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How LA is losing its love affair with cars
It was the 20th century California Dream: a suburban home, a flash car to get you to and from work and a freewheeling lifestyle. But the dream's flipside was a nightmarish sprawl with an unsustainable footprint.
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Drink driving discharges dismissed
Senior legal figures do not believe there is a problem with the number of drink-drivers before the courts who receive a discharge without conviction.
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Judges let off drink drivers
Judges let off around 50 people a year for drink-driving - with reasons ranging from models wanting to work overseas and wannabe police officers and nannies.
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Auckland gridlock: Commuters' solutions
Frustrated commuters are calling for a change in retail working hours after a motorway crash caused gridlock across Auckland.
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How one crash caused gridlock chaos
Inner-city Auckland traffic was brought to a virtual standstill after a motorway crash - gridlock that the Automobile Association described as the worst it had seen.