During summer we saw some horrendous accidents and deaths involving overseas tourists who don't know our road rules. Surely now is the time to remedy that. How you might ask?

Our New Zealand Transport Agency could design a brochure of our road rules - the ones that seem to be a problem for tourists to remember - and have them printed and distributed to car rental companies and airlines so they can be given to tourists to read before getting behind the wheel of any vehicles.

This wouldn't be hard to do as the road code already exists, so why not take the main points - diagrams included - and print them in a number of different languages in a brochure as well.

These brochures could be handed out on flights along with customs declaration forms which passengers could read before they land in NZ.

Cost shouldn't be a factor. It would be minimal compared to the cost of any major road accidents which can amount to hundreds of thousands of dollars for NZ taxpayers, not to mention insurance companies, the loss of income for rental companies and the devastation and trauma to families of accident victims. Surely it is worth a try?

S Gussey, Omokoroa.