Media Releases

A leading road safety campaigner has accused the government of hypocrisy after the Transport Minister Gerry Brownlee blamed the age of the vehicle fleet for slowing down improvements in road safety.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, who edits the car review website dogandlemon.com, says the government has consistently blocked many affordable and effective moves to lower the road toll.

All high-risk roads should be urgently fitted with a wire rope centre barrier to prevent head-on collisions, says a leading road safety campaigner.

Clive Matthew-Wilson, editor of the car review website dogandlemon.com, was commenting after today’s fatal crash at Hunterville. The accident was caused by one car drifting into the path of another.

“This is the second fatal head-on collision this holiday weekend that could easily have been prevented. All that was needed was a wire rope median barrier to separate opposing lanes of traffic.”

The owner of a the first car seized and crushed under anti-boy racer legislation will be seen as a hero by his mates, says road safety campaigner Clive Matthew-Wilson.

Matthew-Wilson, who edits the car review website dogandlemon.com, says:

“Yesterday, the owner of the first crushed car was just another boy racer with an attitude problem. Today he will be a hero to his fellow boy racers.”

Matthew-Wilson says the boy racer’s car that was seized by police was “probably next-to worthless anyway”.

Australia’s politicians need to spell out how long they’re prepared to prop up Australia’s ailing car assembly industry, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Dogandlemon.com editor Clive Matthew-Wilson says: