed for.

As the leading cause of crashes, poor observation, including driver distraction, inattention and fatigue, needed to be addressed.

Many road-safety concerns related to the country's inability to afford costly roading improvements, he said.

ITF secretary-general Jack Short said the 10 years to 2009 was "a record decade for road safety" as road deaths fell in 30 of 33 countries. In New Zealand, fatalities dropped 2 per cent over the decade.
from internet this morning.


Bit scary to see which countries we're ranked in amongst for these shocking figures. I still believe though that New Zealander's attitude to the road (predominantly self-centred) is a leading factor in our poor crash and death records. You only have to hear numerous anecdotes from people who live or have travelled extensively overseas to be reminded of how rude kiwi drivers are.
Perhaps an attitude adjustment for all vehicle operators might influence things, rather than blaming the road, the weather, the other person etc.
I'd be delighted if our roads were improved for all users, but somehow I think that without a mind change from the sheeple it might not be the cure all tptb would have it be.

i say bullshit

[schrodingers cat]

I wish everybody else would buck their ideas up and fix this problem