A long-board rider who overtook a truck at up to 100km/h on the Bombay Hills has been labelled stupid and idiotic.

A driver today admitted running into a 93-year-old woman on a pedestrian crossing while distracted by a text message.

Selfish drivers with a "me first" attitude are the top frustration for Kiwi motorists, an AA Insurance survey finds. nzherald.co.nz readers respond.

Police will evaluate the weekend's "zero-tolerance" trial policy on speed before deciding to extend it or apply it again.

Police are praising motorists for their "slow and careful" driving over the long weekend, which looked set to be the lowest Queen's Birthday road toll in 50 years.

Queen's Birthday weekend has seen a drop in the overall number of crashes, with police trumpeting their zero tolerance approach to speeding as a factor.

By Sunday afternoon last Queen's Birthday Weekend, nine people had died on the roads but police believe drivers are abiding by the rules this year.

The first person to be killed on the roads this holiday weekend was "a good mummy who loved her kids".

A holiday weekend crackdown on speeding may be extended across the year after a big drop in accidents, with one fatality so far.

Police are stunned after an undercover photo-shoot snapped 54 drivers on the wrong side of the road in five hours.