The remaining 90% of roadside cell-phonists, alleged workers provide a ready pool to be drawn from should any actual workers be off sick or in jail or whatever.
Both Stuff and the NZ Herald ran investigatory features on this cone racket in the weekend.
There are 208 countries in the world. None are covered in cones, so why us? Furthermore, prior to Labour coming into office 5 years ago, this ludicrous situation never existed.
It’s fashionable to malign Muldoon’s name but for those such as me who knew him, we would agree it would never have happened under his watch. The current situation defies common sense and as the detailed Stuff investigation revealed, is simply a highly profitable exercise for both the manufacturers and Fulton Hogan.
While the Prime Minister swans about the world show-boating, it’s a splendid opportunity for David Seymour to announce as part of an incoming government, he’ll seek both an enquiry into how the current disgraceful cone situation arose and act to put a stop to it.
Blaming Health and Safety zealots is not enough. A proper Government would take steps to curb their powers.
It’s fashionable to malign Muldoon’s name but for those such as me who knew him, we would agree it would never have happened under his watch. The current situation defies common sense and as the detailed Stuff investigation revealed, is simply a highly profitable exercise for both the manufacturers and Fulton Hogan.
While the Prime Minister swans about the world show-boating, it’s a splendid opportunity for David Seymour to announce as part of an incoming government, he’ll seek both an enquiry into how the current disgraceful cone situation arose and act to put a stop to it.
Blaming Health and Safety zealots is not enough. A proper Government would take steps to curb their powers.
Sir Bob Jones is a renowned author, columnist , property investor, and former politician, who blogs at No Punches Pulled HERE.
4 comments:
Wont be a problem soon Bob, NZLTA are busy reducing speed limits so we will all be travelling at 50km/hr before too long anyway.
Come across roadworks. There are moving bright coloured machines, a herd of cone shepherds and other onlookers, all in high viz, a myriad bright cones, all demanding and attracting attention. Meanwhile the one critical factor of paramount importance, the stop/go placard, is a mall innocuous plain painted device unchanged from the leisurely 1920s, before diversionary high viz colours were invented. Operated by a presumably promoted senior cone shepherd but undistinguishable from the rest of the herd.
If they didn't have all the road cones, where would the "workers" park their utes while they're using their cellphones?
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