The glitzy showroom on Sydney's York Street has housed its fair share of luxury cars. Today, however, it's home to a bevy of smashed-up motors.

Government will introduce a "one-strike" policy for suspected drink-drivers who evade prosecution because medical staff cannot extract a blood sample.

It's one of the country's craziest intersections - a dreaded pinchpoint for traffic heading north of Auckland.

The official description of an advanced stop box is an area in front of a general traffic lane on an approach to a signalled intersection.

Six people have died in accidents involving motor vehicles over the weekend, three of them motorcyclists.

At least one young Kiwi motorist will die on a New Zealand road this week.

If it was harder for young people to get a driver's licence, families like the Roberts would not have to live every day in anguish.

Champion motorsport ace Greg Murphy says New Zealanders are "terrible" drivers and the country has a culture where road safety isn't taken seriously.

A principal says her college will keep promoting safety messages to young people after seven teenagers were involved in a serious crash.

A spate of motorcycle fatalities has prompted police to warn riders to reduce speed, with an expert claiming motorists can be 'twits' after four riders were killed.

An advertisement in which police falsely accused a truck driver of causing a crash is unlikely to cause widespread offence, the ASA rules.

Driver licence application forms are being reviewed after a Chinese woman found herself uninsured in a crash.

Sheep run-a-muck at a Glenfield intersection in Auckland. Video courtesy of NZ Herald reader Harrison Clarke.

Tina McCullough doesn't cycle much now - she hasn't had the confidence since her sister Jane Farrelly was killed last year.

The country's most dangerous rail crossings - including one in Auckland - have been revealed as authorities plead with motorists to take care following a spate of near collisions.

A terrified young man was forced to drive for more than 1km at gunpoint when a man fleeing police hijacked his car at traffic lights.

King tides are due to wash up on Auckland's shores just after 10am today, and the New Zealand Transport Agency is warning people to take extra care on coastal roads.

A girl who crashed into a car as she rode her bike south of Auckland on Thursday is a "free and strong spirit" who is giving herself every chance of pulling through, her father says.

A 10-year-old girl who was critically injured when she crashed into a car had been riding her bike up and down a friend's driveway.

A 10-year-old girl was last night in a serious condition in hospital after being hit by a car while riding her bicycle on a rural road - the latest in a series of bad cycling accidents.

A UK motorist has had her car seized after being stopped by police in West Yorkshire, who discovered she was a learner driver accompanied only by her pet parrot.

The first officer on the scene of a crash, which police tried to blame on a truck driver for using his mobile phone, says there was never any suggestion the truckie was at fault.

Seasoned Auckland triathlete Garth Barfoot hopes to get back in the saddle after an emergency hip replacement following a serious bike crash, but admits his Ironman days are over.