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	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	4	4	8
Whangarei	6	5	11
Kaipara	2	0	2
Northland	12	9	21
National	232

"'The problem with drinking and driving is the MOURNING after'"

— Author Unknown
"Drivers talking on the phone can miss up to 50 percent of what’s in their driving environments."

— 2014 book A Deadly Wandering
"'Texting while driving increases the risk of a crash 23.2 times over unimpaired driving'"

— Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
"Distracted drivers more often kill other road users in crashes than themselves "

— Distraction-related fatal collisions 2000-2016 Canada TIRF Fact Sheet
"Leave The Tweets - For The Passenger Seats"