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Why the government’s road safety strategy is failing

Road safety strategies targeting the average driver have been a dismal failure, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is a respected road safety campaigner, says:

“The vast majority of deaths over Christmas involved reckless behaviour. Road crashes involving reckless behaviour are rarely caused by the average driver. Instead, these accidents are usually caused by the very young, the very poor, the very distracted, the very reckless and the very blotto".
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The Dog & Lemon Guide is 25 years old

An award-winning motor mechanic whose car reviews are often hated by the motor industry, is celebrating twenty five years of helping car buyers.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, the colourful and outspoken editor of the car buyers’ dogandlemon.com, has been publishing brutally frank car reviews since 1996.
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The Dog & Lemon Guide is 25 years old

An award-winning motor mechanic whose car reviews are often hated by the motor industry, is celebrating twenty five years of helping car buyers.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, the colourful and outspoken editor of the car buyers’ dogandlemon.com, has been publishing brutally frank car reviews since 1996.
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Taxpayers’ Union promotes the world’s most dangerous addictive drug

Taxpayers’ Union promotes the world’s most dangerous addictive drug

The New Zealand Taxpayers’ Union is effectively promoting substance abuse, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.
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Technology the key to lowering road toll

Technology easily beats enforcement when it comes to saving lives, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says New Zealand's high Labour weekend road toll shows that speed enforcement, by itself, does little to reduce the road toll.
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Government misrepresenting facts on roadside drug testing

The government’s proposed roadside drug tests are based on unreliable science, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Dogandlemon.com editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, whose road safety research was awarded by the Australian Police Journal, says the government is either mistaken or deliberately misrepresenting the facts on drugged driving.
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Congestion charges: “One road for the rich, one road for the poor.”

Congestion charges encourage wealthy people to use cars, says the car review website dogandlemon.com

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says:

“Congestion charges effectively create a class system: one road for the rich; one road for the poor.”

“Wealthy people love congestion charges. They simply pay a little extra for having the roads cleared of poor people who can’t afford to pay congestion charges.”
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Technology halts driveway deaths

The vast majority of driveway accidents could be prevented if all vehicles had reversing cameras and beeping parking sensors, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says simple changes to cars and driveways can be "spectacularly successful" at saving lives.
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Fatal van accident linked to poorly marked intersections

Today’s fatal van accident, in which four people died, could probably have been avoided if the intersection had been properly marked, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says accidents of this kind are frequently the result of drivers not noticing a compulsory Stop sign.
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Cyclists need shuttle over Auckland harbour bridge

Cyclists should be able to safely cross the Auckland harbour bridge, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is a road safety campaigner and advocate for cyclists’ and pedestrians’ rights, believes cycling over the existing bridge would be very dangerous in bad weather.
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Why the government’s road safety strategy is failing

The Dog & Lemon Guide is 25 years old

The Dog & Lemon Guide is 25 years old

Taxpayers’ Union promotes the world’s most dangerous addictive drug

Technology the key to lowering road toll

Government misrepresenting facts on roadside drug testing

Congestion charges: “One road for the rich, one road for the poor.”

Technology halts driveway deaths

Fatal van accident linked to poorly marked intersections

Cyclists need shuttle over Auckland harbour bridge

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