Ripple Effect

We talk a lot about the ripple effect on the programme and here are two articles that exemplify this tragic consequences of a serious crash.“I’ve more metal in my leg…” and the harrowing account of not being able to forget the images

Two dead in Waikato Waitangi weekend

The news isn’t good for the start of the Waitangi weekend with a tragic crash near Lake Karapiro. The serious crash has closed the highway and obviously apart from the tragedy the ripple effect of having a major highway corridor closed on a holiday weekend will be huge.

Waiuku tragedy

The tragedy is that in January there were 3o deaths on New Zealand roads and already here is another tragedy with one dead ,two seriously injured

Manukau fatal

nearly one a day being killed on NZ roads so far this year:-http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=11790790