Everyone involved can be held accountable and there are penalties that can apply. A person is part of the chain of responsibility if their actions, inactions or decisions affect road transport operations. This could include a person who:. Menu Menu. Home Commercial driving Chain of responsibility. The latest figures are only surpassed by the toll of and periods, when there were 19 road deaths during the year-end holiday season. Road policing assistant commissioner Bruce O'Brien descibed the toll as "tragic and disappointing".
The causes of the fatal crashes were familiar, he told Morning Report - drink driving, excessive speeds, failing to wear seatbelts and using phones. Every time drivers got into vehicles they needed to make sure everyone was wearing seatbelts, they put away their cellphones and observed the speed limit, or maybe drove even slower if the conditions demanded it.
A moment's inattention or a bad decision about where someone is going to overtake can have catastrophic consequences," O'Brien said. One of five children injured in a road crash in Matamata last month has died raising the Christmas-New Year road toll to If you are looking for the latest legal information relating current Coronavirus laws in New Zealand, check out our Coronavirus and the Law section.
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