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Dangerous driver trying to help wife

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

Drivers don't admit hitting cars

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

Implant keeps jail at bay

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

Pilot gets drink-drive discharge

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.

'Dangerous to a new level'

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.

Tourist's rental car contract torn up

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.

School bus caught in speeding blitz

Drink-drive, with tot in footwell

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

Peter Calder: Drivers offside and out of order

The following will surely attract hate mail, and the moderators of online comment will have a busy time of it. Parking wardens bring out irrational responses in sane people - and creepy responses in the slightly unhinged. But here goes.

John Banks snapped phone-driving

Under-fire politician John Banks has been accused of breaking the law again - this time for using a cellphone while driving.

Drink-driver jailed for killing friends

A young West Auckland plumber has been sentenced to almost two years in prison after the deaths of two of his friends while he was driving drunk last year.

Bus driver faces booze charge

A bus driver carrying passengers in rush hour traffic was arrested for drink-driving after an alarmed motorist called police.

Crash: An 'unbearable pain'

Crash victim Shane Summerfield has been in “unbearable pain” since losing half his family, he told a court today.

Dad can't talk about crash tragedy

Shane Summerfield is still "miles away" from being able to speak about the crash in which a Dutch driver ran a stop sign and killed his wife and daughter.

Driver charged over police chase crash

A teenage driver who crashed a stolen car during a police chase, injuring all three people inside, has been charged over the incident.

Teens hurt when crash ends chase

A 13-year-old and two 15-year-olds remain in hospital after crashing their suspected stolen car into a pole during a police pursuit.