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Information for drivers taking medication – Are You Safe To Drive?

Posted on 25 September 2017

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Far North Road Safety Campaign Media Release

Posted on 06 July 2017

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Ride4Ever (R4E) Motor Cycle Training In Whangarei

Posted on 05 July 2017

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Loop Road North to Smeatons Hill safety improvements

Posted on 15 March 2017

Improvements to the SH1 and Loop Road intersection to make it safer and easier to use. This is part of the important strategic link between Auckland and Whangarei.

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Where there is Life – There is Hope – Elber Twomey

Posted on 21 February 2017

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Christmas & New Year Holiday Hotspots From NZTA

Posted on 21 December 2016

Safe travels if you are heading away for your holiday break.

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Sharing the road with trucks

Posted on 18 September 2016

Vehicles of many sizes share New Zealand’s road network, but they don’t always share it safely.
Every year around 80 people die as a result of crashes between trucks and cars or motorcycles, and a further 800 people are injured.

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National Drive Electric Week Presentations – EV 101 – Electric Cars for Beginners

Posted on 11 September 2016

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	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	7	6	13
Whangarei	6	7	13
Kaipara	2	0	2
Northland	15	13	28
National	298

"Click it or Ticket - A Law You Can Live With"

— Bumper Sticker
"On average, texting drivers take their eyes off the road for up to 5 seconds at a time. At 90kph, that’s travelling the length of a football field completely blind."

— 2014 book 'A Deadly Wandering'
"Driving while texting is just as dangerous as driving drunk."
"Texting While Driving......Go Together Like.....Winning The Powerball Jackpot Then Loosing The Ticket."

— Operation Save Lives
"Distracted drivers more often kill other road users in crashes than themselves "

— Distraction-related fatal collisions 2000-2016 Canada TIRF Fact Sheet