Speed is the biggest killer on New Zealand's roads - with the number of deaths at a five-year high and motorcyclists the leading casualties.

An online survey of 1200 Kiwi drug users shows one in four drove after taking cannabis in the last year.

Samoa's radical road switch has claimed its first casualty.

In a Drug Foundation survey of 1200 Kiwis, 24.5 per cent said they had driven after taking cannabis in the last year.

Ponsonby Rd's 40km/h limit and tree planting in Pt England are slowing traffic

A senior policeman stopped for erratic driving was so drunk he had to lean on his car for support, court papers say.

Is it too easy to get a driver's licence in New Zealand? The core evidence for the affirmative lies in two sets of statistics.

The three-point seatbelt has turned 50 - and its little known inventor Nils Bohlin is credited with saving millions of lives.

The cellphone driving ban is just the tip of the iceberg, with 18 other road rule changes coming into force this November.

Drivers will be banned from using cellphones in their vehicles from November under new rules that will also require motorcyclists to use their headlights during the day.

From November 1 it will be illegal for drivers to text or talk on a handheld mobile phone while driving.