It's a bad day when you lose control of your car and crash.
It's a really bad day when you lose control of your car and crash into a police car — then find out you've hit the guy who was until recently the district's top traffic cop.
That was the fate of a driver on Kerikeri's Wiroa Rd, about 500m west of Waimate North Rd, just after 10am on Wednesday.
Kerikeri police Sergeant Haydn Korach said it appeared the driver was heading west when he lost control, crossed on to the wrong side of the road and along the grass verge before hitting a post and going back on to the road.