Zero

[Maha]

How can 0 be counted as a toll?
Its not a number...
There was no road toll this easter weekend...so it cant be the lowest.
Surely the lowest must sit at 1?
Anything lower than that is ....nothing.

[oneofsix]

How can 0 be counted as a toll?
Its not a number...
There was no road toll this easter weekend...so it cant be the lowest.
Surely the lowest must sit at 1?
Anything lower than that is ....nothing.

But isn't the nothing something of itself?

The ancient Greeks and Romans would have agreed with you, their number system didn't have a zero, the Mayans however did.

Without the number zero this post, your thread, this forum etc etc would not exist because all you have done is posted 0s and 1s.

Where any people involved in the crash toll left in a critical condition? If so there could still be a toll.

Why is it called a toll anyhow? Is it a fee NZ has to pay to be allowed the use of the roads on a holiday? Isn't it just a count?

[Maha]

0 is a starting point of reference...that, I will conceed.

[unstuck]

Bloody good result. Well done NZ.

[oneofsix]

0 is a starting point of reference...that, I will conceed.

This Easter will be the datum against which all others will be measured, if none of the injured die and it therefore stays at 0 deaths caused by road crashes. We can't go lower, or can we? Does a roadside birth in a car count as a negative road toll (-1)?

[oneofsix]

Bloody good result. Well done NZ.

Well done Met service. I reckon their weather warnings cancelled most plans and then we had great weather making driving easier for those that did travel

[avgas]

In the words of of the great devil from hell

pics on Sodahead
"Its costs nothing, but someone pays."

I don't see my ACC refund happening anytime soon.
So toll and zero can be one and the same when vehicles and insurance are involved.

[Maha]

Well done Met service. I reckon their weather warnings cancelled most plans and then we had great weather making driving easier for those that did travel

There has not been a fatality on NZ roads since April 1st...has the weather really paid a part in keeping road deaths a bay over the last ten days?..or just this easter period?
It could all come down to road users being more attentive on the road...which is good thing.

[Tigadee]

Where any people involved in the crash toll left in a critical condition? If so there could still be a toll.

Then it should be 0.5 or since critical, 0.75

Maybe it's a "road toll" for the 'fee' that the grim reaper exacts on the roads?

Well done Met service. I reckon their weather warnings cancelled most plans and then we had great weather making driving easier for those that did travel

I agree! LOL

[scumdog]

There has not been a fatality on NZ roads since April 1st...has the weather really paid a part in keeping road deaths a bay over the last ten days?..or just this easter period?

It was fine at Whangamata for the Beach Hop, fine all the way home and fine at the Wanaka Warbirds show, in fact down here we've hardly had rain since the beginning of March.

Roads here have been busy-as, multiple big events plus annual get-togethers of Zephyr, Studebaker, VW and several other marques up and down the lower South Island, racing at Ruapuna and Southland...

So where is this 'bad weather' people are referring to?

[oneofsix]

There has not been a fatality on NZ roads since April 1st...has the weather really paid a part in keeping road deaths a bay over the last ten days?..or just this easter period?
It could all come down to road users being more attentive on the road...which is good thing.

Fair question. I was referring to Easter only. My half cock theory goes something like the dire weather warning caused people to modify their Easter travel plans and the fuel money was spent on stay at home plans, like extra chocolate, umm chocolate. When the weather came out brilliant it made better conditions for those that were travelling and the others had too little money left to go far. Also this would have played its part;

slow drivers were also clamped down on, he said (acting national road policing manager Rob Morgan).

"We've been looking to even out the speeds and keep traffic flowing smoothly."

[Swoop]

There did appear to be a lot less out on the roads this easter. Possibly a few could not afford the luxury of heading away for a few days.
Even though, jolly good to see!

[nzmikey]

limit that the have enforced .... that is why we have had 0 ( zero ) deaths over the " nominated " long weekend, nothing to do with the good weather & the lack of people going away due to someone saying that the weather was going to be shite or low & behold kiwi's have learnt to drive a cage good like

[oneofsix]

limit that the have enforced .... that is why we have had 0 ( zero ) deaths over the " nominated " long weekend, nothing to do with the good weather & the lack of people going away due to someone saying that the weather was going to be shite or low & behold kiwi's have learnt to drive a cage good like

The Tuis are on you.
That would be why the year to date is down by 50 as well then. Nothing to do with the rising price of petrol and dropping price of airfares, or the recession even.

[Scuba_Steve]

This does bring a point. Not once has anyone (in the propaganda machine) ever thanked the only thing saving lives out there.
Just once they need to print "road toll lowest thanks to the car manufactures & the improved safety devices in cars". Just once it'd be nice to see some truth from the propaganda machine. But it ain't gonna happen is it "we must protect the people from the truth"