The Govt's failure to immediately commit to lowering blood alcohol limits for adult drivers is "just not good enough", say advocacy organisations.

An investigation into vehicle power restrictions is something that this country has been crying out for.

The move to raise the minimum legal driving age to 16 will be part of the Government's road safety strategy, to be released tomorrow.

NZ's minimum driving age is likely to rise by one year to 16 under a Government road safety strategy to be unveiled tomorrow.

A 20-year-old woman who ran over and injured four cyclists on the Auckland waterfront on her way to a university exam is sentenced in the Auckland District Court.

A French tourist facing charges over a fatal collision with a motorbike in Waikato on Saturday has briefly appeared in court.

Police want more effort to be put into educating foreign tourists about driving in New Zealand to stop them dying on our roads.

Eighty per cent of people want the legal driving age raised to 18 or higher.

Holidaymakers heading back to Auckland today are being urged to take a different route to avoid one of the region's most heavily congested roads.

Experts believe publicity around new laws on cellphone use, drugged drivers and illegal street racing led to the smallest number of road deaths ever recorded.

New Zealand's road toll was running last night at its second lowest since 1960, although the police still want drivers to take extra care over New Year.

Two of the best months recorded on New Zealand roads have given officials hope that there will be fewer than 400 deaths this year.