onight, a woman's life hangs in the balance after a late night head-on crash, a smiling mystery man throws the system into a spin, and city wide mayhem after 400 litres of printer's ink are spilled on Auckland Harbour Bridge.
Tonight, a driver not wearing a seatbelt is arrested, an elderly driver performs an unsafe lane change, pepper spray is used on an aggressive motorist and furniture debris on the motorway causes a tyre puncture.
Tonight, road rage flares when two brothers run from a major car crash, a drunk driver stops his car in the fast lane, and mayhem ensues as traffic lights fail during the Chinese New Year.
Tonight, a rusty wreck with dodgy plates makes a dash for home, and an overloaded trailer threatens to spill furniture all over the motorway.
Tonight, a Japanese chef caught without a seatbelt, a driver with a broken leg trapped in a crashed car, and a full moon brings some strange motorway behaviour.
Tonight, a single loose wheel causes eight crashes, a rolled van is leaking petrol near live wires, and games of cat and mouse between cops and tailgaters on Labour Day.
Tonight, a speedster caught at 150 kilometres an hour, a towie cuts off a mufti police car, and a crashed car with the driver asleep in a flower bed.
Tonight, fire rages on the roadside, cars spin out in the fast lane, and a manhunt for Mr X.
Tonight, a biker with attitude, Steve Lamb's a crash detective and traffic control on the Harbour Bridge, the hard way.
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Tonight, four cars down with two to go, a crazy place to leave a van and no front number plate but that's not all.
Tonight, overloaded with crashes, hoons on the loose and a dodgy license and no lights.
Tonight, the speeders, and how to slow them down.
Tonight, crashed, rolled and hanging on, caught on a dodgy scooter yet again and a slow learner gets rumbled.
Tonight, lipping and sliding with the truth, an early morning wake-up shock and a crash course in common sense.
Tonight, drunk and running for cover, flat out on the road to no license and puffing into town.
Tonight, drunken drivers, a helicopter crash and a speeding trailer.
Tonight, an unlicensed dial a driver, a potential suicide on Auckland Harbour Bridge, and a man apprehended for not wearing a seatbelt becomes argumentative.
Tonight, drunk and unlicensed, and speeding drivers are apprehended, a crash on Auckland Harbour Bridge, car towing an oversized boat on a trailer
Tonight, a wayward trampoline triggers roadside lies and deception, a mystery hit and run motorist leaves a damning clue behind and there's clean-up chaos when a truck loaded with plastic punnets loses its load.
Tonight, an unlicensed high speed racer loses his car when he's caught on radar, the motorway patrol run for cover as an out of control speeder wipes out in a tunnel, a 17 year old driver breaks all the rules, and then breaks down on the motorway and an unwell driver pays the price for following too close.
Tonight, an out of control car, an angry drunk refuses to co-operate, holiday hell for a group of tourists, a hazardous load is escorted off the motorway and a trailer has an accident.
Tonight, a drunk driver wrecks his car, rain causes havoc, and a migrant has a dangerous motorway smash.
Tonight, an erratic driver, a hazardous drunk driver, crash involving a car and truck, a motorway altercation, confusing identification, a dangerous swerving driver, an overloaded station-wagon, and an illegal driver of an unsafe vehicle.
Tonight, a dangerously speeding driver, car thieves, an unremorseful driver of an illegally lowered car and an abusive driver hitting his dog.
Tonight, carnage on the motorway, dangerous weapons and a hit and run accident.
Tonight, road rage, accidents caused by rubber-neckers, a confused elderly woman drives her mobility scooter onto a busy highway and back seat lovers caught in the act.
Tonight, a young girl's cry for help, road rage at rush hour and mayhem in wet conditions.
Tonight, an accident involving a car and a truck, a hit an run accident caused by teenagers, hitch-hikers on the motorway and a man claiming to be Jesus.
Tonight, a life and death situation, a trucker with a loose load and a victim of stand over tactics.
Tonight, a man is found lying on the side of the road, a woman's car is crushed by a truck and when merging like a zip goes wrong.
Tonight, P-crazed car thieves, an overturned ute on an overbridge and a motorway clean-up.
