Call to Order Warren Banks With a Covid19 themed thanks for the Breakfast and noted that it was the smallest Rotary Breakfast attendance that he had ever seen and all to eat up large!
President Chris - Welcomed our small group and set out the morning proceedings
Les Geraghty - gave the speaker Introduction ---
Ian Lees- from Driving Safe Workshop
He started with the 3 E’s
ENGINEERING
Roading upgrades - longer over taking lanes. Improved design of vehicles Air bags computer enhanced warning indications
EDUCATION Driving skills revisit the road code booklet
ENFORCEMENT fines for mobile phone use (from $80 to $120) speeding fines loss of driving license
He then talked about the thinking behind SSDR Senior drivers are more experienced not high in the Stats but more likely to be injured seriously they take longer to recover . The effects of aging varies individually eyesight, hearing and reaction times
A SSDR workshop is 4 hours and refreshers your knowledge and understanding on –The Practical side of driving. Car set up. Give way rules. Intersection rules and roundabouts. Road marking and signs. Searching and scanning skills. Staying focused on driving.
A sobering note - Mt Maunganui has the highest collision rate in NZ- State Insurance
Question asked by Warren did the course cover Bikes and Scooters. Ian replied yes that they are here to stay and skill for road shearing with them with them must be learnt.
Brett Hobson gave Speaker Thanks he had further comment that a half hour practical car driving is carried out by the AA and all agreed that it was a helpful thing for the 74+ age group
RAFFLE was won by Brett after he spent 4mins finding his ticket No85
Sergeants Session – Warren Banks (sporting his Ferrari dress shirt) Nathan gave a great account of his life – from tough beginnings to a major achiever. Well done mate!
This got me thinking about situations where the original intent does not eventuate
- That it’s not Colin ironing his T shirt in a wok – no
- Mass transport buses are massive but do not transport with only one driver on board
- Buses cut down carbon from many private vehicles – per person they are shocking
- Electric cars cutting hydro-carbons but powered by burning coal
- We join a gym to get fit but use a remote to change channels rather than walk to the TV
- Modify roads for efficiency – end up with both_____? and fewer lanes
- You should chose a science field where you can’t go wrong e.g. predicting earthquakes Now to be completely unaccountable become a Covid modeler where you predict 8,500 cases - actually 309 not bad
Before Warren got censured, he changed to some info on names.
Dean means law and justice – Boris means snow/windblown hail – Chris means bearer of the anointed one Ardern means gravel valley Mary – beloved or rebellious
Bob’s BBQ Sunday March 6 (4pm – 9pm)
$ 20 per head funds go to shelter box
Bank a/c 02-0432-0426865-000
Please book early as numbers restricted due to Covid
President Chris held the floor to discuss future meetings in light of Covid19/Omicron
Basically, we will have zoom meetings for the next 5 weeks as the last three weeks of these are due to the Tauranga club booked by the Women’s world Cricket – full info given by email before next Friday the 18th Feb meeting but a quick link is below. It will be used for all the 5 weeks meetings.
The meetings will be treated as normal with discussion, Guest speaker, Sergeants etc
mended for a Victoria Cross after rescuing a soldier under fire at Waiari, near Pirongia, Charles Heaphy was given the decoration in 1867. His was the only VC awarded to a member of New Zealand’s colonial forces, who were in theory not eligible for it.