Booze, speed and driving without a licence - this combination appeared to be behind last night's death of a young man racing to the beach to watch the sunset.

Legislation designed to crack down on high-risk drivers has been passed by Parliament which will raise the minimum driving age to 16, lower the youth drink drive limit, and double the maximum sentence for dangerous driving causing death.

Road deaths are set to be at a record "absolutely, truly remarkable" low for a third successive month.

Revenue gathering or road safety? Police and drivers are at odds over speed crackdown.

A woman was injured after she was hit by a bus in Wellington's Manners Street this afternoon, the sixth pedestrian to be knocked down since the new two-way bus route was opened in November.

We are not being surrounded by aliens from outer space after all, but by PVC monsters.

Most New Zealand drivers have a nucleotide buried in their DNA that imparts some sort of God-given right to do what the hell they like.

The cost of driving licences needs to drop before the Government tries to set time limits on each stage, say many Herald readers.