The week 6 winner of the Safe Speed Driver prize is the driver of GCR178 |

The week 6 winner of the Safe Speed Driver prize is the driver of:

	Local Road fatalities This Year	State Highway fatalities This Year	Total fatalities This Year
Far North	3	2	5
Whangarei	4	4	8
Kaipara	2	0	2
Northland	9	6	15
National	155

"In the event of a car crash, booster seats reduces the risk of injury by 59%."

— SafeKids Aotearoa
"It’s not safe to use a device when stopped at traffic lights; Uni of Utah researchers say that drivers take up to 27 seconds to regain full attention after sending a text."

— 2014 book A Deadly Wandering
"A Moments Distraction Can Cause A Lifetime Of Change"

— Northland Brain Injury Association
"Driving hands-free is no safer than holding a phone while talking, since the workload on the brain is the same."
"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