From NZ Herald: Well, it’s about time. An international body, the International Transport Forum (ITF) has agreed with what I’ve been banging on about for years – Kiwis are crap drivers. In fact we’re worse than that, we’re downright dangerous and a menace to anyone who shares the road with us. The ITF report states New Zealand has the seventh-highest ratio of deaths per billion vehicle kilometres travelled and is the ninth highest in deaths per capita. That puts us up there with Cambodia, Malaysia, South Korea, the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Lithuania. All countries where most of the time you don’t need a license to drive. Everyday driving around Auckland is like an episode of some Police Motorway Patrol TV series. Little wonder NZ’s roads are amongst the most dangerous in the World. It would help if the Police were not fixated on easy Speeding and Drink driver offenders. I suggest big fines for careless driving to perk the interest of the Police.