Re: Pedestrians give way to cars

[patrick_dunford@caverock.net (Patrick Dunford)]

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Behold, on Wed, 14 Apr 1999 14:57:19 +1200 in
misc.transport.rail.australia-nz:<3714040F.856@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz>, David
McLoughlin (davemcl@REMOVEiprolink.co.nz) didst uttereth:

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>I will ALWAYS stop for pedestrians on crossings but I seem to be some
>kind of oddball here.

nothing really surprises me in this country...or indeed in this city...

I have here a recent clipping from the Press saying Christchurch motorists
have the worst record in NZ for running red lights and crashing at
intersections...

Last year a police campaign resulted in more than 500 offence notices being
issued, *just for inner-city intersections* (a building I used to work in was
on the corner of Madras and Armagh streets, there were a number of collisions
at that intersection in the two or three years I worked there)

...police reckoned some motorists were driving at 80 km/h when they drove
through red lights...


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Patrick Dunford, Christchurch, NZ
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