A courier truck driver has admitted a careless driving causing injury charge after backing into a young mother, leaving her leg "practically severed".

A former rental car company manager is backing a petition to introduce testing for overseas drivers.

Overseas drivers were involved in at least 558 crashes that resulted in death or injury last year. In about 75% of the cases, the visitors were found at fault.

Editorial: The involvement of cars driven by tourists in accidents that led to the death of four people over Queen's Birthday Weekend has prompted calls to improve the way they drive.

He's thought to be the worst drink-driver in the country, yet there's little keeping him off the roads.

The average number of monthly tickets for drivers using their phones has almost doubled since 2010, when the law was changed to make it illegal.

Police say a driver clocked speeding at 191km/h on a Northland road in thick fog was a "ticking time bomb" that could have obliterated innocent people.

A courier driver has been charged with careless driving causing injury after allegedly backing a truck into a young mother and severing her leg.

Police are urging all motorists to heed their "drive to survive" message over the Easter break.

Police want the power to remove incompetent or inexperienced drivers - including overseas tourists - from NZ roads, after a crash in which two people died.

Two hours before a woman crashed into two motorcyclists, killing them, a motorist reported her "erratic" driving behaviour to police via a *555 call.

An Auckland woman tried to avoid a drink-driving conviction by claiming she played basketball, volleyball, tag and touch for New Zealand, so a criminal record would harm her top-level career.

A decorated police officer is on restricted duties after admitting he drove while more than 2 times over the legal alcohol limit.

The man killed in what police believe was a speeding car yesterday has been publicly identified.

The first officer on the scene of a crash, which police tried to blame on a truck driver for using his mobile phone, says there was never any suggestion the truckie was at fault.

Nuala Goldstein was put through hoops to prove she was driving lawfully in a high-priority lane after collecting her son from basketball.

An extra 58,000 motorists were caught speeding because of the lower-tolerance speed limit at holiday weekends in the past two years.

An international basketballer's attempt to avoid a drink-driving conviction that could affect her career failed today.

An international basketball player will seek a discharge without conviction on a drink-drive charge today in a bid to save her sporting career.

Drivers are unwittingly jeopardising their accident insurance by not declaring speeding tickets this summer.

A chef caught at more than twice the drink-drive limit on Christmas was arrested again on Boxing Day with an even higher breath-alcohol reading.

Teen learner drivers are blatantly breaking the law by driving themselves to tests, with testing officers powerless to give them an automatic fail.

A former All Black has been stripped of his driving licence and almost lost his car for driving drunk and while suspended.