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	Podcast:		The Detail
	Episode:		The "inherently unsafe" brakes in some 70,000 vehicles
	Category:		News & Politics
	Duration:		00:25:16
	Publish Date:		2025-11-14 15:00:00
	Description:		For years, a father has been fighting for Waka Kotahi to do more about the dangers of a vehicle braking system involved in his son's death. Now a coroner's report backs him up, but NZTA still disagrees. *After a death on a construction site, a coroner's report has called a braking system found in some 70,000 vehicles around New Zealand "inherently unsafe". Waka Kotahi disagrees.* *Guests:* Louisa Cleave - Checkpoint senior producer Selwyn Rabbits - safety campaigner *Learn More:* Read more reporting on cardan shaft brakes, starting in 2021, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, here, and here See NZTA Waka Kotahi's guidance on cardan shaft park brakes Go to this episode on rnz.co.nz for more details
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