Jolisa Gracewood: Of all the baffling ideas this govt is pursuing, this one’s a doozy *even by their own lights*: a cost-benefit review of safe speed zones around schools found they’re 45x better for the economy than Simeon Brown’s strictly-school-gate notion! www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/07/04/s...

Of all the baffling ideas this govt is pursuing, this one’s a doozy *even by their own lights*: a cost-benefit review of safe speed zones around schools found they’re 45x better for the economy than Simeon Brown’s strictly-school-gate notion! www.greaterauckland.org.nz/2024/07/04/s...

Speak up for safe speeds - Greater Aucklandwww.greaterauckland.org.nz Simeon Brown’s lethal draft speed-setting rule is The draft Rule proposes to introduce a binding schedule of speed limit classifications that specify speed limits available for each road type. When ma...

I have 2 teen drivers. They are learning to responsibly operate heavy machinery in a space shared with children, elders, pets. They should not be focused on the 'joy of driving'. They can go base jumping if they want excitement.

Some mistake, surely. They're all about value for money and being responsible with taxpayer $$, right?

That was certainly the impression they seemed to appear to be keen to give, eh!

My local MP is promoting this stuff with two weird ideas. One is that lower speed limits hurt people's feelings. So we set speed limits on the vibe now? The other one is that the baseline of injury accidents in urban areas is so low it hardly matters if the % improvements look good......

... In central Christchurch the 30km/hr zone in the CBD *alone* has saved at least 112 injury accidents over the last 8 years. Whether you consider that "worthwhile" is a matter how much you can imagine you or your family being one of them.

that's probably true until it's your child

The important thing is that the courier vans shouldn't have to slow down That children are at risk simply to allow courier companies to demand drivers make more deliveries than is realistically possible is not important apparently

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