The Panel with Chris Trotter and Penny Ashton (Part 2)

Topics - Laws that prohibit texting while driving are ineffective at best and could even be counter-productive because they encourage surreptitious behaviour behind the wheel. The Government says it will change the 'give way' rules at intersections in early 2012 - after the Rugby World Cup rental-car tourist crowds have dissipated. The New Zealand Council of Trade Unions is having a jolly good seethe about the Arts, Culture and Heritage Minister"taking sides"in The Hobbit debate.