Another zero for the Government

Radio NZ report:

Not a single warning sign has been installed near fixed speed cameras, three and a half years since the policy was first announced.

In November 2019, then-associate transport minister Julie Anne Genter said a new ‘no surprises’ approach to safety cameras would introduce warning signs in high-risk areas.

It was announced alongside a suite of programmes to tackle unsafe speeds, including reducing speed limits around schools, rolling out more cameras on unsafe roads, and streamlining the process for communities and local authorities to determine the appropriate speed limits for their regions.

While progress has been made on those other issues, it appears the warning sign rollout has not even begun.

Last month, in a Written Parliamentary Question to then-police minister Stuart Nash, National’s transport spokesperson Simeon Brown asked how many fixed speed cameras had been signposted with warning signs each year, for the past five years.

Nash responded: “I am advised that police has not signposted any fixed safe speed cameras with warning signs in the past five years.”

The only skill this Government seems to have is with announcements. When it comes to actual implementation, they once again score a zero.