Cabinet has approved a number of changes to the road rules in an attempt to improve road safety. These include raising the driving age to 16 and making it harder for a person to advance from the learners licence to the restricted one.
SunLive visited a crash scene on Thursday to ask people there if they thought these measures would make the roads safer.

Yeah, they should raise it to 16 because there are a lot of accidents around New Zealand caused by young people.
Ngahere Raharaha, 16, Paeroa

I think it is good. We have got too many hot heads that are too young to be behind the wheel.
Cath McKenzie, Tauranga

It's a good idea, if you look around, just about every day we see near misses and really it is that age group involved.
Janet Wilson, Tauranga

Not old enough, I reckon 18. Well it works in Aussie.
Lance Wylie, Tauranga