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![Eric Thompson: Plates drive me round the bend](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Eric Thompson: Plates drive me round the bend
An act of courtesy towards another driver is met with incomprehension.
![Another pedestrian hit by bus in central Wellington](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Another pedestrian hit by bus in central Wellington
A woman was injured after she was hit by a bus in Wellington's Manners Street this afternoon, the sixth pedestrian to be knocked down since the new two-way bus route was opened in November.
![<i>Ask Phoebe</i>: Mystery of the orange road cones unravelled](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
<i>Ask Phoebe</i>: Mystery of the orange road cones unravelled
We are not being surrounded by aliens from outer space after all, but by PVC monsters.
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Reduce cost of licence, say drivers
The cost of driving licences needs to drop before the Government tries to set time limits on each stage, say many Herald readers.
![Get full licence or face ban, Govt says](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Get full licence or face ban, Govt says
Tens of thousands of drivers sitting on restricted and learner licences will soon get a Government hurry-up to qualify properly - or risk losing the right to drive.
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Crash victim was mother of 4-month-old
A woman killed in a crash near Raglan yesterday was the mother of a four-month-old child, police said today.
![High-risk drivers cause third of crashes - report](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
High-risk drivers cause third of crashes - report
One in three road deaths are caused by speeding, young and repeat drunk drivers, according to a new report released by Transport Minister Steven Joyce.
![Be careful, begs grieving dad](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
Be careful, begs grieving dad
The father of a man killed in a collision has told his son's friends to remember him when they get into a car.
!['Ghost bikes' grim reminder of deaths](/pf/resources/images/placeholders/placeholder_l.png?d=793)
'Ghost bikes' grim reminder of deaths
Motorists impatient with cyclists should watch out for a ghostly spectre as they drive past the scene of a fatal bike crash.