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Deborah Hill Cone: Why I will never text again while driving
COMMENT: I have made a solemn promise to myself and my children that there is one rule I will now follow. I will never text in the car again.
COMMENT: I have made a solemn promise to myself and my children that there is one rule I will now follow. I will never text in the car again.
Many of us are guilty of it: texting or using Facebook while crossing the road, but should we slap those that do with a fine or possible jail time?
The report shows few short-term visitors crash within their first few days in New Zealand, and if they do, fatigue is generally not a contributing factor.
An unexpected guilty plea from a transport operator yesterday has bought a long-running Worksafe prosecution to an end.
Kiwis heading away this long weekend are being urged to be extra careful on the roads with heavy traffic expected.
Require every repeat drink driver and those caught at extremely high levels to have an alcohol interlock put in their car, writes Mike Noon.
Drink-drive convictions have fallen by a third in five years but the percentage of repeat offenders has remained almost the same.
A family narrowly escaped serious harm when the car they had been driving through the Kaimai ranges exploded in flames minutes after they jumped out.
Raphael Giles' plea follows seven days of carnage on the roads. Up to 17 people have died, taking the year to date's road toll to 65 last night.
WATCH: "My baby [could have] ended up flying straight past me and into the windscreen. The thought of it is still haunting me."
A learner driver carrying a passenger was driving more than double the posted speed limit in wet conditions when he was pulled over by police.
Two tourists photographed urinating out of a moving rental car on a state highway were met by police today when they returned their vehicle.
Police say actions of two men who were photographed urinating out the windows of a car driving on a Southland highway "irresponsible" and "extremely dangerous".
A person died late last night in a collision between a truck and a car in the Waikato.
Police say the accident happened at the Fendalton Road crossing in Christchurch, shortly after 8am. Senior sergeant Anton ten Hove confirmed the deceased is an adult male. He is yet to be identified.
Motorists not driving to conditions - and impatience - appear to be the themes of crashes which have killed five people so far this long weekend.
A tourist driver is facing two charges of careless driving causing injury after a head-on crash near Queenstown.
To those that park on the yellow lines at and around Judges Bay Rd, please learn the road code and abide by it.
He received abdominal injuries and was flown with his mother to Tauranga hospital in a "moderate" condition.
In an already congested city, red light runners add needless delay to our intersections, forcing other drivers to wait and check before accelerating once lights turn green, writes Barney Irvine.
Female drivers are more likely than men to suffer memory blanks behind the wheel and are more susceptible to allowing their minds to wander, a study has found.
Would you be able to tell me the meaning of a bicycle sign I have seen on Pt Chevalier Rd?
Successful trial on new one-man system could see single operator controlling traffic.
WATCH: Police have praised the calm response of an officer who was confronted by a driver accusing him of cutting him off.
Snapped and fined for driving through a red light? Yes please, say an overwhelming majority of motorists in our biggest city.
The Super City has a super parking warden who issued nearly double the value in tickets than the next best warden in the last financial year.
A speeding driver branded an 'idiota' by police has used the excuse of being "young and dumb".