An emergency mission to fetch toilet paper in a crappy car lands an unlicenced driver in the poop. A car full of partying hens in high spirits hit high speeds on their journey to Queenstown.

Making a three-hour road trip drunk, on your phone, and in the dark is the trifecta of bad decisions. A triple-car crash shuts down the highway. A convertible car with its own sink.

Speeding and reckless overtaking from a tourist running late for rafting. Too drunk to see the speed humps in town. Race day at the track where enthusiasts push their cars in a safe setting.

A family car crashes enroute to the airport and medics must decide if it’s still safe for the baby to fly. A geriatric canary that goes on road trips. Lads on a burger run get grilled.

An overloaded wagon has a baby on board and a buddy in the boot. Holiday makers hit a possum and a deer in the same night. Tasman officers deal with three crashes in one day.

Trucks and trailers flip when a gale force wind whips through. A driver going 95 kmh in a 50 zone says Aunty’s distracting stories are to blame. How does a boat get high and dry in a mountain pass?

The squeaky wheel doesn’t get the oil and ignoring it causes a rush-hour crash. Officers check out a driver who’s speeding to check-in.

There’s a ute wrapped around a power pole and other drivers walking through the downed live cables. A community detention offender is found far from home and outside of curfew.

Police and a rescue chopper must save swimmers before they are swept down the rapids. It’s good news for cats but bad news for pavlovas when a truck spills a full load of cream over the highway.

Call the fashion police! Lawbreakers are afoot and wearing mismatched shoes on the open road. Angle parking becomes angler parking when a campervan rolls down a riverbank.

A man on the run abandons his pooch but is caught by the police dog, and Senior Constable Doug Winter has a speeding ticket for Tinky Winky.

This time on Highway Cops: A breakfast beer ruins a driver’s day, the fastest car Constable Grant has ever ticketed, and a car door held together with string.

A driver meets police head-on after a risky overtaking move, and the drink driving process drags on when a driver can’t blow and is too scared of needles to give a blood sample.

A nose-to-tail could become a fist-to-face, the international tourists have gone but Kiwis are behaving just as badly on the roads, and two tickets in one day.

This time on Highway Cops: Clueless drivers, clothes-less drivers, and roadside turkey wrangling.

The Highway Cops deal with a rolled car in a ditch, a girl in a boot, and a meth pipe in a glovebox.

Sergeant Pat Duffy catches an extremely fast driver in Taranaki, while Constable Rick Lawrie pulls over a frustratingly slow one near Hanmer. Plus, Crate Day is not a great day for road safety in Canterbury.

A police vehicle ramming in Foxton takes the act of running away to a new level.

It’s a rough start to the New Year in for drivers who are still affected by the Eve’s partying.

A lucky escape near Lake Dunstan after a car plunges down a cliff; a truck vs car stand off on state highway one; and drivers across the Country cross the line

A drunk driver who can barely stand, the weird and wonderful at the Hokitika Bike Rally, and a Waikanae fisherman hooks two big ones: an impressive kingfish and $950 of infringements.

There's a mysterious crash near Christchurch. Meanwhile, another driver is slow to let others pass but quick to argue with police.

Constable Tony Sharp catches a fleeing motorcyclist with a cat cage near Levin, a bad driver is oblivious to his flaws, and what's stopping the wheels on the bus from going round and round?

It's rock 'n' roll for a driver when his crane truck flips. Plus, will Senior Constable Brocket lend his footwear to a partying bachelor for a 'shoey'?

Motorheads in Timaru are rowdy and raising a ruckus, a young driver tries to give his license away, and a disqualified driver makes daytrips to the beach.

A hot-pool soak before hitting the road sends a driver to sleep, and there’s no social distancing when a short-tempered motorist gets up in Sergeant Martin’s face.

A carload of would-be monks need divine intervention; a chatty driver gets a fine for using his phone; and you never know who you‘ll meet when picking up a hitch hicker!

New Season: Follow New Zealand's Highway Patrol as they tirelessly work their way up and down our country's varied and volatile highways and byways dealing with everything that's thrown their way.

A cattle truck flip plunges livestock into a river and traps a steer beneath the wreckage, friends escape out the window when their car door won't open, and a pony on the loose in Twizel.

A driver stopped for an expired WOF and registration ends up being arrested, Constable Alex Cully comes head-to-head with a driver on a one-lane bridge, and bald tyres do not make for a smooth ride in Ōtaki.