2 Aug 2024

Govt plan to increase speed limits will increase deaths - expert

From Checkpoint, 5:08 pm on 2 August 2024

An expert in trauma is sounding the alarm over the government's plan to increase speed limit - saying it will drive up deaths and injuries. In March, Transport Minister Simeon Brown announced he was following through with an election promise to roll back the previous Labour government's blanket speed reductions on state highways and urban roads. Dr Chris Wakeman speaks to Susana Lei'ataua.