Tonight, a drunk driver on the run, running a red light leads to disaster and a tailgater with attitude.
Tonight, a car swerving all over the road, roundabout emergency, and a four car pile-up in the fast lane.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, a home invasion suspect is brought to heel, a shocking attitude to safety on the road and a pathetic complaint from a dodgy driver.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, an emergency situation arises following a hideous truck versus car on State Highway 1. Plus a short sighted attempt to stonewall the New Zealand Police.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, ŠBrazen thieves in action; a car catapults off the motorway; an uncooperative drunk; and a lucky escape for a hitchhiker.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, mayhem is caused with some modified cars, a language barrier complicates the logistics of Police business and an unusual personalised plate.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, a fast car prepares to make the jump into hyper-space, while for another driver, the pace is glacial. Also a man on his way to a Steely Dan concert ends up seeing The Police instead.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, a high speed street racer, while another accident causing speeder holds back the truth. Also a broken down truck reveals more than expected.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, an epic roadside domestic, a car gets cooked at Spaghetti Junction, Slipknot fans are caught swerving and there's motorway comedy with Flight of the Swan-chords.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, a berserk bike-rider needs restraining, Canadian pedestrians complete with blessings and gingerbeer and a swinging 60’s party bus gets busted.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, a serious crash involving a signal truck and a drunk driver, a sweet-talking Russian cyclist who’s lost her way and Granny finds out that driving in first gear will eventually make your car burst into flames.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, there's a caravan catastrophe, boys, beers and full bladders en route to the Big Day Out. Then, a driver's skid marks reveal the truth about his "little accident".
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, several cars are smashed-up on the Southern and there's a bourbon 'n' coke bonanza. Meanwhile, two other motorists may have been using their can for cannabis.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, two mates mistake the motorway for a playstation game, an "Olden Holden" gets searched for firearms, and it takes three patrol cars to get a drunk truckie off the road.
A car gets incinerated on the Harbour Bridge, a roadside tree gets some impromptu tree surgery, and an illegal number plate stands in the way of a groom and his wedding.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, two drag racing motorcyclists are stopped in their tracks, a date goes sour for one belt-less romeo, there’s a lucky escape in a Ute vs Truck incident and someone’s forgotten to merge like a zip.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, the wheels fall off for one unlucky motorist, another one takes out the spotlight, there's a tomato avalanche and a drunken 'shuffler' proves NZ has no talent.
A man running from police ends up in a ditch, there's some very ropey trailer DIY, and three men in a pulsating bongo van cause problems.
A van rams a Totara tree, four tipsy boys in a dinghy need rescuing, and an angry passenger works himself into a lather.
A wanted motorcyclist is brought to heel, a car thief falls asleep on the job, and a pair of drunk drivers crash-out - one into a lamp post, and the other out cold.
The mullet makes a return, a couple of trucks are in trouble, and there's a multi-car nose-to-tail on the Harbour Bridge.
There's an overstayer with an overloaded trailer, a trapped, bleating kid, and a serious crash leaves a man fingerless.
A jack-knifed truck closes all lanes, and two motorists on medication, and a major T-Bone crash at dawn keep the team busy
A scary Halloween skid leaves two women trapped, and everything's expired for an unlucky driver.
Tonight, a jack-knifed truck closes all lanes, and two motorists on medication, and a major T-Bone crash at dawn keep the team busy.
An adrenalin fuelled biker attempts a crash and dash after bailing on the Southern Motorway; a truck and car mumbo whilst merging; and a commuter gets caught out in the T2 lane.
One drunk driver leaves a dangerous path of destruction behind him. A little house creates a big hold up and a speeder gets sprung going 165km.
A game of hide and seek goes very wrong for one hapless motorist. It's love at first sight for two stranded ladies and an un-licenced driver gets back on his bike.
Speeding, smashed, and smashed up, sparks fly for one driver, an over ambitious 4WD attempts to take on a truck, and looking on the bright side of pink stickers.
Helicopters, dogs and patrol cars are out in search of a checkpoint dodger; a mystery vehicle on the side of the road leaves everybody guessing; and confusion cuts a commute short for one motorist.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, lives could be on the line when a runaway vehicle charges straight at police. And a man so drunk, he can't remember his address.
