Latest NZTA & MOT Media/News Releases |

	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	0	11	11
Whangarei	4	5	9
Kaipara	3	4	7
Northland	7	20	27
National	295

"Driving 5km/h above the speed limit in a 60km/h zone has the same level of casualty risk as driving at the New Zealand drink-driving limit (blood alcohol concentration (BAC) of 50 mg/100 ml)."

— NZTA - Better Conversations about Road Risk
"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'
"Texting While Driving......Go Together Like.....Running Naked Thru Poison Oak"

— Operation Save Lives
"Live To See Another Day - Put The Phone Away"
"Driving hands-free is no safer than holding a phone while talking, since the workload on the brain is the same."