Idiot throwing nails onto highway could face serious charges, warn police.

COMMENT: Want to know why the road toll is higher than it should be? Bernadine Oliver-Kerby says she knows the answer.

What happens when a town triples in size overnight? Made with funding from NZ On Air.

A safety report has revealed what Kiwis fear the most.

COMMENT: We all want better roads, rail and walking and cycling facilities, but almost no one wants to dig deeper into their pockets.

A repeat drink driver offender wants to ensure he stays off the road when he's intoxicated, but ACC refuse to fund his alcohol interlock.

A car and a freight train have collided at Matamata in Waikato.

Two days ago the base ingredient for shampoo spilled on the road. This morning, it rained.

Parked car no problem for this Hamilton contracting crew who found a simple solution to their road block.

One man had serious injuries and had to be airlifted to hospital.

The ride-hailing giant Uber is extending an olive branch to cities - in the form of data that drivers have coveted for years.

Auckland commuters can groan in agreement with a report that reveals the city has the worst travel times and reliability in Australia and New Zealand.

When the official holiday period finished at 6am yesterday there had been 15 fatal crashes on New Zealand roads since the Friday before Christmas.

A beautician paid a stranger to take her speeding points for $530 also posted pictures of dangerous driving selfies on Facebook.

Readers discussing the holiday toll have suggested the solutions lie in law improvement rather than law enforcement.

A wife who found her husband with a younger woman has been accused of ramming his van off the road before smashing into his lover's vehicle too.

Both the holiday road toll and last year's entire toll are the worst they've been in years.

Traffic on most main highways should be easing within the next hour or so after heavy congestion yesterday and earlier today.

Closure of the Kapiti rail line has exacerbated holiday traffic along the Kapiti Coast as would-be train passengers have been forced to travel by bus on congested roads.

Springs Junction - the tiny settlement connecting State Highways 7 and 65 - now boasts two food caravans as well as a service station and cafe both operating 24/7.

Police have slammed the people behind the growing number of Facebook pages which alert motorists to where checkpoints might be.

Road toll now equal to last summer's following death of motorcyclist.

Watch: Five months after a crash in which he and his best mate were seriously injured, James Rolleston still struggles to do simple things.

Suspiciously quickly, the Government re-opened SH1 south of Kaikoura just before Christmas.

Three young teenagers died in a high-speed car crash when their vehicle, driven by a 14-year-old, slammed into a tree.

A teen killed alongside two young friends in a "preventable" early morning crash has been remembered in an emotional tribute urging other drivers to take care.

Stephanie Batchelor remembers the last time she saw her father - walking to the car in which he would die.

The driver was one of many engaging in "dangerous" behaviour in the past couple of days, police say.

A large truck's dash cam has filmed an unnerving encounter with a white Holden Commodore as the car attempts to merge into the lane in Sydney.

A Herald investigation reveals the most dangerous roads during the Christmas holiday period.