Nothing comes of nothing

22.05.12

By Lucinda Rees

If we want something to happen then we need to be proactive in making it happen. I simply want the Government to introduce a law that slows traffic outside schools and would like to see a National School Speed Limit of 40km/h or less. Children are being maimed and killed near schools, because there is no National School Zone Speed Limit. Some schools have 20km/h whilst others in rural areas have speed limits of up to 100km/h! Something needs to be done and consistent speed limits outside schools throughout the country are the key.

For the last three years I was in contact with our former Transport Minister, Steven Joyce about this, but he wasn't going to be the one to change that tiny area of our Roading system for children. He had many excuses, none of them of relevance to the life of a child, leaving the roads outside schools incredibly dangerous places for children. In January I sent a letter to Gerry Brownlee our new Transport Minister, putting my case, but I have had no reply. I am not surprised as he has his hands full dealing with earthquake problems. Meanwhile the clock is ticking?.. It will take some horrible accident for this issue to raise its public head again and that is exactly what I and many others want to avoid.

Source: Voxy