
Day of multiple crashes ends fatality-free run
After a holiday lull, the accidents start again on NZ's most dangerous roads.
After a holiday lull, the accidents start again on NZ's most dangerous roads.
For the first time in more than 50 years there have been no fatal accidents on the roads this Queen's Birthday holiday weekend.
Police say motorists have driven sensibly in what shaped up to be a welcome first.
Drivers caught going more than 4km/h over posted speed limit will be ticketed.
Police will be permanently reducing their speed tolerance to 4km/h over the limit for all public holidays. The move was introduced last Queen's Birthday after a disastrous Easter when 12 people died on the roads.
Josiah Mani was killed when the car he was in caught fire after crashing with a truck on King Edward St in Kensington. Video / Stephen Jaquiery / ODT
Auckland's Waterview Connection project - one of the country's most important new roads - has been given the go ahead and is likely to be finished within five years.
Inattentive drivers are the major frustration to New Zealand motorists, according to a new AA Insurance poll.
An Auckland woman came close to tragedy when a large rock was thrown from an overbridge and crashed on to her bonnet.