Dear Stuart,

 

I refer to your Official Information Request of 27 August 2018 for the
following information, received by Police:

 

“-The number drivers fined/prosecuted for use of a mobile phone, 2016,
2017 and 2018 to date.
- The number of drivers reported (but not fined/prosecuted) for use of a
mobile phone, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to date.
- The number of drivers reported for use of a distracting device, 2016,
2017 and 2018 to date (including but not limited to, books, newspapers,
laptops, tablet devices.)
- The total number of road collisions reported, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to
date
- The total number of collisions attributable to mobile phone use whilst
driving, 2016, 2017, 2018 to date.”

 

Your request is being actioned pursuant to the Official Information Act
1982.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Hannah Wright-McCarthy

Ministerial Services Officer

Ministerial Services

 

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Dear Stuart,

 

I refer to your request of 27 August 2018.

 

The information you have requested in:

 

‘The total number of road collisions reported, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to
date”, and “the total number of collisions attributable to mobile phone
use whilst driving, 2016, 2017, 2018 to date”,

is not held by Police and is more closely connected to the information
obtained by the New Zealand Transport Agency.

 

I am therefore transferring part of your request to the New Zealand
Transport Agency pursuant to Section 14 of the Official Information Act
1982.

 

NZ Police will respond to the remainder of your request-

“-The number drivers fined/prosecuted for use of a mobile phone, 2016,
2017 and 2018 to date.
- The number of drivers reported (but not fined/prosecuted) for use of a
mobile phone, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to date.
- The number of drivers reported for use of a distracting device, 2016,
2017 and 2018 to date (including but not limited to, books, newspapers,
laptops, tablet devices.)”

 

Kind Regards,

 

Hannah Wright-McCarthy

Ministerial Services Officer

Ministerial Services

 

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Dear Stuart

 

This email acknowledges your below request (highlighted) for information
made under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Your request has been forwarded to the appropriate section of the
Transport Agency for response. They will contact you if they require
clarification of your request, more time to respond, or if your request
has been transferred to another organisation to respond to. Unless more
time is required, the Transport Agency will send a response to you within
20 working days of receiving your request – in this instance on or before
2 October 2018.

 

If you would like to discuss your request with the Transport Agency,
please contact us by email at [1][email address].

 

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To: OIA/LGOIMA requests at New Zealand Police
<[6][New Zealand Police request email]>
From: Stuart MacDonald <[7][FOI #8560 email]>
Date: 27/08/2018 12:51PM
Subject: Official Information request - Use of distracting devices whilst
driving

Dear New Zealand Police,

I am writing as a New Zealand resident and wish to know the following:

- The number drivers fined/prosecuted for use of a mobile phone, 2016,
2017 and 2018 to date.
- The number of drivers reported (but not fined/prosecuted) for use of a
mobile phone, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to date.
- The number of drivers reported for use of a distracting device, 2016,
2017 and 2018 to date (including but not limited to, books, newspapers,
laptops, tablet devices.)
- The total number of road collisions reported, 2016, 2017 and 2018 to
date
- the total number of collisions attributable to mobile phone use whilst
driving, 2016, 2017, 2018 to date.

The number of drivers that I personally see on our roads using mobile
devices whilst driving is reaching an epidemic level and these requests
should hopefully shed some light on the action or inactions of current
road policing in regards to their use.

Yours faithfully,

Stuart MacDonald

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Dear Stuart,

 

Please find attached the New Zealand Police response to your Official
Information Act request.

 

Kind Regards,

 

Hannah Wright-McCarthy

Ministerial Services Officer

Ministerial Services

 

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Dear Stuart

 

Please find attached the response to your request of 27 August 2018 for
information under the Official Information Act 1982.

 

Regards

 

_________  _____________________________________________   

 

Ministerial Services

Governance, Stakeholders and Communications

50 Victoria Street, Private Bag 6995, Wellington 6141, New Zealand 

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