News & Events – Page 3 – Northland Road Safety

Fourth United Nations Global Road Safety Week 8-14 May 2017

Posted on 23 March 2017

This years Road Safety Week will focus on ‘Speed Management’ and what can be done to address this key risk factor.

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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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Media Release From NZTA

Posted on 08 February 2017

Work to start on improving safety on SH14 Hospital Road

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Faces Of The Road Toll

Posted on 05 January 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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Drive Fresh northbound Fatigue/Driver Reviver Stop SH1, Uretiti, Friday 23 December midday to approx 5pm

Posted on 08 December 2016

Free refreshments at northbound Fatigue/Driver Reviver Stop at Uretiti – Drive Fresh

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Poetry & Voices of Children Urge Drivers To Check their Speed for Summer Campaign

Posted on 29 November 2016

The voices of children and the power of poetry are adding to the call to reduce serious injuries and deaths on our roads this summer.

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"No Call - No Text - No Ticket"

— Bumper Sticker
"'The driver is safer when the roads are dry; the roads are safer when the driver is dry' "

— Author Unknown
"Despite popular belief, hands-free and Bluetooth operation aren’t safer—that cognitive load is still present"

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

— Virginia Tech Transportation Institute
"Live To See Another Day - Put The Phone Away"