Safety

Gig Economy driving transport industry corruption

Poor wages are a major driving force in the creeping corruption within businesses such as VTNZ, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

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

Making Warrants of Fitness harder to pass has simply increased the number of vehicles driving illegally

Making Warrants of Fitness tests harder to pass has simply increased the number of vehicles driving illegally, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, was commenting after a news report disclosed that nearly half of WOF or registrations are overdue.

"Asking a driver to walk in a straight line would be a more accurate test for impairment than the government’s roadside drug tests"

Asking a driver to walk in a straight line would be a more accurate test for impairment than the government’s roadside drug tests, according to an internationally-recognised expert on drugs and road safety.

Dr Michael White, Adjunct Senior Fellow at the School of Psychology, University of Adelaide, South Australia, who specialises in research on the effects of drugs on road safety, describes roadside drug testing as: “close-to worthless.”

“Use it and lose it”. Time for tougher consequences for drivers using cellphones

The police should permanently seize  cellphones that are operated by the driver of a moving vehicle, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says the current enforcement of laws against cellphone use by drivers is “mostly pathetic”.

"Speeding tourists, unrestrained toddlers: the chaos one highway cop faces daily"

A highway patrolman has confirmed that many of the negative stereotypes about tourist drivers are based on reality.

In an article today, Senior Constable Daniel Bartlett, who regularly patrols State Highway 8, estimates that overseas tourists account for around 90% of the drivers he pulls over.

: Time to get tough on drivers using cellphones

The police should permanently seize  cellphones that are operated by the driver of a moving vehicle, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

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

“First offence you lose your cellphone. Second offence you lose your cellphone and your number. Third offence you lose your cellphone and your number, plus your vehicle is impounded for seven days.”

Tourist drivers still a major menace on our roads

Tourist drivers remain a major menace on New Zealand roads, says the car review website dogandlemon.com.

Low road toll: thank the recession

Economic recession is the main reason for 2024’s low road toll, says the car review website dogandlemon.com. Editor Clive Matthew-Wilson, who is an outspoken road safety campaigner, says recessions are bad for the economy but good for road safety.

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