Thread: Total lock down in 48hours

Originally Posted by GravelBen

Govt need to get their story straight - Jacinda and other depts says its ok to go places for exercise / fresh air / nature etc as long as you are keeping separation etc, and then the police commissioner says anyone driving for anything except essential supplies will be stopped and may be arrested. Mixed messages much?!

How do they expect people to trust them when they can't even give consistent instructions about what you're allowed to do?

The way I look at it is you can go for fresh air / exercise by walking around your neighborhood. I'm lucky I have a couple of hills and bush tracks in my area - at least they are steep enough to give me a good workout and keep a Jack Russell semi sane. Driving to do grocery shopping, pharmacy etc more likely to be ok. How exactly they enforce that is anyone's guess at this point, the next week or so will tell us.

If you think you are going to be driving to another region, I think the police/army roadblocks will quickly educate you about the wisdom of doing that.

I don't think the authorities have it all worked out yet and quite frankly I don't expect them to have at this stage. It is a pretty fluid situation and a lot depends on how well the population adapts to the rules. If people keep going about their lives as if nothing has changed, then I expect the reaction to be fairly severe...