Other factors to serious crashes than just speed
REGARDING ‘‘Speedsters you’ve been warned‘‘ (ODT, 27.8.22), the same day on TV news China was testing driverless cars.
Why? Because of too many accidents, and the reason was that
75% were caused by driver inattention, not speed.
Tony Vink and Freya Smith (Letters, 5.9.22) both point out some very wellknown truths.
However, it seems the transport department has run out of money again. So Inspector Ure needs more easy money — catch all the motorists. Get real!
Speed alone does not kill people.
It’s drivers who don’t know their car
Health Dept praises Peter Buck
“We understand the Maori, and he understands us.” “In these words,” says the report, “Dr Te Rangihiroa (Dr Buck) represents the results of his excellent work among his compatriots.‘‘Under the Health Act of 1920, Dr Te Rangihiroa has been able to arrange that the councils controlling the Maori health districts should be administered through the department. By these means a great work has been accomplished in the interests of the health of our Maori countrymen. Excellent work has also been done under the direction of Dr Te Rangihiroa as regards antityphoid inoculation of the natives as compared with a few years ago. The Maoris are, as Dr Te Rangihiroa says, generally speaking, amenable to prophylactic treatment, except where they come under the influence of the ignorant Pakeha. It is also a triumph to Dr Te Rangihiroa and his predecessor, Sir Maui Pomare, whom and ability to assess conditions at the time.
And there’s not paying attention to the road conditions, which are poor in New Zealand, potholes everywhere, wrong cambers on roads, wrong speed signs to keep traffic flows moving smoothly.
Not to forget trafficlight systems not coordinated for intersections (not manned by operators to reset them when traffic banks up) and not enough overhead bypasses in vulnerable areas for smooth traffic flow.
And too many trucks on the road at the same time causing congestion, as well as roadworks all going on at the same time and not informing traffic
his Majesty has been pleased to honour, that owing to their example and advice the general health of the Maori has been so improved that an increase of 5 percent is recorded in the population returns, and the fact that during recent large gatherings, or huis, where some thousands congregated together, not the slightest fault could be found with the sanitary arrangements.”
No new nurses needed
It is stated in the Health Department’s report that 73 nurses from overseas have been registered, their certificates from their training schools still being accepted as the state registers of England and Wales, Scotland and Ireland, have not yet been published. In future it will be advisable to require from all applicants from countries where a nurses’ registration law is in force proof that they have been registered in the country from which they come. — ODT, 16.9.1922 far enough ahead to change lanes.
Ben Pearse
St Clair
Critical issue for election
IN 50 years of voting, the proposed Government grab of our Three Waters is by far the most critical issue needing urgent response from the public.
Those Dunedin City councillors, together with Mayor Aaron Hawkins who in particular enabled the revote which supported the move, must be voted out and common sense restored. Dave Crooks
St Clair