Police are claiming crime-fighting and road safety wins from computerised camera technology that worries civil liberties lawyers.

The stars of the V8 Supercars have started to arrive in the US for this weekend's historic first race in Austin. Brothers and Todd and Rick Kelly took a detour on the way to Austin calling-in to the home of Jack Daniel's in Tennessee.

Mark Webber's Red Bull team boss has launched a scathing attack on the current state of Formula One amid widespread calls for a return to hard-wearing tyres.

A crime-fighting device capable of detecting dodgy drivers, unsafe vehicles and criminals is being trialled by police on Dunedin streets.

Big kudos to Scott Rochford for capturing the action as what appears to be a fully pimped out mobility scooter cruises down Queens Drive in St Kilda. Scott titled the video 'South Dunedin's coolest old man', which is clearly beyond dispute. Just watch the casual wave as he rides on by.

A person has been killed and another seriously injured at the Hanmer Rally today.

The convoy covered 270 km, taking in the breathtaking scenery of the Aveto Natural Regional Park and the Trebbia River valley, described by Hemingway as one of the most beautiful in the world, stopping for lunch at the Saint Columbanus Monastery in Bobbio.