Low road toll

[miloking]

Is that a bit like certain KB members that say "cops aren't doing their job, cunts. cops are doing their job cunts"?

Hmmmm that made me realise...

Cops arent doing their job...cunts..
Cops are doing their job... cunts..

Cops ...cunts..

[Brian d marge]

is it me or are the "born again's" overly featuring in those stats

Stephen

Get granddad off the R1

[BoristheBiter]

You want to get yourself one of them there motorbike things.

I would like to but its a bit hard to carry all the gear i need for work on the back of a bike.

[BoristheBiter]

is it me or are the "born again's" overly featuring in those stats

Stephen

Get granddad off the R1

It only tells us what age they were when they died. It doesn't say anything on when they learnt to ride or if they stopped riding, what type of bike, where is was or what the cause of the crash was.

Its just a blip in some figures, move along, nothing to see here

[BoristheBiter]

Hmmmm that made me realise...

Cops arent doing their job...cunts..
Cops are doing their job... cunts..

Cops ...cunts..

Worst troll ever

[Smifffy]

It only tells us what age they were when they died. It doesn't say anything on when they learnt to ride or if they stopped riding, what type of bike, where is was or what the cause of the crash was.

Its just a blip in some figures, move along, nothing to see here

Unless I missed it, they also don't tell us whether granddad was on an R1, in an SUV or was a pedestrian.

[BoristheBiter]

Unless I missed it, they also don't tell us whether granddad was on an R1, in an SUV or was a pedestrian.

basically yes. all it does is say how many have crashed/died in what type of vehicle.

In other words useless.

[MSTRS:Me]

It's most likely a statistical blip and nothing has changed.

Like cyclist deaths last year...
A single week, in Nov I think, saw the total double.

[onearmedbandit]

I have taken it into consideration but i have seen no down turn in traffic on the roads here in Auckland.
Everyone is going on about using the car less but it's still taking me an hour to get to and from work and the motorways/roads are still full during the day.

Congratulations, you've worked out that people won't stop driving to get to work, that people will pay a bit extra to avoid public transport and car pooling. You've also worked out that people during working hours still need to get around.

Now lets move out of the city (you know, where the majority of fatal road accidents occur) and into the evenings and weekends. Ah what is happening here? Oh, less people are making unnecessary trips in the car. Bored at home? Go for a drive to the lake? Nah fuck it I'll do the lawns/wash the dog/walk down to the local park. What's this? Less people on the roads? Does this possibly mean there will be less fatalities? Surely I jest.

[ducatilover]

Maybe a percentage of us have developed an exoskeleton? This would explain it. I'm going try get one.

[oneofsix]

Maybe a percentage of us have developed an exoskeleton? This would explain it. I'm going try get one.

The knight in shinning armour. Make mine shinny black.

[oneofsix]

Congratulations, you've worked out that people won't stop driving to get to work, that people will pay a bit extra to avoid public transport and car pooling. You've also worked out that people during working hours still need to get around.

Now lets move out of the city (you know, where the majority of fatal road accidents occur) and into the evenings and weekends. Ah what is happening here? Oh, less people are making unnecessary trips in the car. Bored at home? Go for a drive to the lake? Nah fuck it I'll do the lawns/wash the dog/walk down to the local park. What's this? Less people on the roads? Does this possibly mean there will be less fatalities? Surely I jest.

returning to the city for a moment, different city though the same need to get to work and avoid public transport. I suspect I am seeing a change in behaviour in that more drivers earlier in the mornings. I think they have decided to put up with earlier starts to try and save fuel through not being stuck in traffic jams. I do hope they will decide they need there beauty sleep

[BoristheBiter]

Congratulations, you've worked out that people won't stop driving to get to work, that people will pay a bit extra to avoid public transport and car pooling. You've also worked out that people during working hours still need to get around.

Now lets move out of the city (you know, where the majority of fatal road accidents occur) and into the evenings and weekends. Ah what is happening here? Oh, less people are making unnecessary trips in the car. Bored at home? Go for a drive to the lake? Nah fuck it I'll do the lawns/wash the dog/walk down to the local park. What's this? Less people on the roads? Does this possibly mean there will be less fatalities? Surely I jest.

I still don't agree. I went from akl to Ohakune at the weekend, even with the rain there still seemed like the same amount of traffic on the roads.
When we have the stats for the whole year then we can start to make assumptions, until then its just a blip.

[Swoop]

Maybe a percentage of us have developed an exoskeleton? This would explain it. I'm going try get one.

One made out of dead cow?

[onearmedbandit]

I still don't agree. I went from akl to Ohakune at the weekend, even with the rain there still seemed like the same amount of traffic on the roads.
When we have the stats for the whole year then we can start to make assumptions, until then its just a blip.

Look at it this way. If fuel was $10 a litre would you see a reduction in the number of journeys taken in cars? If your answer is yes then fuel price does have a bearing on road use. Now $10 is an extreme, but it proves the point, as everyone has their own threshold.