National to spend at least $30m to reverse speed limit changes if elected - eviltoast
Simeon Brown says "economic impacts" need to "count" alongside safety.

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.

That’s all there is to it.

  • Ilovethebomb@lemmy.nz
    21·
    1 year ago

    The chart that Dave posted is pretty inconclusive, in my view. It don’t think you can compare this to seatbelts, the evidence for seatbelts working is overwhelming.

    • Gazumi@lemmy.world
      2·
      1 year ago

      A chart summarises the data. The outcry against seatbelts at the time was similar to the antivax arguments, which are based upon views rather than just data.

      • Dave@lemmy.nzM
        4·
        1 year ago

        I have to agree the chart is inconclusive. COVID messes up the later years which also happen to be the ones after road to zero started.

        I think National claiming it isn’t working is a bit ridiculous though, like investing in shares, seeing the price drop in one year, then deciding investing doesn’t work.