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dogandlemon.com - Latest News [Page 4]
Warrant of Fitness system ‘broken’
Friday, 20 December 2019, 3:06 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
The government must act to rebuild a ‘broken’ Warrant of Fitness system, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
National's road charging proposals "wide open to abuse"
Monday, 16 December 2019, 5:24 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
National’s proposed user-pays scheme for road users will almost inevitably become a state-controlled mass vehicle surveillance system, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Innocent people die because of unsafe roads
Monday, 9 December 2019, 3:27 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
The recent accident near Kaikoura, where two Malaysian children and their parents were killed in a head-on collision with a truck, was easily preventable, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Time to move e-scooters off footpaths
Friday, 29 November 2019, 12:48 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
The decision to ban certain brands of e-scooter doesn’t mean the remaining e-scooters are safe, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Government negligence driving high road toll
Tuesday, 12 November 2019, 2:03 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
The government has utterly failed to take effective action to lower the road toll, says the car review website, dogandlemon.com . More >>
Government to blame for latest bus fatalities
Wednesday, 4 September 2019, 4:25 pm | Dog And Lemon guide
The government has blood on its hands over the latest fatal bus accident, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Bring back the six-monthly Warrant of Fitness
Sunday, 11 August 2019, 4:58 pm | Dog And Lemon guide
The government should bring back six-monthly Warrant of Fitness inspections for the majority of cars and light commercial vehicles, says the car review website dogandlemon.com. More >>
Minister should resign over e-scooter death
Tuesday, 25 June 2019, 11:32 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
Yesterday's e-scooter death was the result of corrupt and reckless mismanagement by the government and the minister of transport should resign, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Banning unsafe cars may not improve safety
Tuesday, 18 June 2019, 8:31 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
Attempts to improve safety by banning the import of older vehicles may actually keep older vehicles on the road longer, says the car review website dogandlemon.com. More >>
Government speed report lacks scientific credibility
Wednesday, 12 June 2019, 8:40 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
The Speed Reference Group Outcomes Report , which supports drastically lower speed limits across the country, is based on highly dubious science, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Government risks voter backlash over lowered speed limits
Sunday, 9 June 2019, 5:17 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
The government is likely to face a significant voter backlash if speed limits are reduced unreasonably, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Alcohol still the worst drug on our roads
Tuesday, 14 May 2019, 9:20 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
The government needs to treat alcohol as the most dangerous recreational drug, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Clarification on driver training
Friday, 3 May 2019, 1:24 pm | Dog And Lemon guide
In a recent press release, we correctly pointed out that advanced driver and rider training (such as teaching drivers skid-control) has a very poor track record when it comes to reducing accidents (drivers tend become overconfident and take more risks). More >>
Advanced driver training will not lower the road toll
Tuesday, 30 April 2019, 10:15 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
Science shows that advanced driver training will not lower the road toll, says the car review website dogandlemon.com More >>
Campaigner blames government after 8 die on road
Monday, 29 April 2019, 1:10 pm | Dog And Lemon Guide
The government has blood on its hands over the latest multiple fatality, says the car review website dogandlemon.com. More >>
Time to get tough on seatbelt use
Tuesday, 2 April 2019, 9:02 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
The police should have the power to impound vehicles where the occupants aren't wearing seatbelts, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Police pursuit report “a cop-out”
Friday, 15 March 2019, 1:31 pm | Dog And Lemon guide
Multiple people will die until police pursuits are restricted, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
The government must regulate e-scooters
Monday, 25 February 2019, 1:35 pm | Dog And Lemon guide
The government needs to urgently regulate the introduction of new technology such as e-scooters, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Time to recall defective Lime scooters
Tuesday, 19 February 2019, 5:22 pm | Dog and Lemon Guide
Lime e-scooters have serious safety defects and should be recalled immediately, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
Exhausted truck drivers major threat to road safety
Tuesday, 22 January 2019, 8:37 am | Dog And Lemon Guide
Truck drivers regularly take terrible risks due to a cutthroat contract system, says the car review website dogandlemon.com . More >>
