Labour MP Iain Lees-Galloway’s bill has been drawn from the parliamentary lottery, proposing measures to make New Zealand roads safe. The measures include: a nil tolerance alcohol policy for driving; that roll-cages be mandatory on the outside of cars; that all car occupants must wear crash helmets; and all babies travelling in cars must be swaddled in cotton wool.
According to Mr Lees-Galloway, scientific studies have shown that these measures would prevent over 90% of road deaths. A further study has shown that if no cars were allowed on our roads on any particular day, then there would be no road deaths on that particular day, however, Labour Leader David Cunliffe has asked him not to include this provision in his bill because it might scare voters.
When it was put to Mr Lees-Galloway that poor people would not be able to afford the vehicle modifications, he replied that was part of Labour Party planning, because, quote: ‘poor people were the problem as regards the fatalities statistics on our roads, given poor people were poor by definition because they were like children and too stupid to make adult decisions regarding their lives, such as driving cars. It's better if they aren't on the road.’ End quote.
On the same day that Mr Iain Lees-Galloway’s bill was drawn from the parliamentary lottery, Labour MP Maryan Street’s private member euthanasia bill was withdrawn by her for fear Labour Party policy and her bill may prove a lethal cocktail. Ms Street stated that pulling her bill on the change of party leadership was coincidental: she remains adamant David Cunliffe had not pressured her to pull the bill in election year so as not to frighten voters, she rescinded her earlier conviction and principles only because she thought Labour voters who, to quote her, ‘are like children, would not have the wherewithal to understand such a debate. She had come to realise people could not be trusted to use such a basic right responsibly, they would just have to continue dying in pain and indignity.’ End quote.
Meanwhile David Cunliffe plans to release Labour’s economic platform next week. To be called the Grand Plan, sources close to the party leadership say it’s a grand, grand plan that will Sovietfy our economy and force equality down on the people. Policy will be released onto iTunes in a series of rap tunes from Tuesday.
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The government should take cyclists off the road. Before I do.
ReplyDeleteI don't get the connection Richard?
DeleteI think cyclists have the same right to use a road as I do. I treat them patiently, waiting for a wide berth to pass.