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Keith Mexsom

The Road Gang

Keith Mexsom

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English
Keith Mexsom
31 March 2025
History; Transport: general interest; Road & motor vehicles: general interest
Series: New Zealand Transport History
Once, there wafted the stink of the horse and its exhaust to avoid stepping on when crossing the street. Then came the noisy motor vehicle and its pervasive carbon monoxide and tyre particulates to poison the lung and pollute the environment.

This third and final volume of New Zealand’s transport history describes how some of the first coach and bicycle builders and importers hesitantly transitioned to the new motor vehicle first viewed as a novelty that wouldn’t last.

But the motor vehicle did last –– encouraged by a Road Gang of assemblers, importers and dealers, parts and tyre manufacturers, oil explorers, and road builders who sought to make their fortunes as they eagerly met the needs of a motoring public conditioned by market forces and transport necessity to buy their goods and services.

These are their stories, as well as those of the supreme leaders of the ‘Road Gang’ –– New Zealand’s Governments and Local Bodies –– all too ready to encourage and profit from the motor vehicle gravy train by way of import duties, taxation, registration, licensing, parking fees and fines, while also mandating transport-related decisions that favoured the motor vehicle as the prime mover.
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Imprint:   Keith Mexsom
Country of Publication:   Australia
Volume:   3
Dimensions:   Height: 254mm,  Width: 1,778mm, 
ISBN:   9780648512967
ISBN 10:   0648512967
Series:   New Zealand Transport History
Pages:   500
Publication Date:  
Audience:   General/trade ,  ELT Advanced
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active

Keith Mexsom has been writing fiction and non-fiction for more than 40 years. During that time, he has acquired a good deal of magazine and newspaper experience in both New Zealand and Australia as a publisher, editor, sub-editor, journalist, magazine feature writer, and copywriter –– working in both a team environment and as a freelancer. He now lives in New South Wales after having lived in Auckland for many years. Previously-published books include Waka Paddle to Gas Pedal and Gas Pedal to Back-Pedal –– as featured at: https://keithmexsom.pubsitepro.com.

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