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The road toll from alcohol-related crashes is falling

by Peter Louisson
May 14, 2025

Heading into Road Safety Week, the Government has said that its strategy on targeting drunk drivers is delivering results. The number of alcohol-related road deaths fell by nearly 40 per cent in 2024, according to government officials. “The Road Policing Investment Programme (RPIP) is seeing some strong results, and we need to keep it up,” says Minister of Transport, Chris Bishop. “Police have really stepped up their road policing efforts in the past year. In 2024, they delivered 4,118,159 passive breath and breath screening tests. That's...

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Turning plastic car bumpers into fence posts and fuel

by Peter Louisson
May 5, 2025

Every year, thousands of damaged car bumpers reach our landfills but soon MTA's plastic2eco initiative will change all that. Roughly 100,000 bumpers end up in landfills every year in New Zealand following crash damage. Collision repairers have sought a solution to this environmental problem for years. Now the MTA has come up with a way to recycle the broken bumpers. Dubbed plastic2eco, bumpers and other plastic waste are shredded and...

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