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.

  • @DaveMA
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    29 months 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
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      49 months 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.

      • @deadbeef79000OP
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        29 months 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.

        • @DaveMA
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          39 months ago

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

          • @deadbeef79000OP
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            29 months ago

            Sorry, registration not WoF.

            Yeah, the child seat one was a real surprise.

            • @DaveMA
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              19 months 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.

              • @deadbeef79000OP
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                29 months 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.

                • @DaveMA
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                  29 months 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.

                  • @deadbeef79000OP
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                    29 months ago

                    family all live a long way away

                    Thats me and my spouse’s excuse for not visiting my in-laws. They are genuinely unpleasant to be around for any length of time: so we don’t.

          • @evanuggetpi
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            29 months ago

            I’ve had both (in the far north).