Kiwis and Cars

There is a lot to like about being in NZ but motoring is not one of them. New Zealanders don’t shoot each other a la USA; they kill each other with cars.

My guess is that few if any charges will be laid against the driver that did this. I can hear the court argument now. Dangerous road, the pedestrian should have crossed the road to use the path on the other side. Questions that won’t be addressed properly:

i) Why is the road so dangerous?

ii) Why wasn’t there a path on both sides of the road?

iii) Do we seriously think that a drunk driver is not culpable in this regard?

The picture provided tells us that there was space for a path and that there was quite a lot of road to drive on.

New Zealand has to change driver behaviour and philosophy the time for excuses is over.

Just in case you thought this was an isolated incident.

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=663&objectid=10437408
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=663&objectid=10419155
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=663&objectid=10444815
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=663&objectid=10437369
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/section/4/story.cfm?c_id=4&objectid=10462466
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/topic/story.cfm?c_id=99&objectid=10468281

Lots of people a lot of pain.