24 Jan 2023

NZ drivers' dangerous lax attitude to speeding - road policing boss

From Checkpoint, 5:11 pm on 24 January 2023

There is no excuse for speeding - that's the message from police, who are ramping up their crackdown on dangerous driving.

About 500 people are killed or seriously injured a year in speed related crashes.

Police National Road Policing Director Superintendent Steve Greally says New Zealand drivers have lax attitude to speeding in Aoetearoa, with catastrophic consequences.