Editing Transport in the Cook Islands (section)

==Road transport==
[[File:AvaruaRoundabout.jpg|thumb|Avarua Roundabout, one of only two on Rarotonga]]
The Cook Islands uses [[Left- and right-hand traffic|left-handed traffic]].<ref name="gettingaround">{{cite web |url=https://cookislands.travel/how-to-book/getting-around |title=Getting Around |publisher=Cook Islands Tourism Corporation |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> The maximum speed limit is 50&nbsp;km/h.<ref name="gettingaround"/> On the main island of [[Rarotonga]], there are no traffic lights and only two roundabouts.<ref name="gettingaround"/> A bus operates clockwise and anti-clockwise services around the islands coastal ring-road.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://cookislands.travel/supplier/cooks-island-bus-passenger-transport-ltd |title=Cooks' Island Bus Passenger Transport Ltd |publisher=Cook Islands Tourism Corporation |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>

Road safety is poor. In 2011, the Cook Islands had the second-highest per-capita road deaths in the world.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/item/34214-second-most-deadly-roads/34214-second-most-deadly-roads |title=Second most deadly roads |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=1 September 2011 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> In 2018, crashes neared a record high, with speeding, alcohol and careless behaviour being the main causes.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/377714/alarming-crash-figures-in-cook-islands |title='Alarming' crash figures in Cook Islands |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=7 December 2018 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> Motor-scooters are a common form of transport, but there was no requirement for helmets, making them a common cause of death and injuries.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.thecoconet.tv/cocoblog/cook-islands-road-toll-fatalities-points/ |title=Cook Islands road toll fatalities points to 'gutless' MP's |publisher=The Coconet |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/destinations/pacific-islands/114186351/moving-to-the-cook-islands-kiss-the-road-of-rarotonga |title=Moving to the Cook Islands: Kiss the road of Rarotonga |publisher=Stuff |date=13 July 2019 |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref> Legislation requiring helmets was passed in 2007, but scrapped in early 2008 before it came into force.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.pireport.org/articles/2009/06/01/polynesia-review-issues-and-events-1-july-2007-30-june-2008-cook-islands |title=Polynesia in Review: Issues and Events, 1 July 2007 to 30 June 2008: Cook Islands |publisher=Pacific Islands Report |date=1 June 2009 |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref> In 2016, a law was passed requiring visitors and riders aged 16 to 25 to wear helmets, but it was widely flouted.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/342196/young-motorcyclists-in-cooks-still-ignoring-helmet-law |title=Young motorcyclists in Cooks still ignoring helmet law |publisher=[[RNZ]] |date=23 October 2017 |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref> In March 2020 the Cook Islands parliament again legislated for compulsory helmets to be worn from June 26, but implementation was delayed until July 31,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/local/item/77459-grace-period-to-get-helmets |title=Grace period to get helmets |author=Katrina Tanirau |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=19 June 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref> and then until September 30.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.cookislandsnews.com/national/local/item/77954-two-more-months-of-no-helmets |title=Two more months of no helmets |author=	Rashneel Kumar |publisher=Cook Islands News |date=31 July 2020 |access-date=5 August 2020}}</ref>

; Highways:
:* Total: 295 km (2018)<ref name="cia">{{cite web |url=https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/countries/cook-islands/ |title=The World Factbook 2020: Cook Islands |publisher=CIA |access-date=28 July 2020}}</ref>
:* Paved: 207 km (2018)
:* Unpaved: 88 km (2018)