Over at least 10 years men have consistently been charged at least three times more often.

The young driver who was distracted by his mobile phone also has a lengthy driving record.

COMMENT: Traffic laws could work better with rewards, not fines.

COMMENT: A speeding fine hurts poor people far more - so why not link it to income?

Tourist has keys taken just hours after landing and starting out on a holiday.

The car spent 20 minutes hooning through Papamoa, police say.

If you're on the road then stay off the phone.

A man fled police - then tried to carjack a number of vehicles.

Drunk teen crashes vehicle with parent and two other passengers inside.

A judge calls the case of a man who committed nearly 70 dangerous offences "most unusual".

Child aged about 8 seen driving kids and a goat down the street in Coromandel town.

Man who hit and killed a horse and severely injured TV journalist has been found guilty.

Karen Rutherford was riding a horse when Peng Wang's people mover collided with her.

The truck driver who ploughed into a motorway overpass, bringing Auckland to a standstill has been sentenced.

A police officer was almost in tears after stopping a four-wheel drive crammed with 13 people.

Police disappointed at poor driving across Auckland region.

More Kiwis are being fined for mobile phone offences than for drink driving, according to the latest data from NZ Police.

Speeding car problems in Halswell could be on the rise.

Police took the unusual step of breathalysing a man who was tucked up in his bed at home.

A Waikato driver may have to take a week out of the dating game, after he was stung with a fine for Tindering behind the wheel.

Fleeing drivers could face more jail time and have their vehicles automatically confiscated if politicians support advice for harsher penalties.

Tributes to fugitive Alaric Eccleston, part-time rapper and 'amazing person' who jumped off Harbour Bridge to his death after being chased across city by police.

Canterbury drivers are the top offenders in the country when it comes to using their mobile phones and not wearing their seat belts.

A man whose alcohol addiction had "overwhelmed him" since the death of his wife, fell asleep drunk in the back of the Greymouth District Court

Six out of every seven New Zealanders aged 16 to 24 with driver's licences are breaching their licence conditions, an official study has found.

An Auckland motorist was stunned to open his mail and find a speed camera had pinged him twice for the same offence.

The message from police during the Rugby World Cup is "expect to be stopped anywhere at any time" for alcohol breath tests.

We seem to have lost our capacity to be kind, whether it's raising the refugee quota, feeding hungry kids in schools or sharing the road, says Kerre McIvor.

Zero tolerance was the holiday message to motorists - yet staff at our road safety agency went over 100km/h on 33,000 occasions.

336 fines paid by drivers of police vehicles in past year; 612 tickets waived because of 'need to respond urgently'.