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

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

Holiday road toll on course for 54 year low
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.

Holiday travellers keeping safer by following rules
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.

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

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

NZ drivers' risk-taking horrifying, say police
Police are stunned after an undercover photo-shoot snapped 54 drivers on the wrong side of the road in five hours.

Driver films crazy overtake resulting in near head-on collision
While driving from Hastings to Tokoroa a driver filmed a car performing shocking overtake of three cars, almost colliding with a van on the opposite side of the road. Source - YouTube/Matt Buckler

Behind the branches, cop-cam is watching
Police will use undercover tactics - including hiding behind trees with video cameras to film motorists - in a hardline campaign to cut down the road toll.

Police seek rider clocked at 212km/h
A motorcyclist was spotted travelling along a busy stretch of SH1 at a speed described by one officer as unsurvivable if there was a crash.