Guy Nathan: Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill — Second Reading 
Guy Nathan: Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill — Second Reading 
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Hon NATHAN GUY (Associate Minister of Transport) 
: 
 We have just heard a whole lot of mumble-jumble from Darien Fenton the previous speaker. I am not sure whether she is aware that there is no illegal street racing going on with buses in Auckland. I was in Auckland on the weekend and I did not see any. We have just heard the member say that the Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Bill is bad lawmaking but we know from her that the Labour Opposition is supporting it. How can it be bad lawmaking when the previous speaker sat through all of the submissions and as the chairperson of the Transport and Industrial Relations Committee David Bennett has just told me never said that this bill was bad law? I think the member needs to take stock of the speech she has just given and get up to speed with a whole lot of the facts. 
The member also went on about road safety which is a real focus of this Government. The Minister of Transport the Hon Steven Joyce put out the Safer Journeys discussion document and we are looking forward to feedback from all of New Zealand by the end of the year. That is very important. What is also important is that 137 serious crashes or deaths have resulted from 15 to 24-year-olds being involved in this type of activity. When we think about the social costs of those accidents injuries or deaths it is huge. It is very important— 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: From cruising? You’re talking about the next bill. 
Hon NATHAN GUY 
: No I am not. 
Hon Lianne Dalziel 
: Yes you are. 
Hon NATHAN GUY 
: No I am talking about— 
Hon Gerry Brownlee 
: They’re not listening. That’s why they’re not in Government. 
Hon NATHAN GUY 
: That is right; that member over there is still cruising around in Opposition. She has not quite worked it out yet. When we think about it the illegal street racing and disorder occur on the weekends. We have serious concerns that the police are out chasing those young hooligans around. They are not necessarily boy racers; they may be girl racers as well. We have to ask why this is occurring up and down the country. One particular hotspot is Christchurch and it was good to see the select committee down there. It had a hearing in Christchurch and heard from people who are directly affected in the communities where those people are out hooning up and down their streets in these noisy cars. Noise was an issue that came up and it was good to hear the Minister talk about how there will be an objective noise test when these people are pulled over because noise is a serious problem that those vehicles create. 
To bring my speech to a very quick summary this legislation comes into force on 1 December this year. It is very important that all the good work the select committee has brought about is captured in this second reading. I will let some other speakers on the Government side who sat through those submissions talk in detail about those things we gathered through the select committee process. I support this bill in its second reading.