The AA refutes a US study which claims banning cellphone use while driving was counter-productive and encouraged covert behaviour behind the wheel.

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.

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

The Govt is defending its decision not to lower the drink-driving limit despite advice that doing so could save lives.

Beleaguered singer George Michael has been placed in solitary confinement for his own safety after inmate taunts.

Transport Minister Steven Joyce is the latest MP to admit having criminal convictions.

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.

A witness has described how an enraged driver put his foot down and "just went for it" in a road-rage incident that left a man with two smashed legs.

A man is in hospital with two broken legs after a road-rage incident that spiralled into a hit-and-run in inner Auckland.