United Future Policy Statement

Road Safety

United Future will:

• Balance the current focus on speed control with an emphasis on policing basic driving offences to target the worst drivers before they cause accidents.
• Reassess open road speed limits for their appropriateness to the condition of the road, environment, and traffic patterns.
• Allow police to test drivers for drug use in the same way that they presently test for alcohol use.
• Make it a traffic infringement to use a hand-held mobile phone while driving.
• Institute a zero blood alcohol level for all drivers under the age of 25
• Compulsory testing for drugs of drivers involved in accidents causing injury.
• Legislate for compulsory third party insurance, conditional on the issue of a warrant of fitness.
• Toughen penalties for driving while disqualified or without a licence, alcohol or drug-impaired driving, and driving at excessive speeds.
• Implement driver education in schools
• Promote the use of technology to generate a rapid response to accident investigations, to help minimise congestion.

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