A new programme is making a dramatic impact in saving young lives on the roads. Killer drink drivers and boy racers are stopping themselves in their own tracks by a new theinitiative, “Right Track Programme”, hitting Waitakere and Rodney. Administered by Waitakere youth workers John and Helen Finch, the programme is having an 80% success [...]

Lets get this straight – if a man breaches a protection order by phoning or arriving at his child’s home he is locked up forthwith – without exception – and deemed to have committed a criminal act. If I swear at a Police man – or park too long somewhere – I will suffer the [...]

Street racing issue on Norwood Road resolved after police interview driver.

Street racing annoys residents in Bayswater on Sunday 24 January 2010.

Street racing around Bayswater brings anger from residents.

New laws to combat boy racers come into effect this week. The courts and local authorities will have greater powers to deal with boy racers and mean offenders can lose their cars and licences much sooner. The new laws include the compulsory impoundment of vehicles involved in illegal street racing, and allowing vehicles to be [...]

An Australian study into the effects of new Boy Racer legislation indicates that some drivers were so attached to their vehicles, especially if they had invested their life savings in them, that they would try to outrun police. “A $40,000 car is a reason to run from the cops,” said Ms Nerida Lea, of the [...]

By David Tilson Tough new laws are coming into force in December and will hopefully resolve a problem that has plagued North Shorts residents for some time. The Land Transport (Enforcement Powers) Amendment Act will give councils the power to enact by laws to prohibit boy racers from ‘cruising’.  ‘Cruising’ does not mean looking for [...]