New Zealand

Many tourist car accidents preventable, says safety campaigner

Simple steps could dramatically reduce the number of accidents involving tourists, says the car review website dogandlemon.com. A position paper titled: Driven to distraction: a submission on reducing tourist accidents, written by Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, calls for drastic changes to the way vehicles are rented out to foreign drivers.

Expert calls for driver’s license camps for young Maori

The government needs to empower Maori communities to educate and train their own people to safely operate cars, says the car buyers’ Dog & Lemon Guide. Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says:

“Maori are a small percentage of the population but a large percentage of the road toll. The current driver’s licence system was designed by and for average white New Zealanders, and it often doesn’t work well for other groups.”

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