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Minister's night out would be shorter if law changed

Kiwis push for lower drink limits

New Zealanders are now strongly in favour of cutting the alcohol level for adult drivers - a proposal medical experts are pushing.

<i>Garth George</i>: Minimising road carnage is all we can do

Dad discovers son's body two days after crash

Guy Sainsbury came across a group of people who had seen a vehicle 80m down a bank, and decided to look around the area himself.

Baby's parents unaware of death

The parents of a 6-month-old baby killed in an Easter car crash did not know she had died until they began recovering in hospital.

Deaths prompt calls for driveway safety education

<i>Gerard Vaughan:</i> NZ lags on drivers' blood-alcohol level

Black Easter claims nine

Two double-fatalities and the death of a baby pushed the Easter road toll to nine last night.

Young, reckless need help: Murphy

All crash drivers could be tested for alcohol

Drivers, prepare for junction jitters

Drivers should prepare to unlearn NZ's unique intersection rule which sees left-indicating vehicles yield to opposing traffic turning right.

Right hand road rule gets thumbs down

The days of rental car companies giving pamphlets to confused overseas visitors and crossing their fingers they'll cope with NZ's oddball right-hand rule look set to be over.

NZ's right-hand rule set for change

New Zealand's unique right-hand rule, a relic of an old Melbourne tram system and cause of 2560 crashes a year, is set to be scrapped.

Cutting drink-drive limits will hurt majority - lawyers

Reducing the current legal blood alcohol limit will hurt the law-abiding majority without tackling repeat offenders, say lawyers.

Lower adult blood alcohol limits a 'no-brainer'

The Govt's failure to immediately commit to lowering blood alcohol limits for adult drivers is "just not good enough", say advocacy organisations.

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