Biker Politics & Law [Archive]

Eat your heart out rastuscat (17 replies)
NZTA speed cameras (65 replies)
Slow vehicle lanes (21 replies)
ACC - Here we go again (180 replies)
RUC charges for all petrol vehicles by 2027 (35 replies)
Setting Of Speed Limits - Consultation (180 replies)
This week's winner.... (2 replies)
Waimakariri Speed Limit Consultation (25 replies)
Heads Up - Canterbury Rural is going to get a hammering (11 replies)
Converting a Dirt bike into a street legal bike. (5 replies)
Mudguards and WoFs (4 replies)
2030 Petrol Vehicle Ban (36 replies)
Newshub strikes again (17 replies)
Auckland Congestion Charges (16 replies)
Your comments am speechless (74 replies)
Opting Out (1 replies)
Why have all of 70 km/h limits been replaced by 60 limits in Auckland? (7 replies)
COLD CASE Paeroa tonight (1 replies)
Bonkers rules (19 replies)
Caught on my ZX6R on my Learner's. (54 replies)
Wheelies and police response - what is the typical fine? (34 replies)
Licence, WoF and CoF expiry during Covid (48 replies)
Flush Medians (9 replies)
When to cross a yellow line. (12 replies)
Can you remove L plates on restricted license? (1 replies)
Taking a practical test with a “farm bike”, is it possible? (9 replies)
Warning to all kiwi bikers... Stand up be kiwi (40 replies)
WCC would like to know if we should pay for motorbike parking (26 replies)
Modifying LAMS Motorcycles (36 replies)
New Position (102 replies)
Changes to WOF Testing (21 replies)
The buggers have plugged the rego hold loophole (4 replies)
Mandatory ABS (104 replies)
Motocap and some key messages (22 replies)
Finally some common sense (5 replies)
Auckland wof (8 replies)
Private Parking - Towed. Contestable? (9 replies)
ACC Cashback. (129 replies)
Overtaking an emergency vehicle with flashing lights on. (17 replies)
Road legal Quads/ATV's in the UK? (We need to get the laws changed here) (2 replies)
The Good News (9 replies)
What does NZ Learners convert to in the UK (5 replies)
Government considers scrapping car rego fees (13 replies)
Rego rebates for completing RideForever courses (50 replies)
LAMS bike with slip on aftermarket exhaust ... (35 replies)
Paekakariki speed limit (35 replies)
Decent Whinge (63 replies)
Auckland fuel tax (31 replies)
LED bulbs now banned (50 replies)
Legally pulling up on spot ahead of cycle marking at junctions (30 replies)
ACC - Born Again Riders Cassina Free (39 replies)
ACC - Born Again Riders (30 replies)
183km'h through speed camera (18 replies)
Speed camera flashed at 182kph (102 replies)
How to Display Rego (37 replies)
Census excuse for not including motorcycles in means of transport (30 replies)
Counties Manukau Police advice on lane splitting (60 replies)
Insurance - admitting fault (30 replies)
So a Powercycle is now a motorcycle for accident stats (17 replies)
Cycle Lane Enforcement (111 replies)
Brass Monkey and Dunstan Trail (7 replies)
Lowest of the low (14 replies)
Call for motorcyclists to stop 'lane splitting' overtaking after 10 riders die in Jan (93 replies)
Warehouse Manukau parking (10 replies)
Good Ole ACC (21 replies)
Protective gear write offs (19 replies)
Wrong address for ticket. (31 replies)
MSAC has been busy (39 replies)
*555 (Community Roadwatch Report) (38 replies)
Insurance and Violation tickets (4 replies)
It's a new lap record! (11 replies)
Road toll - Police stupid obsession blaming speed (1035 replies)
ACC / Medical and Health Insurance (11 replies)
Oncoming lane, lanesplitting (22 replies)
Numberplate lights (11 replies)
The 'ol putting the bike on hold trick...... (66 replies)
After market exhaust systems. (9 replies)
Vehicle Exempt Class - Fine (11 replies)
Goverment tightning up on unregistered vehicles (6 replies)
Helmet law. (13 replies)
WRBs. it's not a conspiracy, man! (53 replies)
Your Thoughts On This Story (60 replies)
Advice (23 replies)
RUC Petition for Motorcyclists (172 replies)
Licence law for 3 wheels (7 replies)
ProACC ARSEHOLES ON TV3 NEWS (31 replies)
