Road Torque News

The government has stirred up yet another whirlwind debate in recent weeks, what to do about road safety, and as always speed, maintenance and trucks are at the epicentre.

The debate really kicked off after the International Transport Forum recommended that the speed limit on some of New Zealand's roads be reduced to 30km/h in built up areas and 70km/h on open roads without median barriers.

Ken Shirley, CEO of the Road Transport Forum, told RNZ, "I think 30 km/h is slow, the frustrations that would go with that...