Wednesday, November 25, 2009

Road Safety / School Bus Safety - Summary of Submissions on Safer Journeys 2020 released

Click the Title above to link to the summary of 1500 submissions received by the Ministry of Transport on its Safer Journeys 2020 document.
Rural issues include:  Page 24 comments on the question of whether there should be an exemption for rural youth if the driving age were raised; Page 28 creating more speed zones on high risk rural roads; Page 37/38 Supporting the roll out of strongly enforced variable speed limits around schools and address the issue of rural school bus safety; Investigate options to improve safety around rural schools and school buses.  -  The RWNZ concerns are specifically mentioned in regards to the latter.

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  1. Rural Women New Zealand is showing extraordinary leadership in the issue of speed past school buses and the need for active signage stating the speed limit.

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