ACC is making changes & wants your feedback (40 replies)
Can anyone recommend a decent Auckland lawyer (28 replies)
good on you (6 replies)
Licence on hold (29 replies)
What can be done about diesel spills? Rider crashed 3/07/16 on Takas (61 replies)
Gearbrake.com (3 replies)
The definitive word on lane splitting (22 replies)
Chargeable mileage rate? (17 replies)
WCC transport review and PTWs aren't even mentioned as an option (9 replies)
Multiple 55km/h tickets, speedo reading slow (18 replies)
Stupid Stupid Demerits System (101 replies)
This can't be possible (154 replies)
Unmarked police vehicles (61 replies)
Police crackdown on unsafe helmets (207 replies)
Speeding tickets and 3 at once (63 replies)
Stolen Rego and WOF (22 replies)
ACC proposals on motorcycle levies (204 replies)
Are helmet cams legal in NZ? (23 replies)
So I got a parking ticket in the post (19 replies)
Painted medians (21 replies)
ACC levy and crash statistics (21 replies)
1995 883 Iron Horse LAMS approved? (9 replies)
Better work story (60 replies)
Rego or fine (17 replies)
Integrated mirrors/running lights/indicators? (15 replies)
Foreign drivers credited with reducing road toll (13 replies)
Parking fine (44 replies)
What's the situation on knee dragging? (56 replies)
Bad news for Auckland Motorcycle riders (31 replies)
Ticket for no rego - withdrawn. (35 replies)
When and why did wheelies become illegal? (36 replies)
Interesting media release (20 replies)
LVV certification required for derestriction or riser clip on? (0 replies)
Licence label parking ticket? (99 replies)
What should I do with my last 4 weeks? (40 replies)
Should I send this to the AA? (7 replies)
Thanks to all the self-taught experts who know more about my job than me (129 replies)
Court costs for fighting traffic tickets (21 replies)
Video evidence - Pros and cons (82 replies)
Turbans instead of helmets? (70 replies)
A moment of clarity - speed and danger (21 replies)
Rear fender eliminator legal? (3 replies)
Can I go catless in NZ? (12 replies)
Motorcyclist ACC Levy rates 2015-2016 New ACC Support Data Pages / PDFs (33 replies)
WOF for new motorcycles (56 replies)
Ticket for lifting front wheel? (139 replies)
Same letter to Police Infringement Bureau, different outcome. (47 replies)
The cost of re-licencing a lapsed rego? (9 replies)
It's All About Me (58 replies)
Licencing an older motorbike with no proof (VIN numbers, serials gone etc)? (6 replies)
Petition to align New Zealand motorcycle ACC levy structures to LAMS (87 replies)
Safer System Video - starter for ten (8 replies)
Rivers of Tar (31 replies)
Are New Zealand Police inadvertently causing the road toll to increase? (31 replies)
Police erode public faith article (97 replies)
Annual road toll up 44 (338 replies)
Insurance question (filtering) (32 replies)
Unmarked police bikes in Perth (92 replies)
Festive Cheer from the Popo (57 replies)
Zero tolerance petition (31 replies)
Police getting tougher on speed tolerance (1866 replies)
What say you - review of motorcycle licences (188 replies)
2 questions: Learner curfew exemption and is it true? (22 replies)
Road Safety-Archives NZ (6 replies)
How to put rego on hold for less than 3 months? (20 replies)
Wof when selling (22 replies)
Insurance for track days? (12 replies)
New (good) filtering law in Queensland. Time to push for similar here? (33 replies)
Insurance question (43 replies)
Fast and safe? (20 replies)
Modular helmets - OK to leave on in service stations? (49 replies)
Motorcyclist Breakfast Christchurch 3 Sept 14 - Free Stuff (7 replies)
AA's Mike Noon does not represent me! neither as a motorist or a motorcyclist! (52 replies)
Does this work? Convert licence to Aus (3 replies)
Integrated turn signals & brake light? (5 replies)
A safety framework for discussing motorcycle safety (106 replies)
Two-up with L plates? (28 replies)
Historical date of sitting for a licence? (13 replies)
Police traffic enforcement inconsistency? (142 replies)
Opportunity Knocks (65 replies)
