Otago motorists are largely being praised for their driving during the long weekend.
It was New Zealand's first road fatality-free Queen's Birthday Weekend. In the wider Dunedin area police stopped 878 vehicles at checkpoints and breath-tested 256 drivers.
''Out of all of that, we only picked up two drink-drivers. The traffic alcohol group was also in town at the weekend and only picked up one drink-driver,'' Dunedin road policing manager Senior Sergeant Phil McDouall said.
The main checkpoints were in Waikouaiti and central Dunedin on Monday.
Snr Sgt McDouall said 215 traffic infringement notices were issued in the wider Dunedin area, 36 of which were for speeding offences.
The worst case was a driver travelling at 134kmh on State Highway 1 between Mosgiel and Waihola.
Another two drivers were ticketed for driving at 131kmh and 132kmh in separate incidents.
''When you get people going 30kmh over the speed limit, that's really too fast,'' Snr Sgt McDouall said.
Other tickets were issued for breaches of restricted licences, faulty vehicle lights and expired registrations or warrants of fitness.
One driver was issued an infringement notice for using a false registration.
''His vehicle was ordered off the road, so he grabbed a registration sticker from another car and put it on his, but either way he was going to lose because the registration he stole was expired,'' Snr Sgt McDouall said.
No serious crashes were reported in the wider Dunedin area during the weekend.
''It's an excellent result. Overall the message from us is to thank the public for driving safely.''
Acting southern district road policing manager Senior Sergeant Steve Larking said motorists throughout the rest of Otago were also predominantly well-behaved.
''Staff on the ground said roads were relatively quiet, probably due to the weather. However, speed camera data shows some very high speeds were recorded.''
One motorist was caught travelling at 157kmh on Cluden Hill, on their way down the Lindis Pass towards Tarras.
The only other official holiday period with a zero road toll was Easter 2012.
At Queen's Birthday Weekend last year seven people died on New Zealand roads and 107 more were injured.
