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Ruby's dad: test tourist drivers
The heartbroken father of Ruby Jay Marris wants the Government to get tough on tourist drivers.
The heartbroken father of Ruby Jay Marris wants the Government to get tough on tourist drivers.
A man caught driving at speeds up to 171km/h on Wednesday was stopped by police again yesterday.
No amount of reading or reviewing prepares one for sliding into the seat behind the steering wheel and making that first leap into traffic, Theresa Philbrick writes.
WorkSafe and police are investigating a crash in which a woman on a motorbike was killed at a road works site.
A "wannabe stuntman" who goes by the moniker 'Johnny Danger' will go to trial after denying allegations he surfed on top of a taxi as it crossed the Harbour Bridge.
The Police Commissioner says there is no place for vigilante behaviour on New Zealand roads, following a spate of crashes involving tourist drivers.
John Key urges the public not to confiscate the keys of motorists they see driving badly after spate of vigilante incidents involving tourist drivers.
A British holidaymaker who has been fined for ''grossly excessive speeding'', at a time when tourist drivers are under scrutiny, teaches driving skills to police officers.
An incensed Dunedin man took car keys from a tourist who had stopped to take photos on Otago Peninsula, causing eight vehicles to back up on the narrow road.
The road zigs left, then right, like a river winding around the mountain. There's only a ruler length between you and the edge, Heather du Plessis-Allan writes.
A Japanese tourist was critically injured when his rental car and a truck collided near Christchurch today.
Ruby Jay Marris, the five year-old killed in a crash involving a foreign driver in Otago, has been remembered as “cherished and loved” and a "fun-loving princess".
The father of a girl killed in a crash caused by a Dutch businessman says safety messages are not getting through to tourist drivers.
A British tourist hopes his near-death experience at the hands of a foreign driver prevents a repeat of the crash that killed a 5-year-old Oamaru girl.
A Haast woman who confiscated the car keys from a Chinese tourist driving badly at Franz Josef Glacier says she did what any responsible citizen would do.
Tourists who've had their rental car agreements cancelled for dodgy driving could soon be blacklisted from hiring vehicles in New Zealand.
Drastic action by a person who flagged down a tourist driving on the wrong side of the road and confiscated their car keys yesterday is being investigated by police.
A heartbroken family are mourning the loss of 5-year-old Ruby Jay Marris after a car crash involving a foreign driver in Otago.
Almost 7 per cent of children under 5 are not properly restrained in cars, a survey shows, and police say more could be done to ensure children are safe.
The 5-year-old Oamaru girl killed in a crash in North Otago on Saturday has been named by police.
Government inaction has been blamed for "driving the tourist road toll" up, following two crashes involving Chinese visitors over the weekend.
A 32-year-old Chinese tourist will appear in court today after a 5-year-old Oamaru girl was killed in a North Otago crash on Saturday afternoon.
The road toll continued to rise yesterday with three more deaths in a grim week on New Zealand roads.
Two life-long friends who shared a "perfect" bond had been on the summer road-trip of their lives before they were killed in a crash.
The mother of one of the women who died in a two-car crash near Thames yesterday has paid tribute to her daughter.
A 55-year-old Whangarei woman who was killed in a crash in south Taranaki yesterday afternoon has been named by police.
Robin Kearns writes: Whose city is this? Does Auckland belong only to adults and motorists? Perhaps we all need to slow down and reconsider our priorities.