A recidivist drink driver was today jailed for four years for killing a Northland mother while driving with nearly double the legal alcohol limit.

After a backlash over its overzealous issuing of bus lane fines, Auckland City Council today agreed to new initiatives "to ensure a fair and reasonable approach" to bus lane enforcement.

A drunk teenager on his restricted licence stunned police after he was caught doing 177km/h and carrying six passengers on Auckland's northern motorway on Saturday night.

Eric Thompson writes that testosterone level has a direct bearing on driving skill - it seems to make it worse.

A man who crashed his car and failed alcohol tests has escaped a drink-driving conviction because of a police blunder.

The number of NZ recidivist drink-drivers has risen steadily over the past three years, with more than 4000 prosecuted already this year.

A woman who fled an alcohol checkpoint and caused a crash that killed Penelope Phillips, above, has been sentenced to home detention.

The dangerous combination of a weekend of drinking and a sleeping pill resulted in Jarrad Hoeata going on a reckless drive that ended when motorists blocked him off the road.

England test cricketer Graeme Swann has told a court his cat was to blame after being caught drink-driving by police earlier this year.

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.