Many fatalities could be prevented through simple changes in road design, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.
Editor Clive Matthew Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says:
“Many of New Zealand's roads are like a staircase without a handrail: you make a mistake, you're going to get hurt. Upgrading these deadly roads is the single most important step in lowering the road toll.”
Matthew-Wilson gave the example of the Auckland harbour bridge, which used to suffer one serious accident a week.