road safety Archive

  • frog

    What are the Police doing about bike safety? - by frog



    Many of us love to ride bikes. It’s a great way to get around, keep fit, beat the traffic, and save the planet. But it’s not as safe as it should be. Green Party Active Transport spokesperson and champion of all people who ride bikes, Kevin Hague, recently discovered that Police do very little with [...] read more
    July 4, 2011 1:14 pm - 10 Comments
  • Kevin Hague

    Rally brings hope for safer cycling - by Kevin Hague



    Yesterday, along with my colleagues Keith Locke and David Clendon (and Jacinda Ardern from Labour), I had the pleasure of attending the Bikes for Life rally in Auckland which you may have seen on the news last night. The rally was called in response to the recent spate of deaths we have seen on our roads. The husband [...] read more
    December 6, 2010 11:22 am - 8 Comments
  • Gareth Hughes

    How to stop drink driving? - by Gareth Hughes



    A few days ago the Government announced another set of tough penalties for teen drink drivers. They have effectively reduced the blood alcohol limit for teenage drink drivers to zero. I think it is a case of youth scapegoating but I’m not complaining about this because we need to cut down on teen drink driving [...] read more
    October 4, 2010 9:58 am - 19 Comments
  • frog

    Using the road as if they owned it - by frog



    The Herald describes a brutal cycle accident, ‘apparently caused when competitors in the Coromandel Peninsula K2 race were squeezed between an “impatient” ute and a milk tanker.’ Here’s one competitor’s account: Kenny Chia, a competitor, saw the accident and described the ute driver as impatient. “We could hear an angry horn coming from behind us [...] read more
    November 2, 2008 8:33 am - 32 Comments
  • frog

    Walking buses for businesses - by frog



    Tomorrow Jeanette is joining the students of Wadestown School on their school walking bus as they make their way to school. School walking buses are becoming an increasingly popular and simple solution to the myriad of linked issues around climate change, road safety, exercise, community engagement and peak oil. And yet, as Deborah at In [...] read more
    March 4, 2008 8:34 am - 15 Comments