Two heroes stop a drunk driver but the fallout has to be seen to be believed. And why does a well-dressed young woman get escorted by police to a work do?
Dramatic scenes unfold as a car catches fire; a Kiwi stag night ditches the Aussie brother-in-law to be; and a car crash leads to some unusual behaviour on the side of the motorway.
A sniper attack on the motorway puts police on full alert; and a man tries to run from police on foot but reckons without nature interfering.
An angry woman breaks the law but demands police help; a dim car thief gets caught on camera; and there’s the strangest of incidents involving a drive shaft and 11 cars.
Tonight, two elderly pedestrians take a wrong turn and dice with death, a taxi driver dumps his passengers on the motorway and police track a car filled with suspected crims.
Tonight, a frightening case of road rage unfolds as a drunk man attacks another car with an axe and our cameras are there as a truck takes out a car in spectacular fashion.
Tonight, a domestic ends in a car crash - but the fight keeps going and a belligerent drunk takes on the cops.
Tonight, a regular speeder gets way more than he bargains on, a van and car collide at high speed and a drunk man talking nonsense thinks it's a good idea to go to another city on foot.
Tonight, police call on multiple units and the Eagle helicopter as they hunt a stolen Subaru and a cyclist can't quite comprehend why he can't bike along the motorway.
A runaway driver clocks huge speeds as he flees from police, a motorcyclist goes head first through a car window and a man suffers an asthma attack - or does he?
Tonight, when a truck crashes the driver tries to lie his way out of trouble. But what he doesn't know is that cameras have caught it all - and now he's in big trouble.
A young couple are lucky to be alive after a tangle with a truck, police catch two committed marijuana enthusiasts and a woman blatantly breaks the law in front of the cops – but that’s not the end of her troubles
A drunk driver slams cars on Auckland's Harbour Bridge, and Police meet a woman with cracks in her windscreen and cracks in her story.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol, twisted metal shuts down the motorway, a drunk driver blasts through a checkpoint and a police college applicant jeopardizes his chances.
Police deal with a hit-and-run and a clueless speeding driver. Plus, there's a bright spark under the chassis of one car - but not behind the wheel.
Lightning strikes twice for one drunk driver, fleeing bikers need a take down tackle, and what's big and bouncy and barrelling down the bridge?
Two drunk drivers and an imaginary friend play skittles with road cones! Plus, Police discover a car speeding at night without headlights.
A driver makes an ill-advised U-turn in the Waterview Tunnel. Plus, police discover an accident waiting to happen.
A driver hits a traffic management truck that's lit up like the Las Vegas Strip and a booze-soaked punter waters a lemon tree.
Tonight on Motorway Patrol: An unconscious motorist bouncing from side-rail to median barrier - and the hero who saves him. Plus, a crash and an unsecured car-seat, but wehere is the baby?
Tonight on Motorway Patrol: Hunting down car thieves, the amateur modifications that are putting carbon monoxide into a driver's face, and who has smashed into the Police motorway base?
Sergeant Andy Meale helps a woman suffering an anxiety attack, and there's a two-car collision involving a police vehicle.
A biker thinks he's bulletproof - he's got the vest to prove it. Constable Roya Shields finds a missing person, and a drunk challenges an officer to a fight.
A child is caught driving at 12 years old, a scrub fire by the motorway causes chaos, and senior constables Errol and Sheryll stop a drunk driver who's back to old tricks.
A drunk driver has a bad attitude and cops chase stolen shampoo.
Someone is on the run from the petrol pump, a kitten rescued from the fast lane lashes out at Constable Mike, and a motorway walker gets feisty with Sergeant Jonathan.
Constable Heath Turner encounters a gnarly crash wreck, a booze thief has a flash of conscience, and a new employee forgets to gas up on his first-day commute.
Police deal with a motorway menace who is six times over the limit, crashing into cars and continuing to drive. Plus, Sergeant Andy Meale diffuses a 30-year-old bomb.
Emergency services race to save a driver in cardiac arrest, a drunk driver races to his date, and a tired motorist isn't going anywhere fast when she blacks out at the wheel.
