This is just a quick post to prove I can appreciate good work, even when it comes from the other side of the political spectrum from that where I most happily reside.
I probably spend too much of my time dissing the Government, but I have to congratulate Steven Joyce for the measures he's announced to tackle the appalling accident rate among young drivers. The measures seem sensible, and now they're in front of us I'm wondering why it took so long for them to be proposed. They all seem bloody obvious.
Federated Farmers say there's no evidence that raising the driving age will reduce the road toll. Their argument makes no sense. Surely people become better drivers as they become more mature. Are they really saying there's no difference in maturity as people get older? In that case, perhaps they ought to be advocating that we have no age limit at all. Of course that would be ridiculous.
Anyway, a grudging well done to Steven Joyce.
Sunday, April 18, 2010
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I drive thru the lower North Island quite a bit and one thing has always amazed me, That we have built roads that are 100% un forgiving of a mistake, on most highways you will find drainage dtches just waiting to kill an errant motorist.
ReplyDeleteSaw the aftermath of one such accident on SH 2 a couple of years ago , the person had got too close to the edge of the road, hit gravel, over corrected and had entered a drainage ditch and flipped , not pretty !
Bad driving , yes, but a death sentance only because of the ditches...Whereas I suspect that in say Europe there would be Armco barriers or kerbing at least ??
I agree about the roads, and I often wonder abut the drainage ditches. They look pretty dangerous to me, and I wouldn't want to land in one.
ReplyDeletePeople often compare our accident rate to Australia's. Of course, Australia is a largely flat country, and is largely warm whereas we are mostly hills and mountains, and the South often gets snow or icy conditions. Our driving conditions are certainly more challenging.