Safety improvements in $22.5 million package welcomedJOHN BISSET/STUFF Chequered Flag owners Cor and Helen Bot have seen lots of accidents and near misses at the State Highway 1 and State Highway 79 intersection. The work, at State Highway One's (SH1) intersection with State Highway 79 (SH79) near Rangitata, was announced as part of a $22.5 million government roll out to improve national road safety. JOHN BISSET/STUFF Chequered Flag owners Cor and Helen Bot have seen lots of accidents and near misses at the State Highway 1 and State Highway 79 intersection. READ MORE:* Government announces road safety measures ahead of Christmas* What's happening with the road toll and how will the Government fix it? Reducing speed was not the only area that would improve road safety it was also about driver behaviour, he said.

Source: Stuff December 18, 2017 03:28 UTC