The Government should review its police pursuit policy and consider the merits of an outright ban, the Automobile Association says. Banning pursuits was "something we should look at and see how it is working in other conditions". Dogandlemon.com editor Clive Matthew-Wilson is also pushing for a ban on pursuits, except where life was in danger. "What I'm suggesting is that the police back away from pursuits of the type that just resulted in a multiple fatality. The review followed a spate of pursuit crashes and deaths last year.

Source: Otago Daily Times March 11, 2018 18:33 UTC