road toll Archive

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    Peak oil saves lives? - by frog



    Sadly, as we’ve been discussing in recent weeks, peak oil is threatening people’s lives in the context of international security, war and militarism in the Middle East and other fossil fuel extracting countries.  But it seems here in New Zealand there are less people dying as the cost of burning a limited resource rises: As [...] read more
    September 9, 2008 9:13 am - 5 Comments
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    A week of g.blog - by frog



    Xavier Goldie couldn’t quite believe Brian Lochore said what he did this week: Apparently, not only did Lochore leave his babies (not children, but three week old babies) outside in the mud while he was boozing, but he actually attempts to justify the fact that he assaulted other people’s children. WTF? Meanwhile, also on s [...] read more
    August 28, 2008 6:27 am - No Comments
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    The Dutch road toll - by frog



    I thought it might be worth talking a bit more about shared space. In the Netherlands [pdf link] there were 804 road toll fatalities in 2004 and 34,181 injuries. In New Zealand last year there were 423 deaths and 15,730 injuries. The Netherlands has a population of 16 million people and New Zealand has a [...] read more
    March 13, 2008 8:54 am - 9 Comments