Game changer for scooter hire in Rarotonga

[Oakie]

This. http://www.stuff.co.nz/travel/89498263/rarotonga-drivers-license-changes-welcomed-to-avoid-further-tragedy

I don't believe it'll affect those of us here with NZ bike licences ... still just hire and ride ... but it'll make things safer reducing the chance of us being taken out by someone with minimal skills and less experience.

[pritch]

The English in that item is really crap. KB is one thing but a so-called journalist? (If I may be permitted to quote POTUS 45?)

[HenryDorsetCase]

They can regulate, test and have some control over foreign drivers/riders on their shores. Why the fuck can't we? Why do we have to put up with (say) drivers from Asia who may have a licence but never drive or have never seen an open road before? Oh yeah. sorry. money. Which mostly goes offshore but the ACC cost and infrastructure cost stays here. So its just like fucking dairy farming. Privatise the profit, socialise the loss and give away the fucking crown jewels so people overseas can get fat and rich.

Fucking despair some days.

[Tazz]

It'll be fine. People will still pay to be rocketed around in wee scooter/sidecar combos or 3 wheeler/tuk tuks.


They can regulate, test and have some control over foreign drivers/riders on their shores. Why the fuck can't we? Why do we have to put up with (say) drivers from Asia who may have a licence but never drive or have never seen an open road before? Oh yeah. sorry. money. Which mostly goes offshore but the ACC cost and infrastructure cost stays here. So its just like fucking dairy farming. Privatise the profit, socialise the loss and give away the fucking crown jewels so people overseas can get fat and rich.

Fucking despair some days.

We have the same rights going in their direction though don't we? :shutup:

[skippa1]

The licencing is not so bad but hired helmets in that climate? Fuck that

[Berries]

We have the same rights going in their direction though don't we? :shutup:
As far as I am aware China does not recognise an international driving licence and the hoops you have to jump through to drive over there are sufficient to put people off.

I am happy to be corrected, in fact if anyone has driven there I'd be really interested to know how you did it.

[Tazz]

As far as I am aware China does not recognise an international driving licence and the hoops you have to jump through to drive over there are sufficient to put people off.

I am happy to be corrected, in fact if anyone has driven there I'd be really interested to know how you did it.

Yeah I believe that is the case for China too. I've never looked it up but remember reading something somewhere.

You'd think it would be tit for tat, in the sense that if they think we are a danger to just jump on the road over there that we would implement the same rules here.

That said, I am not sure I am conviced they are as big of a problem on the roads as people make out compared to other crash 'causing' issues. Doesn't mean there is no room for improvment, just means there are probably things that should be on the list too.

[90s]

Actually if you are riding on a Raro licence you do not need the helment. My 5 year one expired 1/2 through my last trip and I had to get one. If you are on your overseas licence you need the helmet.

And yes that does mean that locals don't need the helmet and don't wear them which makes a nonsense of the H&S aspect.