WTF! Dylan Thomsen needs to get out more.

‘Deaths on New Zealand roads made up a “staggering” 41.7 per cent of all fatalities across Australasia over the holiday season, despite New Zealand making up only 15.2 per cent of the combined trans-tasman population.
Holiday road toll figures released by the Australia New Zealand Policing Advisory Agency (ANZPAA) yesterday put New Zealand’s holiday toll at 20 – three higher than the official toll here – compared with Australia’s toll of 28.
….The Automobile Association’s Dylan Thomsen described the agency’s figures as “quite staggering”.
He pointed to Australia’s “higher quality roads” and random road-side drug testing in some states as possible contributing factors in the country’s better performance on the roads, but said it was not a fair comparison.
There were “differences in driving culture” that had to be taken into account.
“We have to acknowledge in New Zealand that we drive a lot as a nation, and people often are driving longer distances than in other countries – and over tougher terrain and lower quality roads – so you can’t just look at other countries. It’s not always an apples for apples comparison,” Mr Thomsen said.
He said New Zealand had a “really unique set of circumstances”, especially in rural areas where driving was often the only way for people to get around…’  link

Australia doesn’t have generally “higher quality roads”.  Random road-side drug testing is fairly recent and not widespread.
“We have to acknowledge in New Zealand that we drive a lot as a nation, and people often are driving longer distances than in other countries – and over tougher terrain and lower quality roads..” is utter bullshit. Australians drive at least as much, and for far longer distances, over some very tough terrain indeed and many roads which would make Kiwi drivers blanch. Does he suppose that rural areas in Australia are served by fleets of taxis, trains and buses? He seems to think that all of Australia is something similar to suburban Brisbane.  The Automobile Association has become nothing more than a mouthpiece for government and bureaucratic propaganda……

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7 Responses to WTF! Dylan Thomsen needs to get out more.

  1. Ronbo says:

    The Left, which is running the Western nations at the present time, hates highways/cars/trucks and Australia/New Zealand are no exceptions, and loves mass transit and railroads.

    …and when they close the highways and junk the cars, so that that only railroads, light rail and buses exist, they will no doubt rule that henceforth only wagon trains and horse drawn transport will be acceptable.
    —————————
    Also, just as I predicted, the Tea Party Republicans fail to unseat The Boner in the House. There is already talk of a Boner purge against the TPM GOP who dared to strike against the king.

    I love sudden putsch against the ruling class; however, a coup out of the blue seldom works…To get rid of The Prince it takes months and maybe years of careful planning.

    So all the TPM Republicans did was shoot an angry shot over the bows of the SS RINO this time, but you have to salute the courage of the 28 GOP Congressmen who put their careers on the line to get rid of The Boner. This hasn’t happened since 1923 :!:

    There will another day – 80% of the rank and file of the Republican Party want the The Boner gone :!: :evil:

    • The Gantt Guy says:

      I’d be looking for a LOT of Primaries in 2016, and I’d be watching for grassroots TEA Party organisations to start doing to Boehner and Co what they did to Pelosi in 2010. It’s a long game, not one or two cycles.

      • Ronbo says:

        Great Minds Think Alike :!:

        It’s the long game we Tea Party Republicans have to play. The ruling class RINOs didn’t arrive in a day, so we’ll have pull their bodies out of the Congress a few at a time.

        The good news is that the RINO herd is rapidly aging with no replacements in sight, while the back benches are packed with young Republicans who actually listen to We The People.

        Another thing that has to change is taking crap from the Progressives…The Congressmen need to understand they are at WAR against the Democrats…No negotiations, no compromise, no shaking hands and patting on the back, and active attempts to criminalize Leftist politics.

        They need to understand something else – POLITICS IS EMOTION :!: Stop this crap of acting like accountants briefing management when they talk to the Media. GO FOR THE THROATS OF THE DEMOCRATS IN EMOTIONAL POLEMICS :!:

        ATTACK :!: ATTACK :!: ALWAYS ATTACK :!:

        Let the Democrats defend their record. :evil:

  2. Phil Stephenson says:

    Back in the 80’s I knew a guy from New Zealand and one time he was telling me about driving over there compared to Australia, where people think nothing of a 200 mile drive. He said NZ was so small that if you had to do a 200 mile journey you’d take the car in for a grease and oil change, and prepare for it like it was a major expedition. The article is obviously a load of bollocks.

  3. Flashman says:

    The automobile assoc still retains its “motoring advocate” heritage for branding and marketing positioning purposes: as cynical a piece of corporate PR as you’ll encounter.

    The fact is the aa left all that tosh behind 30-odd years ago when its “core business” moved into financial services. Today it “gets in behind” anything that influences its bottom line (insurance revenue surpluses) and which appeals naturally to the sort of Auckland Gen Y hipsters who couldn’t change a flat tyre if the skin of their moisturized and exfoliated hands depended on it.

    • KG says:

      “Gold Coast woman Tiana Kirby was shocked at the 41-year-old driver’s flagrant disregard for safety and snapped a photo of the car which came to the attention of police after she posted it on Facebook.
      …”We used to do it all the time 30 years ago but it’s pretty dangerous nowadays.”
      …The 18-year-old told the Daily Mail it was “the most ridiculous thing I have seen in my life”.

      That’d be because she’s seen fuck-all in her little PC effing life. :evil:
      These mealy-mouthed, self-righteous fuckers are self-subjugating and they’re taking the rest of us down with them. This snivelling cow would have been right at home as a Stasi informer. Her teachers have done a good job of indoctrinating the contemptible meddling sanctimonius little bitch. :evil: