Wednesday, Feb 04, 2009 at 18:04
Did I see that Aust had the lowest road fatality total since 1949 last year? May be draconian is the only way to keep us alive.
And yes I have four points up for what I saw as an honest mistake, but am prepared to wear it for the huge reduction in the road toll (read: Reduction in cost to the taxpayer in spades).
One thing that shook me many years ago. We were living in New Zulund, and the first oil shock hit (?about November 1974 I think), the first time world only had thirty years of oil left. The NZ Guvmint simply could not afford the oil import bill.
One of the things they did (among many) was slap an 80 kph speed limit on the open road. Even though distances are much less than here, that was draconian. But ... over the holiday period, the ambos, cops, hospitals etc had nothing to do. The road toll dived even faster than the balance of payments.
After that, I decided that sometimes thing have to change, even when we don't like them.
Max
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