'Would you rather have distressed kids in the back of the car, or dead kids splattered across the windscreen?' A man defends taking keys off a tourist driver.

The details of an "appalling" incident of a child riding on the roof of a Dunedin vehicle on a West Coast road will be sent to Dunedin police today for further investigation.

A member of the public stopped a tourist driving a rental car on the Lindis Pass and took the vehicle's keys, after narrowly avoiding a head-on collision.

I don't know what Michael Woodhouse found confusing about the zero tolerance on speeding campaign. The message was pretty clear, writes Kerre McIvor.

A video of a man riding a trolley down Auckland's Queen Street while being followed by police has been viewed more than 3.25 million times on Facebook.

A driver who stole a car and drove it 28km at speeds of up to 160kmh told police he didn't stop, because he had no licence and had been drinking.

A Park n' Fly customer says he came back from holiday to find his car impounded after police stopped a car valet on a speeding-related charge.

The airport parking company accused of misusing a customer's car has rejected fresh claims of drivers doing "donuts" and "hooning".

Only one person has been banned from driving under a punitive new regime for motorists who refuse to pay their speeding fines.

Almost half of all tickets from speeding cameras are given out in Auckland, prompting AA's plea to police to ease up on targeting low-level speedsters on citys' motorways.

Overtaking on the road safely and within the law is now all but impossible. The speed limit on the open road is 100km/h. The police are applying zero tolerance.

Santa Claus has admitted being in a bit too much of a rush after being caught speeding on his way to an old folks' home.

The morning after your Christmas party might be your downfall under new drink drive laws.

Since the drink-drive limit was lowered on December 1, breathalysers have been in hot demand and suppliers can barely keep up with orders.

Dunedin motorists were stunned to see a man sitting on a couch and holding on to the rear of a moving car as it left a trail of sparks behind him.

Since early settler days and gold rush fever they've been the next stop on the dusty road. A place to hang your hat, quench your thirst, and make new mates.

Lower legal alcohol limits will mean safer journeys for all New Zealanders this summer, the New Zealand Transport Agency says.

A drink-driver who sped at 134 km/h the wrong way on the motorway before killing an innocent motorist will go to prison pregnant and in a wheelchair.

Dunedin police were shocked to find a 10-year-old girl behind the wheel of a car being poorly driven on Saturday night.

Road deaths in the past four days have contributed to a bad month on New Zealand's roads.

Japanese tourist caught cutting corners over Central Otago mountain range says he was just trying to minimise his wife's car sickness.

More than 80 per cent of drivers do not leave their details after crashing into a parked car, a new survey has found.

A repeat drink-driver's radical bid to avoid jail by having an anti-booze drug implanted into himself has been successful.

An Air New Zealand pilot caught riding a scooter without a helmet and more than two and a half times the alcohol limit has avoided conviction.

A man who can't use his legs has been charged with dangerous driving after being caught using a shortened walking stick to operate his car.

A Chinese tourist had her rental car contract torn up and rewritten by a rental company yesterday after she was pulled over for alleged dangerous driving.

Police have criticised a woman they say was drink-driving with an unrestrained child standing in the car for her "appalling and distressing" actions.

An Auckland tradie who drove a truck with defective brakes that killed his workmate has been allowed by the court to carry on working to pay for the victim's funeral.