Gary, ref the Electoral Finance Bill, it is so pleasing to see someone state common sense on this subject of mass hysteria (dare we even mention Tuhoe and terrorism without provoking an ill-informed riot?)Ref remote speed control, this is sometimes used in the heavy transport industry already in this country. Most of the operators and their drivers like it. Sure, it is used as an economic measure, and not satellite controlled, but it is a proven technology, the only addition proposed is an enforcement finger on the remote, and I for one say bring it on. (At least until you can crush their cars at roadside immediately after they are apprehended for their first offence.)Five months after the librarian was hit, she is still in pain, still cannot walk without crutches, and I am still off work looking after her. I am furious my wife has been put through her ordeal. Remote control for dickheads looks BRILLIANT to me.

My last words on this subject at this stage, but it will not be my last on other issues that catch my eye.Every new law is one less freedom we had and one step closer to state control. "Sensationalism and rhetoric"  😀Millionaire in campaign against 'Soviet' lawPage 1 of 2 View as a single page 5:00AM Friday January 11, 2008By Claire Trevett  Michael Horton. Photo / Herald on SundayDemocracy under attackPolitical party websites side-step election laws Editorial: Absurdity of vigilance already felt Auckland millionaire and former Herald publisher Michael Horton has applied to register as a "third party" so he can campaign against new electoral laws that he says leave free speech in an election year to be decided by a "Soviet Union-style commissar".Mr Horton, 70, has applied to the Electoral Commission to be listed as a third party, which will allow him to spend up to $120,000 on his plans to campaign for the repeal of controversial new electoral laws.Mr Horton was managing director of Wilson & Horton when the family-controlled company owned the Herald prior to 1996. His son, Matthew Horton, who owns Horton Media, will be his financial agent.Mr Horton said he had previously donated to the National Party and was associated with the party at grass-roots level in Epsom.However, he was prompted into more direct political activism for 2008 by the new Electoral Finance Act, which he said was the "nationalisation of free speech"."The act requires someone at some stage to have to censor speech and expressed opinion, because they decide whether something is political or it isn't," he said.Advertisement"We are going to have a bit of a Soviet Union-style political commissar, an institution sitting there judging whether something is political or not. Do we really want to be having an official Government censor who for one year decides what is acceptable and what is not?"The law, which was passed last month, allows third parties to spend up to $120,000 on "election advertising" in an election year, and to register if spending more than $12,000.Mr Horton said he had not yet developed a plan for his $120,000 campaign, but it was unlikely to be an attack on any political party, although he said Labour had "taken collective leave of its senses over this issue"."I live in harmony with both parties. What I'm against is the act. I think the act must be repealed, so whoever promises that, I suppose, will be worthy of my support."Mr Horton is the third person to apply to be a third party and is expecting criticism of his stance from those who support the law."I've been threatening the family I'm going to have an armband made. Instead of the Star of David, which the poor Jews had to wear, I'm going to have a little armband which says, 'Registered third party'."While some of the law's opponents, such as Invercargill Mayor Tim Shadbolt, have threatened to ignore or deliberately break the new law, Mr Horton did not intend to follow suit.