An 18-year-old was left with multiple fractures to his legs when he was hit by a car while crossing a pedestrian crossing in Porirua yesterday.

A man's arm was amputated on a Sydney road after he was hit by a drunk driver.

A man caught travelling at 164km/h in the BOP had other motorists to blame after he was found with a breath alcohol reading over twice the legal limit.

National MPs might be allowed a conscience vote on a Labour Party bill that proposes lowering the drink driving blood alcohol limit, John Key says.

Jeri Knight might be 80 years old but it didn't stop her beating the might of the Manukau City Council over a wrongly issued car warrant of fitness fine.

A cab driver says he's been unfairly ticketed by a warden who happens to be a driver for a rival company.

A teenage driver on a restricted licence clocked at 200km/h has been accused of "mind-boggling stupidity."

Auckland City is refusing to say where on its 36km network of bus lanes it will put new signs and markers today.

An ESR report that shows 48 per cent of road deaths over five years involved drugs or alcohol is a 'wake up call'.

A woman police constable was attacked by a motorist she pulled over for drunken driving.

Matthew Kennedy may one day work out why one of NZ's worst drink drivers was able to get behind the wheel and kill his mum.

A shock Herald test saw a member of staff able to down nine beers before hitting the legal drink drive limit.

We are calling for New Zealanders to sign up to our campaign to drink and drive responsibly. Read one of the stories that sparked the alcohol limit debate.

A mother whose son, 4, was killed in front of her by an out-of-control teen motorist says the driver is not a bad person and she does not want him jailed.