Comments on: Raising age a simplistic approach to road safety

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 21:26:12 +0000

im in with rickis response

By: ricki

ricki — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 10:28:56 +0000

I’m 14 going on 15 in August and it has been one of the top things on my mind to get my learners licence, until i heard about the new law coming in. I’m stressing about ‘getting in on time’ because if i have to wait till im 16, my school exams will get in the way of my study quite a bit. This is the perfect time to get the learners licence for most people and there needs to be a solution for the trouble makers, strict consequences. everyone else should happily live their dreams not have them crushed.

By: Zakuro

Zakuro — Mon, 27 Oct 2008 04:47:54 +0000

The main problem is that younger drivers don’t have experience in driving fast,so they generally get over-confident thinking they can handle it when they might not be able to… I don’t think raising the age will do any good it will only make things inconvenient.

By: Quinta

Quinta — Fri, 24 Oct 2008 13:32:25 +0000

Good post.

By: Nobody

Nobody — Sat, 27 Sep 2008 23:04:58 +0000

I agree with you. It seems that a lot of adults were in most accidents than teens. Also I noticed that teens are way more mature than adults. For instance, my dad was driving on a empty road from one state to another. He was caught and ended up with a speeding ticket. However he switched with my sister who was 16 going on 17. She took us back home without a speeding ticket.

By: unnamed

unnamed — Sat, 24 May 2008 07:44:16 +0000

I believe the system is fine and fair and the whole country should not adjust to a couple of thousand who are misusing roads

By: anonymys

anonymys — Wed, 14 May 2008 22:46:34 +0000

None of these polls are very fair as they do not share the opinins of the youth just adults. I believe that the driving age should not be raised they should simply make it harder to get a liscence and raise the drinking age. They should also make courses such as defensive driving courses compulsary and punishment become harsher.

By: Elizabeth Wills

Elizabeth Wills — Mon, 17 Dec 2007 05:38:08 +0000

I am severely disappointed that Napier City Council would back the Port Of Napier and take the protestors off the land, I have witnessed the walkers and riders being severely disadvantaged because of this. The protestors were not in their way. Napier City Council barriers and plastic tape has hampered them. Port Of Napier is employing a company based in Tauranga, already they have brought in workers from out of the region. You take the jobs off Napier people and money does NOT come back in. YOU put these people at risk of losing their mortgages, their livelihoods. I WILL NOT BE VOTING FOR YOU IN THE NEXT ROUND AND NOR WILL MY COMRADES. WE are the workers, WE are the people that keep this town alive. NOT the random injections of money that you get from visitors. WE PAY OUR RATES, WE PAY OUR BILLS WE ARE PROUD OF NAPIER. WE have received so much support from the community. MAYOR ARNOTT why don’t you show your face at the picket line?? Can you answer me that?? Why did Napier City Council put up barriers, you own most of the Port Of Napier, support us or be warned. WE WILL NOT SUPPORT YOU AND YOUR COUNCIL.