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Yay – some balance

February 28th, 2005 at 11:32 am by David Farrar

The NZ Herald puts some balance back into the cellphone in car debate by reporting that passengers, adjusting controls and radio/cd players are recorded as being a factor in more crashes than cellphones.

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  1. More on cellphone ban in cars
  2. AA demands cell phone ban
  3. Harry being sensible – again!
  4. The handheld cellphone in car ban
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7 Responses to “Yay – some balance”

  1. Nick Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 11:51 am

    However, I always know if I am following a car whose driver is using a cell phone – evn if I can’t see the cell phone. Saying that, in many cases where suspect driver skills are being displayed, one can also tell the nationality of the driver. Can’t ban them!

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  2. bushy Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 12:07 pm

    Let’s go with the greens on this one and just ban cars!

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  3. gardy Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 5:26 pm

    Is that the 2 wrongs make a right theory David!

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  4. David Farrar Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 6:24 pm

    It is about consistency of approach, and also about looking at benefits and costs.

    If lowering the road toll was the *only* factor, then we would simply require all cars to be given speed limiters so they can not drive at over 30 km/hr.

    Why do we not do this? Because it would impose a huge financial and other costs on motorists. We would spend half our lives in cars.

    Likewise for banning radios in cars. There would not be a financial cost, but it would lower the quality of life for millions of NZers who like to listen to the radio while driving.

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  5. Antarctic Lemur Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 6:53 pm

    My present car doesn’t have a radio and I admit I feel far more aware of my surroundings when driving long distance.

    Answering the cellphone drops my awareness to a narrow range out in front of the car.

    Did anyone else see something about the petrol tax being raised again? I only caught the last half of One News.

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  6. Michael Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 7:35 pm

    Yep, another 5c a litre to pay for roading projects. The last one was for ACC, previous to that it was roading projects again.

    I think they’ve made a political mistake – oil just went up $10 a barrel this week so we can expect several price increases in Feb, then the govt tax increase. God help us if the dollar retreats.

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  7. Antarctic Lemur Says:
    February 28th, 2005 at 11:57 pm

    Tax is definitely a big issue for this years election. Fricken hell they have unbelievable tax growth anyway, yet they still levy another increase.

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