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The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) is preparing to introduce new measures to improve young driver safety from next week. These new measures will support recent law changes, with the minimum driving age increasing to 16 on August 1 and a zero alcohol limit for teenage drivers coming into force a week later, on August 7.
While road crews have now re-opened the Desert Road section of State Highway 1 from Waiouru to Rangipo in the North Island, more snow and high winds are keeping driving conditions treacherous in parts of the South Island, with SH94 from Milford Sound to Lake Gunn closed at 2pm this afternoon.
The Automobile Association and the New Zealand Transport Agency are pleased to release the 2011 safety ratings for used cars and announce a new Safe Pick rating for the safest vehicles in each category.
