Christmas patrol duties

[FJRider]

Ironic that Victoria here (I'm in Ocker country a.t.m.) which the NZ 'road safety experts' use as a place to source Really Good Road Rules(tm) for NZ has, at this point in the holiday season, got more road deaths than the rest of the Aussie continent put together.
Fluke?
Or food for thought???

Good ideas and principals ... only work if they are followed in practice. Aussie's obviously need more practice.

[madandy]

As do Kiwis, it would seem...http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/road-deaths/toll.html

[scumdog]

As do Kiwis, it would seem...http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/road-deaths/toll.html

Hmm, lookin' better if you're a driver, not so good for passengers.


Given out standard of driving I'm surorised the figures are as low as they are..

[Scuba_Steve]

Hmm, lookin' better if you're a driver, not so good for passengers.


Given out standard of driving I'm surorised the figures are as low as they are..

ah thats alright my passengers are safe, purely because crashing costs... if it wasn't so expensive to have a crash, that could be a different story.
vehicles cost money, people dont! simple fact


... yea i know, im all heart

[jasonu]

Ironic that Victoria here (I'm in Ocker country a.t.m.) which the NZ 'road safety experts' use as a place to source Really Good Road Rules(tm) for NZ has, at this point in the holiday season, got more road deaths than the rest of the Aussie continent put together.
Fluke?
Or food for thought???

Maybe the NZ authorities copy only the shitty Victoria rules like the right hand giveway rule. Meantime the Vics soon see the rule is bollocks and ditch it but NZ sticks to it for 30 years...

[pete376403]

Are there any theories as to why the Waikato region features so highly in the stats? Bigger area? More people? More Fonterra tankers?
Seems that region is way out of kilter with the rest of NZ? Auckland comes close but there's a shit load more people in Aucks than anywhere else.

[FJRider]

Are there any theories as to why the Waikato region features so highly in the stats? Bigger area? More people? More Fonterra tankers?
Seems that region is way out of kilter with the rest of NZ? Auckland comes close but there's a shit load more people in Aucks than anywhere else.

A shit load more of FOG on highway one through the Waikato ... anywhere near the river.

They can't see where they are going ... but the speed limit is still 100 ...

And that's the speed some will travel at.

Regardless ...

[Gremlin]

Are there any theories as to why the Waikato region features so highly in the stats? Bigger area? More people? More Fonterra tankers?
Seems that region is way out of kilter with the rest of NZ? Auckland comes close but there's a shit load more people in Aucks than anywhere else.

I've always thought the Waikato region was geographically large, including the coromandel and then down Taupo way. Lot of traffic passes through to Auckland as well as Aucklanders passing through (or staying in) for holidays, trips etc.

[scumdog]

Maybe the NZ authorities copy only the shitty Victoria rules like the right hand giveway rule. Meantime the Vics soon see the rule is bollocks and ditch it but NZ sticks to it for 30 years...

A red herring.
i doubt that rule was responsible for many (if ANY!) deaths.

OK, maybe you were just providing an example...

[FJRider]

A red herring.
i doubt that rule was responsible for many (if ANY!) deaths.

OK, maybe you were just providing an example...

The old rule was more confusing for those from overseas than it was for Kiwi's ...

I've heard a gradual change to driving on the right hand side is also planned ...

[ducatilover]

A shit load more of FOG on highway one through the Waikato ... anywhere near the river.

They can't see where they are going ... but the speed limit is still 100 ...

And that's the speed some will travel at.

Regardless ...

No, that's not it.
It seems to be purely down to fucking idiots, where I am has a heap of crashes (so many I'm a bit scared of driving/riding) on a perfectly acceptable road, in generally decent conditions. Yet every twat in his car decides to hit something/someone and get a little bit dead

[Edbear]

Hmm, lookin' better if you're a driver, not so good for passengers.


Given out standard of driving I'm surorised the figures are as low as they are..

I've been pondering that anomaly for years! However the general observation is that the one's who can't drive seem to be determined to "correct" that lately.

[Zamiam]

Ironic that Victoria here (I'm in Ocker country a.t.m.) which the NZ 'road safety experts' use as a place to source Really Good Road Rules(tm) for NZ has, at this point in the holiday season, got more road deaths than the rest of the Aussie continent put together.
Fluke?
Or food for thought???

IMO proof that we don't know what we are doing. We are removing common sense, us being responsible our own well being/survival etc. by having so many rules that we all blindly follow. Its so ripe in our society today that we are turning into robots and robots aren't capable of independent thought so when faced with something they haven't been programmed to handle BANG

[Tink]

As do Kiwis, it would seem...http://www.nzta.govt.nz/resources/road-deaths/toll.html

Interestingly sad site that!

IMO proof that we don't know what we are doing. We are removing common sense, us being responsible our own well being/survival etc. by having so many rules that we all blindly follow. Its so ripe in our society today that we are turning into robots and robots aren't capable of independent thought so when faced with something they haven't been programmed to handle BANG

Key word: Common Sense.... 2nd key word: Blindly

I have traveled thru the Waikato region quite a bit, bike and car. And the road to Cambridge from SH1 - is so quick, if you drive 100km you can almost guarantee to be overtaken on one of the long straight roads.... that still you can crash on! Courtesy I have also found in NZ is lacking... BIG TIME!

[pritch]

I drove through the Waikato yesterday. At one point there was a fifteen car tail following one of those "girlie" Mazda sports cars at all of 80kph.

Silly me. I'd have thought that someone with a sports car might have actually been interested in driving. Perhaps in this instance it was more of a fashion accessory?

Ah well, I got to listen to some nice music.