Stop the bastards from taxing us off the roads.
The website about the restricted license practical test: http://www.ltsa.govt.nz/licensing/motorcycle/motorcycle-r-practical.html Some tips for you all to read before doing the restricted test: Stopping - Place both feet on the ground, yes one foot at a time (if that is how you do it), but do...
This is coming up in a couple of months. Having seen draft plan :mad::crybaby:(descriptor: 3rd world gearing) main addressable problem I see is that instead of making training a priority it is "young drivers" right up top along side motorcycling - they're still going on the parents as coaches...
About time you guys changed to the proper way of doing things :yes: (disclaimer: I'm from Aus :blink: ) http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3398471/Give-way-rules-set-to-change-Govt
I've just heard that lane splitting on the port/sh16 --> sh1 north bound onramp is considered driving in an emergency lane and was very successfully policed yesterday. WTF? What constitutes an emergency lane? Apparently lane splitting while it was a single lane was not on, but its all ok once that...
With the ACC charges going up I can only afford to register my VFR for 3 months each year......and I want these to be January to March. Currently the registration expires at the end of January. If I put it on hold for a year, can I then re-register say next December to cover the period Jan-Mar...
A bike cop was giving tickets out the other day to bikers using the new(ish) bus only onramp to the motorway that bypasses the congested onramp. Word on the street is that he cancelled all the tickets because of all the confusion in the rules between North Shore Council and NZTA. So it looks like a...
Okay, so the report's out. Read it at http://www.transport.govt.nz/saferjourneys/Pages/default.aspx As expected, there's not much new, and nothing innovative. It bangs on about crash statistics and the 'Social Cost' whatever the hell that is. Quotes stuff from countries such as Sweden...a place...
Had a good sleep and this is how it is, in reality. Ha haha... bunch of moaners, who should just be out riding. Oh yeah, you do and then winge about how much it costs.
Thank goodness Eric Thompson has the right idea! Why isn't he the Minister of Transport? Kiwis expert on how not to drive. When listening to the government's big, earth shattering and momentous statement on how they're going to resolve the problem of young driver deaths, an advert came to...
Without going into too many identifiable details the following incident started near last Christmas. I was stopped in a town of 15,000 people at 1.15 in the morning for allegedly exceeding the speed limit - 50k zone. No one around, apart from the Police. I wrote to the PIB with some questions...
Indicators - occassionaly used. Confirminators - flash once, maybe twice, just to confirm that I'm not just drifting out of my lane and intend to cut you off. Buses commonly use these to cut you off too, after a stop. Imaginators - you'll have to imagine that I've signalled a lane change (or...
The rule changes are describe here http://www.stuff.co.nz/national/politics/3398471/Give-way-rules-set-to-change-Govt You don't get to vote for one change but not the other.
sure its been asked before but caint find it in here:blink:, also need the post numbers:Punk:, anyway today going down the motorway following another motorcycle went past a van with a camera in it,( parked over a crest near munukau) i was doin bout 115, now i manage to see back of van but did not...
The Government intends imposing a zero alcohol level on drivers aged under 20, Transport Minister Steven Joyce has confirmed. He said today it was part of a package aimed at reducing the road death toll, which was 60 per cent per capita higher than Australia's. Mr Joyce said the zero alcohol...
Government announces new rules for motorcycles Synopsis The 250cc limit goes, replaced by the Australiam LAM list. Which is good in that learners will not be restricted to 250cc, bad in that the 250cc two strokes are forbidden. The list does include larger bikes , up to 660cc, but only...
HI guys, I'm new in the forum and a new Biker, I got my Ls, and there's something that I can'i understand, no even the people from NZTA was capable to give me a good explanation about why as a learner or with a restricted Licence u can't drive after 10 pm?????? It's something that really bother...
$1000 fine for 'cruising' boy racers: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/nz/news/article.cfm?c_id=1&objectid=10625108 Does this affect motorbikes in Christchurch too? I love cruising around Christchurch on my bike and in my car. Both have warrants. I don't see why I should be banned from 'cruising'...
Taking our toys? http://www.stuff.co.nz/life-style/motoring/3387802/More-drivers-outliving-their-driving-capability Cold dead hands etc...
That's what the new Auckland Motorway on ramp traffic management system cost. Currently there are Police on point duty at Penrose to make it work. And yet they are trying to tax motorcycles off the road. Please feel free to add any more: ..... and yet they are trying to tax...
This is probably not so useful for the average bike rider but I wonder if anyone has tried it in the cage? Given the number of iphones around it seems like something that could be quite lucrative http://trapster.com/ It looks like it also runs on Blackberrys, Palms and Nokias. You can...
Was chatting to a nice pair of KB'rs at the Welly rally. Won't go into how we got onto the subject but chap was absolutly certain that it was legal to piss on the left hand rear wheel of a vehicle in public. AS in wouldn't be arrested for indecent exposure. Anyone know for sure? What about...
So my new toy has this awesome tail tidy with a non-government issue number plate (see pic) which I'm assuming is illegal? I'd quite like to keep it as is if possible, so just wondering if anyone else has one similar & whether they've had any hassles with it?
Hello all fellow bikers, Is it just me or is the Restricted licence test a complete waist of time, Well for that matter the full test also, Has anyone gone through the testing process and found it to be a good thing ????, :weird:
I am looking at buying a Yamaha XT225 - most of the ones I have seen on trademe are not yet registered to ride on the road. I have found one that looks good - is set up to ride on the road (has indicators etc). It is NZ new, has a frame number etc but has never been registered anywhere...it is a...
Surf over to this site for a wee look at a new group (including me) hoping to make the roads safer for riders. http://groups.google.co.nz/group/nzmsc
Hi everyone, On Friday I came back to my bike parked on the Lambton Quay bike park to find $200 worth of tickets, $200 for expired wof and $200 for either expired rego or they didn't look hard enough for it. I just comepletely overlooked both having been expired, went down 1st thing the next...
I am curious to know if the "police quota" system has changed since National has taken power. Partly due to the fact National criticised it a lot so it would be hypocritical for it to be still in place. But mainly due to it encouraging pedantic and maybe even dishonest policing (not seen the...
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