Posts by rodgerd
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but it doesn't seem to have occurred to Field.
I suspect his martyrdom or lack thereof will come down to whether he tries to play the "it's my culture!" card, as he did early on, and how much traction that gets him with Polynesian voters.
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Secondly, turning to younger people, the behaviour modelling of parents is important. If they treat the roads as if they own them then a) its antisocial and b) don’t their kids get the idea that this is OK behaviour?
Certainly when Dad owns a V8 Commodore and complains that enforcement of speeding laws is creeping Communism I doubt it helps inculcate his kids with something resembling sensible behaviour. Or when Uncle thinks drink-driving rules should only apply to the under 25s, not him.
By way of reference, I simply refuse to ride around the Wellington CBD around 2:30 - 4:00. The school runs are too dangerous, and I don't mean teenage hoons; likewise, despite living on Mount Vic, my street is bothered less by young idiots driving like nutters and more by rat-racers tearing through at ridiculous speed on the morning commute. Anecdotes are not data and all, but as with the problems of yoof and booze I agree that there may be a broader problem, where duumb young 'uns are the most visible part.
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Unfortunately some people die, but we are working on that.
We could be doing a lot better, though. Compare us to the US, which generally has lower per-capita fatality rats in most states, and yet has many of the problems we do (sprawl, poor public transport).
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Do what I did. Ride a bike all over Auckland and ride the buses.
I realise there are a number of Hard news readers who seem to have difficulty grasping this fact but: not every lives, or wishes to live, in Auckland. Horror!
"People shouldn't live in Taranaki".
But then, I'd say that to adults too.
Yes, well, that'll get you mileage.
Now do you get it??
I get that ou have nothing meaningful to say beyond some rose-tinted ramblings.
if you're going to accept every word from RB as Gospell written by the hand of God himsel
I do when it's backed by reference to research and information that backs it up, as opposed to senile dementia.
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Mind you compulsory 3rd party insurance isn't a bad idea but it is a licence for insurance companies (foreign owned) to gouge more money out of us all. While boy racers cars would attract high 3rd party premiums, don't imagine for a second that premiums on your urban assualt vehicle would be that low.
Indeed. When I worked in the UK I paid ten times (yes, ten times) for third party cover what I paid in New Zealand for full cover, given a car of similar age and a perfect driving record. Compulsory insurance has its downside.
One nice effect of raising the driving age might be to get young folks used to idea of using public transport. At the moment from the time kids are old enough to party they are old enough to drive to the parties
Ahh yes, the excellent public transport of parts of Wellington, parts of Christchurch and... where else in the country, exactly?
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In Holland the road toll is the same in absolute terms as New Zealand, but it's the size of Canterbury and we have 16 million people.
Which is kind of the important difference.
So when you've banned everyone under 19 from owning a car, will you be transporting them to and from jobs everywhere in the country there isn't public transport? What's your message to kids in rural Taranaki who'd like to go to a movie or enjoy a social life? "Get fucked"?
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Basically, everything is a risk, eggs in one basket - don't place.
Well yes, but we have all our eggs in the property market at the moment.
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Can't find it on radionz audio but I swear I heard Harry Duynhoven on Morning Report calling young people stupid - in the most general way. Not boy racers, not drunk teens; young people.
Way to go, Harry. Youth vote, anyone?Harry's desperate to make sure that the logical progression of "well, if 18 year olds don't need high-powered cars, what about 50-somethings? Do they need Porsches?" doesn't happen. Vested interest an' all.
and there didn't seem to be such carnage back then.
Nobody, if you'd even bothered to read Russell's article before hitting the discuss button you'd notice the 'carnage' was worse 'back then'. Or, like they mayors, do you have a point to make, and you'll be damned if you pay attention to the facts?
The Government isn't assuming the risk. If you choose the wrong Kiwisaver vehicle and it breaks, you lose.
I keep asking this and keep not getting an answer: how is this different from right now?
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It could all be moot if the plan is gutted in 15 months, assuming National can get a governing coalition. This may just become another left/right "lets change it radically everytime we get power" situation like employment or ACC.
What, kind of like last time a Labour government set up a scheme that would stave off the financial concerns around retirement? Yeah, that's kind of a concern. We could live without another round of government welfare for the wealthy.
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But if you do want to retain them, how about bonding schemes, whereby fees are paid, scholarships given in return for a commitment to spend a certain amount of time doing less popular work (GPing?) or in less popular places?
Go even more radical and start marketing our medical training overseas. Free if you spend 5 - 10 years working in NZ. Allow anyone with appropriate entry quals and decent English skills from NZ or overseas to train here.