Want to create an interactive transcript for this episode?
Podcast: The Front Page
Episode: What needs to be done to lower our road toll?
Description: For decades, New Zealand’s persistently high road toll has been a worry for successive governments. 340 people died on our roads in 2023, down from the previous, but still far too high. 2024 is hardly looking any better – there was more than a day a death in January, the Easter road toll was at its highest in three years, while a recent head-on collision left five dead near Hamilton. It’s an issue that is now on the coalition government to address – so what options are available to them to rectify this issue? Today on...