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Diplomatic Immunity - Breath and Drug Tests
Tuesday, 11 May 2010, 2:39 pm | Candor Trust
The Candor Trust questions whether Police crash investigations, like that of Sione Lauaki in relation to a recent careless driving crash, are being conducted or corrupted. When people with offending backgrounds crash at 4.30am a frequent factor is that ... More >>
Round Up On Pot Digs Innocent's Plots
Saturday, 1 May 2010, 11:32 am | Candor Trust
Candor members support the ethos of J-day, insofar as it highlights the mounting body count of unseenly prohibition hi-jinks by Police, which includes 100 yearly drug driver caused deaths (half innocent road users). More >>
Road Safety Charity Honk-a-Thon
Monday, 19 April 2010, 8:59 am | Candor Trust
August the 17th has been selected by Candor Trustees as the date for NZ's inaugural Road Trauma Remembrance Day, for it was on this date the first recorded road fatality in the world eventuated. The driver was distracted by a woman passenger whom he sought ... More >>
Roll Road Safety Bosses' Heads
Thursday, 8 April 2010, 4:28 pm | Candor Trust
New Zealand has a problem of wilful road safety mismanagement that is centered in the National Road Safety Committee. It's results flowing from hidden entrenched policy bombs amount to a campaign of domestic terrorism. More >>
Police Chase Rethink Praised
Thursday, 1 April 2010, 4:54 pm | Candor Trust
The wise choice of Waikato Police to attenuate Police chase activities in lieu of recent tragedies, yet still some time on from the delivery Justice Goddards Police chase report, is lauded by the Candor Trust. More >>
State of road safety emergency ignored
Tuesday, 23 March 2010, 4:46 pm | Candor Trust
The alleged unlicensed drug driver and P user, whose lunatic driving led to other motorists boxing her in on the Johnsonville off ramp, was unsurprisingly undeterred by the ultra low drug driving enforcement level. More >>
Joyces Drink Drive Study Idiotic
Friday, 5 March 2010, 4:27 pm | Candor Trust
A study to gauge the number of people crashing at 0.05-0.08 is as useful as one assessing the numbers who crash while wearing lacey pink knickers, because to know if harm is resulting due to pink knickers you need to know two things. How many drivers who ... More >>
Zero youth alcohol limit needs cautious approach
Monday, 1 March 2010, 11:40 am | Candor Trust
Reducing the BAC for young drivers from 30/100ml to zero would save at least one life annually (Breen report for Transport Ministry)so it is with reservations Candor approves the targeting of large resources to a symbolic new limit. The Government ... More >>
Law Commission Drug Harm Dodgers
Friday, 12 February 2010, 5:15 pm | Candor Trust
The Law Commission Report about issues arising from the existence of a dated drug control act makes a major error in equating social harm with dependent users, and provides flawed harm information as a result of the emphasis on legal frameworks. ... More >>
NZTA's Cheek in Promoting Bikewise
Monday, 1 February 2010, 1:28 pm | Candor Trust
NZTA's support of Bikewise Month, under the premise that "cycling is better for ones health", is questioned by the Candor Trust. Mr Knackstedt says Bike Month also has a message for motorists which is to "respect bikers' rights to be on the road", ... More >>
Police must stop playing dumb
Sunday, 3 January 2010, 6:34 pm | Candor Trust
Candor Trust disputes NZ Police absurd claim that they have "no idea how big the drug-driving problem is" in New Zealand. More >>
Road Safety Trust Robbers Candor Trust
Monday, 14 December 2009, 11:26 am | Candor Trust
The Road Safety Trust has been deliberately trying to squeeze the Community sector out of road safety for several years for two main reasons say the thrice denied (funds) Candor Trust. More >>
Police efforts up toll - shame
Monday, 7 December 2009, 12:55 pm | Candor Trust
The annual road killing count is now more than 10% up, at 394 versus 360 at the same time last year, this comes atop the Accident Compensation road injury liabilities rising from 1 Billion in 2001 to nearly 7 Billion, midst a sickening non stop crash ... More >>
Candor Trust: Free Up Victim Statements
Friday, 13 November 2009, 4:02 pm | Candor Trust
Road Killers victims are also aggrieved by Victim Statement censorship in the manner by which it occurs. It too often occurs with a motive to protect the Justice system from well warranted criticism, and to prevent defense team lies which enhance offender ... More >>
Candor Backs Call For Higher Alcohol Taxes
Friday, 13 November 2009, 2:55 pm | Candor Trust
The Campaign Against Drugs on Roads gives full backing to today's calls for raised alcohol taxes. The Salvation Army is correct to assert that a price hike of significance would forcibly reduce the harm to a notable degree. More >>
Insert ticket levies for autocide compo
Thursday, 22 October 2009, 9:38 am | Candor Trust
The passing of the Sentencing (Offender Levy) Act is historic say Candor, as no prior legislation has enforcibly reduced the trauma crime victims inherit. But it will all be window-dressing; unless thought is given to boosting offender levies, so that ... More >>
Victim package snubs largest homicide family
Friday, 16 October 2009, 1:12 pm | Candor Trust
Candor Truat warns that no-one should be too excited by a hurtful new support package which snubs the majority of homicide victims. While the package National just unveiled is a step in the right direction, and addresses much of the obvious pain and suffering ... More >>
Don't chase the baby-face
Wednesday, 14 October 2009, 11:49 am | Candor Trust
The Candor Trust is pleased that the Independent Police Complaints Authority has identified the key problems with NZ Police chase culture, which Candor initially identified as contributing to the jeopardisation of Public Safety. There is a reason ... More >>
Orange on Safer Journeys Submissions
Wednesday, 16 September 2009, 11:12 am | Candor Trust
Candor Trust joins in wide dissatisfaction with the Government’s stale 2020 plan proposals, due to it’s dishonest emphasis on anticipated life savings from speed interventions and lower alcohol limits. Projected life savings figures, within the ... More >>
Police pot-scapades push toll up Candor Trust
Monday, 14 September 2009, 3:24 pm | Candor Trust
Candor Trust can not condone the insanely fruitless deployment of NZ Police on dangerous cannabis collection duties. Police have just announced they have destroyed a record 141,000 plants. Stinkers with the potential to cause community harm worth $379 million, ... More >>
