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<i>Cartoon:</i> Reverting to type

Debate continues as cellphone law comes into effect

Holding your cellphone while driving is now banned - but debate is still raging over whether the new law will reduce the accident rate.

<i>Editorial:</i> Off the phone, off the accelerator

Drivers picked to sneak back on phones

Woman charged over Auckland waterfront cycle crash

A driver will face charges after a group of cyclists were struck by a car on Auckland's waterfront a month ago.

Loophole open to phone hackers

Phones: Insurers easy, bosses strict

Cellphone use may not affect drivers' insurance claims in the case of an accident, but employers are taking a hard line.

Police ready for tests on suspected stoned drivers

Drivers go hands-free as phone ban looms

New Zealanders are choosing hands-free options to keep talking while driving as a ban on cellphone use nears.

Light will alert drivers to bike riders at black spot

Doctor warned seconds before fatal hit-and-run

Graham Robinson was flung over his handlebars seven days ago, when a driver in a white ute swerved into him and didn't stop.

Police step up hunt for ute

Hit-and-run driver may be showing nerves, say police

Police need more help to find the driver who hit and fatally injured cyclist Graham Robinson near Helensville.

Doctor's killer evades police

Mates ride in dead cyclist's tracks

As police hunt the hit-and-run killer of a doctor, donations are flowing into a charity ride for which he was training.

<i>Kerre Woodham</i>: Control of the streets gifted to revheads

Crash black spot claims teenager's life

Residents had been campaigning in vain for barriers on a treacherous corner that this weekend claimed the life of a teenager.

Be hands off at all costs