A motorcyclist's world is turned upside down in the Victoria Park Tunnel, truckies are taking risks and paying the price, and a motorway wanderer tells of the time he got trespassed.
One speeder won't stop and the next won't give over his details. Plus, it's a Christmas miracle when Senior Constable Hartnell convinces a stubborn truckie that seatbelts are worth wearing.
A hitch-hiker wanders into motorway lanes, and an officer has to read rights in French.
A Christmas party sends a jolly driver over the limit, and a relationship gets wrangled on the roadside.
This episode features motorway tinder, crashing and fighting, and memorable mullets.
There's a cargo of cannabis, the wheels on the bus won't go round and round, and cars go bump in the night.
A breakdown leads to some dodgy towing plans, hot dogs fry on the roadside, and there's lots of crashing.
Kitten rescues, 17 and doing 177, and a hot ride which ends in flames.
A driver gets sleepy and goes bush, another forgets to check his nuts, and police meet a stoned slurpee sipper.
When the motorway gets backed up one driver offroads it, and a mini Mitzi meets a maxi truck in a hit and run.
A good samaritan helps out at a crash and ends up regretting it, and bikers are behaving badly lane-splitting and paying the price.
Bad friends lead to bad ideas, an exploding pie pile-up, and two suspended drivers in one car is two too many.
We revisit the classics in this one-hour special. It's a degustation of danger, desperation, drunks and drama, as cameras follow the road users and abusers of Auckland.
A metal missile is launched on the Harbour Bridge, the motorway is heaving with concert-goers while one heaves his lunch; and there’s a fender bender feud.
A cascade of tears from a commuter caught on her cellphone; a bovine goes berserk; and a relationship hits the skids on the roadside.
Mind the gap! An inexperienced driver makes a disastrous lane change; a laptop left on the rooftop causes grief for a sole trader; and there’s sparks when a car thief hits the spikes and doesn’t stop.
A nose-to-tail with a nose and tail in the boot; and a driver pretends to be his brother to save himself.
So many bicycles loaded onto one small car; a sulky speeder who’s forgotten how to breathe; and safely moving an anxious horse in a broken down float.
A driver having sweet P dreams on the offramp creates a roadblock; another escapes the flames of a vehicle flare-up; and an amphibious boat blows a tyre in rush-hour.
A motorway cyclist says he’s riding 170 kilometres on his BMX with no gears; a swerving sportsman has downed some brews after training; and an intriguing modified bike that carries a wheelchair.
A diabetic emergency causes a crash; a drugged man takes a snooze by the motorway; and a drunk woman decides to pee in full view.
A breakdown blocks the fast lane and a second car crashes into it; motorists mouth off; and a witness mysteriously emerges from the roadside shrubbery.
Officers are used to canines, felines, and bovines, but now there’s a panda on the motorway; a man makes a mad dash to retrieve a mattress; and a mound of melons strains the suspension.
A large sheet of metal pierces a windscreen. Too young to hold a license but speeding on a motorbike. Police get a rude hand signal from a grumpy motorist.
A Sunday driver is heading the wrong way down the fast lane. Another tries to U-turn on the Harbour Bridge. A blown tyre sends a car into a slide.
Curious hitch-hikers in colourful garb. A mum on the run from police. The community stops a vodka-swilling driver.
A crash with an attenuator vehicle. A speedy Swift draws attention. Flat tyres ruin Christmas cheer.
Chunks are knocked from the overpass by a tall load. A drunk driver gets his car airborne. A classic car catches an officer's eye.
A metal missile is launched on the Harbour Bridge, and there's a fender bender feud.
A motorway cyclist says he's riding 170 kilometres on his BMX with no gears, a swerving sportsman has downed some brews after training and an intriguing modified bike that carries a wheelchair.
A diabetic emergency causes a crash, a drugged man takes a snooze by the motorway and a drunk woman decides to pee in full view.
We celebrate Motorway Patrol's 20th birthday with a look back at all the highlights - from crashes and smashes, brawls and drunks, to the many laugh-out-loud moments!
Sit down and brace yourself as we revisit a decade of motorway madness. The ill-advised, the ill-tempered, the ill-conceived and the just plain ill - we look back and ask ourselves, "seriously?!?"
