Plea to raise driving age to stop 15-year-olds killing
Article in The Press, Friday 17th October 2008
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Following my interview on Radio NZ on 23 Oct 2008 about compulsory helmet wearing legislation, I got contacted by a few cyclists expressing concerns about me campaigning against helmets.
For clarification, I had an interview of about 10 minutes with the reporter. When you then translate that into one sentences that gets broadcast, naturally the message gets somewhat truncated.
Here's a transcript of what did get broadcast:
"So what the minister is basically referring to is that the moment that the compulsorary helmet wearing legislation was introduced, it is...
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Hi Squeaky Wheelers,
Wally has proposed the idea of dedicating South Canterbury's first Critical Mass ride on October 31st (5.30pm - meet at Piazza!) to the memory of Alice Baker, who was killed when hit by a car along the Pleasant Point Highway on Sunday.
Is there any other feedback on this idea? It would mean we would also ride the Hilton Highway, another difficult stretch for cyclists.
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Dear CAN Wellington,
We hope this production of HEAT will be of interest to you and your
members.
Please let me know if you need any other information.
$5 TICKETS FOR HEAT – Just get on your bike!
HEAT has one special seat to experience the show every night! As the
production is run entirely off the power grid – using solar, wind and
renewable energy means, we’re inviting one audience member to create
their own power – watching the show on a monitor in the foyer powered by
an exercycle! Please note the show is 100 mins long...
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NZTA Wellington office tel 04 894 5200
Hutt City Council
General Contact Information
Postal: Street Address: Phone: 04-570 6666
Hutt City Council 30 Laings Road Fax: 04-569 4290
Private Bag 31912
Lower Hutt 5040
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Expert says NZ should aim for zero road toll
More than 400 people are killed on the roads every year in New Zealand, but a visiting Swedish traffic safety expert says we should be much more ambitious in our policies and aim for zero road deaths. Professor Claes Tingvall is the controversial keynote speaker at a seminar at the University of Otago, Wellington this week and has been invited to enhance discussion of road safety in this country.
http://www.scoop.co.nz/stories/ED0810/S00098.htm
I attended this presentation today.
Some of it is drawn from...
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FREE workshops on how to commute
Discover how easy it is to commute to work by bike and get your summer off to a great start. Learn everything you need to know about commuting to work or school with practical demonstrations about all the gear from Cycle Aware Wellington.
Thursday 13 November, 12-1pm
Monday 17 November, 5-6pm
Wednesday 26 November, 12-1pm
Thursday 4 December, 5-6pm
Meet: Wellington City Council, Wakefield St, Committee Room Two (ground floor) Just turn up, there is no need to book.
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Cyclist death shows need for safer infrastructure and motorist education
After the tragic death on Pleasant Point Highway of a young cyclist out training the local cycling advocates group, Squeaky Wheel South Canterbury is calling for urgent improvements in roading design and motorist education.
Squeaky Wheel spokesperson, Jon Harris says that the death of this outstanding young member of our community shows that rapid progress must be made towards making our roads safer for cyclists.
Alice Baker was out training on her cycle when she was...
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"Protagonists on both sides of the bitterly-disputed Lovelock Ave debate have returned to their corners, and now await the judges' decision.
A resource consent hearing into the issue - reconvened following two days of hearings earlier this month - was adjourned yesterday, after a right of reply from Dunedin City Council planner Darryl Sycamore, and closing submissions from council counsel Michael Garbett.
Commissioners Roger Tasker and Allan Cubitt and city councillor Colin Weatherall plan to undertake a site visit and, barring calls for more evidence, should then consider the...
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This is a link to an article in the Timaru Herald today:
http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4733925a6010.html
Many of us in the district will have had contact with the Bakers. This is of course very tragic and sad as always in such a case. I'm contacting you
to seek your feedback with a view to Squeaky Wheel making some kind of media
statement. This case relates to a bit of a 'pet topic' of mine, the Pleasant
Point highway, (being the highway I use all the time), that has oodles of
room along most of its length for an off-road cycle-walkway, or at least for
a...
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9:08AM Tuesday Oct 21, 2008
Police are appealing for witnesses to a crash which left a south Canterbury cyclist on a training ride dead at the weekend.
Alice Swainson Baker, 24, a laboratory technician, of Rosewill Valley, northwest of Timaru, was among five people killed on New Zealand roads over the weekend.
http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10538611&r...
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Here's a bunch of biking events in November and December coordinated by WCC.
Cycle into Summer is back
Kick-start your summer by discovering the fun and freedom of cycling!
We have lots of workshops, events and courses to get you and your
friends and family on bikes and having a blast. Even if you don't have
a bike you can borrow one for some of our events. Sharpen your skills
in mountain biking or road riding or learn the art of commuting to
work. Learn to keep your ride in top shape at our maintenance...
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"Hundreds of cyclists, walkers and roller-bladers took advantage of a sunny spring day to welcome the opening of the extension of the harbourside cycleway-walkway to Maia, on the harbour's edge in Dunedin yesterday.
Harbour Cycle Network co-ordinator Steve Walker said he had cycled the 1.3km extension from Maia to the Ravensbourne Yacht Club and said it reinforced his views the cycle-way was "one of the most beautiful in the world".
The extension, which cost about $350,000 and was funded from a national pool for such projects, was started in May and finished recently.
It...
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Contents in this issue are: 01: New Director for the Office for the Community & Voluntary Sector. 02: Assessment of government responsiveness underway. 03: International authority Steven Rathgeb-Smith shares relationship insights in NZ. 04: ‘Living’ document lists examples of NZ efforts to build better government engagement. 05: November date for next Good Practice in Action seminar. 06: Glenda McCallum makes the change to ChangeMakers. 07: Keeping it Legal online, but out of print. 08: OCVS Analyst notes similarities &...
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Bike Wise 2008 went off!! Congratulations to everyone who took part in Bike Wise activities during 2008 – we hope you had an enjoyable experience and are still out there on your bike!
Bike Wise is a nationally coordinated event that promotes safety and biking as a sustainable, fun, healthy and enjoyable means of transport. Bike Wise is funded by the NZ Transport Agency and the Ministry of Health.
Bike Wise would like to thank all the event coordinators, schools, workplaces and community groups that ran events. Well done and thank you for all your efforts in making Bike Wise a...
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VACANCY - CAN Technical Advisor
A position exists within the CAN volunteer group for someone interested in assisting in providing technical (traffic engineering and transportation planning) leadership and advice for CAN.
Having access to up-to-date and accurate technical information is important for CAN's advocacy. It helps to give our submissions and meetings credibility and influence. The Technical Advisor helps to provide this information.
Are you interested in all or part of the following?
Advising CAN on technical issues related to the design and funding...