Losing your licence? (65 replies)
So, about registration and ACC levies (9 replies)
Cost of re registering a bike (5 replies)
Duck lady kills biker & his daughter? (79 replies)
The 80/20 Rule (63 replies)
Spy cars? (1 replies)
Popos go for Hondas (46 replies)
Bright cycle lights? (177 replies)
ACC at it again! (28 replies)
Statute of limitations regarding 3 month license suspension? (33 replies)
License exemptions? (19 replies)
Evidential contrast leading to frustration (279 replies)
Straightening the road (156 replies)
Cops to apply blanket 5km tolerance to motorcyclists. Permanently? (100 replies)
ACC levies to be slashed - hope this includes bikes (47 replies)
Increasing speed at intersection (111 replies)
More evidence for raising speed limits (68 replies)
Reregistering a bike? (0 replies)
Fewer helmets, more deaths (0 replies)
Boom crash bang (8 replies)
Parking a car alongside a highway (9 replies)
CBTA - Anyone? (9 replies)
Where am I legally allowed to ride my bike? (6 replies)
Overtaking stationary cars through roadworks? (46 replies)
In other news, Darwin's evolution theory (30 replies)
Speed and tolerance (73 replies)
Lane splitting crackdown in Wellington? (258 replies)
Modified LAMs bikes? (31 replies)
Motorcycle safety campaign. Yeah right. (150 replies)
Question: Motorcycle Licence Theory Test (5 replies)
Riding in a bus lane legalities (20 replies)
Motorcycle parking issues in Wellington (34 replies)
Police conducting on the spot vehicle inspections (150 replies)
Victim blaming alive and well (76 replies)
Impartial and nonpolitical. Yeah right (9 replies)
Christmas Carnage (36 replies)
Advanced riding course restricted to full (2 replies)
Bwahahahah. Bring it on. And shit. (29 replies)
What is NZ's police pursuit policy regarding vehicles? (100 replies)
Hey rastuscat your new bike is here (15 replies)
Speed cameras on passing lanes (32 replies)
Lane splitting letter to DomPost 27 Dec 2013 (94 replies)
Anyone tried using an MR27 form recently? (8 replies)
Restricted licence (10 replies)
Hours exemption for learner license for work? (10 replies)
MSAC - Two new members wanted (84 replies)
Aussie gets tough (25 replies)
Op Mataki 2013 - Akaroa GP Is Alive (32 replies)
The CBTA: Will it actually happen this year? (4 replies)
Motorcycle laws in New Zealand? (32 replies)
BRONZ press release - ACC levy consultation, and the motorcycle ACC levy (69 replies)
Not much traffic in the South Island (8 replies)
I got a parking ticket that is retarded. Can I contest this? Is this legal? (32 replies)
Bobber build (9 replies)
Police bike, before, during and after (59 replies)
Rego put on hold - but I still had to pay! (23 replies)
VFR400 vs RVF400 vs CBR400RR vs FZR400 LAMS logic? (8 replies)
Best place to re-certify bike - North Shore? (6 replies)
Help re Lams List for Restricted Licence CBR600RR (31 replies)
Full licence test (yes I have used the search function) (7 replies)
(Video) Lane splitting dude (19 replies)
Question about registering an 'on hold' bike just for a couple of days (16 replies)
Stopped with no rego. Police taking plates? (34 replies)
Low (dipped) vs high-beam debate (100 replies)
Land Transport Rule: Omnibus Amendment 2013 (Rule 10009) (30 replies)
Rego exemption question (30 replies)
Vintage rego discounts? (8 replies)
Bike WoFs (9 replies)
Who has right of way? (25 replies)
Registering a motorbike? (4 replies)
Pillion legalities? (22 replies)
Sometimes I wish... (4 replies)
Possible quick way to sit full licence? (31 replies)
Quotable Quota Quotes (33 replies)
Nice little earner, says Peter Dunne (102 replies)
Good cop, finally figures it out then retires (70 replies)
Tail lights with built in indicators - WOF legal? (30 replies)
Polite notice - legal here or not? (9 replies)
Registration on hold - confused (21 replies)
Dealers and non LAMS bikes? (55 replies)
Holy Shit the LAMS list guys DO care! (52 replies)
LED lights on motorbike (5 replies)
Rego problem (37 replies)
Stuff.co.nz Blackspots database (17 replies)