National to spend at least $30m to reverse speed limit changes if elected (www.1news.co.nz)

submitted 3 years ago by deadbeef79000 to c/newzealand

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Alternative headline: National to spend $30m to sacrifice some of your lives so our trip is slightly faster.

The changes have been endorsed by transport researchers and street safety advocates as effective measures to help reduce the number of Kiwis killed and injured on the roads.

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[-] Dave 2 points 3 years ago

Might be where you're living or when you're driving? I've had a few breath tests heading home from work around the times you'd expect people might be heading home for tea after an after work drink.

[-] sylverstream 4 points 3 years ago

I've driven at times when people are expected to drink, at night, at Friday afternoon, etc. Never tested once. And I've probably been speed tested thousands of times.

[-] deadbeef79000 2 points 3 years ago

I've been tested twice in the 30 years I've been driving. Both of them before I was 20.

I assume there's confirmation bias in that I'm not driving at the same times in the same places as I was 20 or so, but I've never even seen a breath stop since.

Plenty of WoF stops though, and one child seat compliance stop.

[-] Dave 3 points 3 years ago

Interesting! I've never seen a WoF stop or child seat compliance stop.

[-] deadbeef79000 2 points 3 years ago

Sorry, registration not WoF.

Yeah, the child seat one was a real surprise.

[-] Dave 1 points 3 years ago

Do you do much driving after dark? When I look back, I think every alcohol checkpoint I've been through has been after dark. And I'm pretty sure they check WoF (not rego) at the same time since it's right there on the driver's side, but I haven't seen a checkpoint specifically for WoF (or rego). I have heard of people getting tickets for no rego after having sweeps of car parks done, but I don't think this is police-led.

[-] deadbeef79000 2 points 3 years ago

Hardly drive at all actually, compared to when I was younger. Generally night time driving is "home from the restaurant".

My experience is very anecdotal and definitely had selection bias for my small amount of travel.

[-] Dave 2 points 3 years ago

We moved where the work was so family all live a long way away, so we spend many evenings driving to visit. They aren't exactly common but I think we probably go through one a year on average.