A motorist has slammed the long weekend road safety drive as a money-making scheme after being fined by an officer he says popped out from behind a power pole with a speed gun.

A man has admitted killing his two friends when he sped away from police and crashed into two power poles.

All the crashes which caused seven fatalities this Labour weekend were avoidable, say police.

NZ's Transport Minister says while he thinks the Two Drinks Max campaign is "a good initiative" he won't sign up.

A midday crash in Southland has resulted in one fatality, bringing the holiday road toll to two after a fatal crash in Hawkes Bay.

Holidaymakers can expect lovely weather across the country this Labour weekend, which police are hoping will make for safer roads.

The recent conviction of two Auckland cabbies for working excessive hours should be a lesson to others, the New Zealand Transport Authority says.

A big advertising campaign will prepare drivers for a change to the idiosyncratic right-of-way road rules, but the change will not come until after the Rugby World Cup.

The Govt will bring NZ's 'confusing' and idiosyncratic give way rules for turning vehicles into line with those in the rest of the world after next year's Rugby World Cup.

The International Transport Forum has agreed with what I've been banging on about for years - Kiwis are crap drivers.

iPod users are being warned by police to be vigilant on the roads after the death of a young woman who was hit by a car while listening to music.

The latest deaths brought the total this year to 16, from 11 fatal pursuits - the worst on record.

The man accused of killing two passengers when he crashed while fleeing police in the Auckland suburb of Onehunga can now be named.

A drunk driver who tried to reverse out of a police checkpoint was among 186 people busted on the first night of a two-day blitz.