Media Releases

The government’s increase in road safety spending is a “big step in the right direction” says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Among other projects, the Government Policy Statement (GPS) includes a “96% increase in regional transport projects that improve safety, resilience and access.” 

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says the increase in funding is “critical” to lowering the road toll.

Speed cameras will not significantly lower the road toll, says the car review website Dogandlemon.com.

Dogandlemon.com editor Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says the rise in the road toll is largely due to an increase in accidents involving trucks, and also a rise in accidents involving middle-aged men on motorbikes.

A simple graph, published by the car review website dogandlemon.com, shows how New Zealand’s road toll has consistently followed the ups and downs of the economy.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says:

“The road toll grew for the first 87 years of the twentieth century, because the authorities tried to reduce accidents by changing driver behaviour. This was a complete failure."

Many recent road deaths would not have occurred on roads fitted with median barriers, says the car review website dogandllemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who's an outspoken road safety campaigner, says:

"Head-on collisions have caused multiple road deaths in the last fortnight. Median barriers are as close as we're going to get to a magic bullet that prevents road deaths. They’re proven, cheap and practical. Installing median barriers and roadside fencing should be the nation's top road safety priority."