First Class Joan - will do - and many thanks.

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Hi to all who've put their name to the letter to the Minister of Transport Safety David Parker, Just in response to a couple of queiries about the need to include your address. No there's no need to include a physical address at this stage by anyone who put their name on the letter or by anyone who ...

Fantastic Bert - will do. Don't worry, the letter to the Transport Safety Minister is only the first step - I'll pester his office to get a quick reply - because sometimes it can take months. I can pretty well guess the initial tack he's going to take and I'll post it here. Then I'll invite members ...

Hi Bert A politician with a backbone? From my knowledge they became extinct in New Zealand after Michael Joseph Savage if history tells me rightly. If you want to make a difference, you have to be prepared to stand up for yourself these days. So I'd invite you to put your name to my letter to the Tr...

Hi Eric I really liked your account and particularly your description: Newton's Laws of Motion have seldom had a better demonstration! You told it so well I could just see the whole thing as it unfolded, chutney and all! Cheers Mark From ben.nakagawa@gmail.com Fri Apr 27 17:45:43 2007 DomainKey-Sign...

Hi Kate Thanks for making some very good points and thanks for sharing them. What you've said about making it harder to get and keep licences is an especially good - and agree strongly about the tougher driving tests. And you're right about the tourists cutting the corners - it's the same over this ...

Will do John and many thanks

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Sorry Kate But you're wrong about this. The Police told me face to face that the motorcylist was speeding. You have to be able to drive according to the conditions and be able to stop in half the visible distance - regardless of the posted speed limit - or you're termed to be speeding. All my extend...

Hi Eric You're right about the photos making the engine look like a single block casting - and the material which is now featured on the Ryan Falconer website has been changed from which I read early last year. Back then it featured and explained how two V6 engines were welded together and their cra...

Will do Darryl and many thanks.

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Mark

Great stuff Biff. With posted and privately sent e-mails, that brings the tally to six people, after just a single day, willing to place their name on the letter to the Minister of Transport Safety. For those that might have missed it - and now with the correct address - I'll post it again just this...

Hi Eric This is a copy of an e-mail I received almost a year ago from Campbell Aero Classics that I thought you might be interested in - Many different aircraft from Ardmore frequently exercise right over our place here in rural Pukekohe - the Thunder Mustang included which was amazing to watch. The...

Stu, you're right all round.

Do you want to put your name to the letter?

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Mark

Thanks for that Kate - you're right

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Bravo Eric and as the Tui's add would say - good on you mate! On Mike's advice and after triple checking the Transport Ministry's websites, the letter needs to be addressed as follows: The Hon David Parker Minister of Transport Safety (The Safety Transport portfolio falls directly under the Transpor...

Thanks for that info Mike

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Mark

Hi all

Sorry, I've been advised that David Parker is the current Minister of
Transport.

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Hi to all members Re the speeding issue, I've carefully read all the responses - and there's been some very good related points made regarding increased levels of early driver education and the need for the Government to start putting it's fuel and road taxes back into the roads - where they truly b...

Hi Darryl Fair enough mate. Look I'll tell you what - you make a good point about misled facts for the sake revenue gathering - take taxes on small business for example - and that's why I'm still working - still at least half an hours work to go and look at the time. Gazza, you'd make a very good ad...

Hi Darryl I'm up late tonight still working and burning the midnight oil - as you often do when you're a small business owner - so have spotted your message. Look mate, honestly and without any offence intended, if you find the truth offensive, then you're obviously doing something wrong. Cheers all...

Biff The bottom line is this - I've been referring to one simple law - just one. Keep within the speed limit on public roads for reasons of safety - so why all the political detail? I'm not a self righteous soapboxer - very, very far from it mate. But I'll speak my mind with fear nor favour when imp...

Agreed, speeding doesn't necessarily mean that you will have an accident,
but it does increase the chances.

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Mark

Hi Darryl You've broken my cover. It's George W replying. After what happened to that unfortunate motorcyclist just up the road from me, I'm all for enforcing the speed limit because I firmly believe it will help save lives. Nothing's spoon fed to me - I make up my own mind based on facts and what I...

Hi Darryl Yes I agree with your road death ratios, but speed certainly does add significantly to the annual list of fatalities. Check out the following link: http://www.transport.govt.nz/business/land/research/speed.php#facts Fortunately not everybody copies what they see on films and TV, but an inc...

Hi Dave I hear what you're saying, but I'm sticking to my guns on this one. If you want to drive fast, take it to the track - that's the message. High speed on public roads, glamorised by movies such as "The Fast & The Furious" and some items featured on regular TV shows like "Top Gear" is just not ...