Fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week 8-14 May 2017
Posted on 23 March 2017
This years Road Safety Week will focus on ‘Speed Management’ and what can be done to address this key risk factor.
This News & Events section has been included to help inform and share information from our road safety partners about current issues and campaigns that might be of interest.
"Nearly 80% of New Zealanders agree that compulsory breath testing enforcement helps lower the road toll"
"Driving 5km/h above the speed limit in a 60km/h zone has the same level of casualty risk as driving at the New Zealand drink-driving limit (blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 50 mg/100 ml)."
"On average, one person dies every day on NZ Roads"
"'Drink and drive, the Police will show you some new bars'"
"'The driver is safer when the roads are dry; the roads are safer when the driver is dry' "