tips on keeping my license

[Sam I Am]

UK Biker Just Over in NZ

Advice needed on filtering in traffic and keeping my license
Is Filtering allowed ?
are the speed cameras forward facing or will they catch my plate on the back of my bike ( not that i ever speed lol )
any advice on keeping my license clean will be welcome

many thanks in advance

sam

[Waylander]

Follow what it says in the Road Code and you'll be sweet. As for Filtering, the subjuct has been debated to death and back and the jury is still out on it, so my advice is just don't do it if a cop is near by.

And welcome to the site.

[SARGE]

UK Biker Just Over in NZ

Advice needed on filtering in traffic and keeping my license
Is Filtering allowed ?
are the speed cameras forward facing or will they catch my plate on the back of my bike ( not that i ever speed lol )
any advice on keeping my license clean will be welcome

many thanks in advance

sam

fixed speed cams shoot the front.. van or car mounted shoot either.

if you are planing to do anything in the "grey" area of the law.. just make sure you leave your license plate at home..

[skelstar]

Welcome to the site/NZ Sam.

[Sniper]

G'day mate

[Highlander]

Enjoy your time in Kiwiland take the time to look around. Don't be in a hurry.
Play by the rules and you'll keep your license (probably keep it in your pocket).
Up to you how far you bend them though.

[Sniper]

Don't go 40kph over the limit. Any points you get here will not be transferred to your pommy license.

[RantyDave]

You need to have your license with you, we don't get anything as civilised as 7 days to present it to the local constabulary. It's a humungous fine too - something like $400.

You can drive on a UK license for up to a year, I assume that riding's the same.

Brush up on the right of way rules, they're thoroughly fucked up.

Dave

[Zed]

UK Biker Just Over in NZ

Advice needed on filtering in traffic and keeping my license
Is Filtering allowed ?
are the speed cameras forward facing or will they catch my plate on the back of my bike ( not that i ever speed lol )
any advice on keeping my license clean will be welcome

many thanks in advance

samWelcome to KiwiBiker Sam!

Some pointers on keeping your licence in NZ:

"Filtering" through traffic when there is ample room to pass and you indicate clearly is quite legal, 'lanesplitting' on the other hand is illegal unless you do it safely on the right passing vehicles that are stationery or moving very slowly, eg. at traffic lights and intersections where the traffic is backed up.

Don't do excess speeds in residential areas, motorways, and some of the main State Highways (eg. SH1) as there are too many cops, speed cameras & traps nowadays. Go on some Auckland KB rides and find out where the popular back roads are situated that you can open it up a bit more on.

Keep your bike warranted (WOF) and registered, police over here do random checkpoints where these are checked.


Enjoy KB and New Zealand. :2thumbsup


Zed

[Jabez]

Welcome....:)

[heavenly.talker]

It's a long winding road to heaven......

Heaven is a long winding road and the right bike:innocent:

[slopster]

Does that mean that if I went for an OE in aussie or uk I could get a licence over there and then ride here without getting any demerits (for a year anyway)? Or do they still count them.

[spudchucka]

You need to have your license with you, we don't get anything as civilised as 7 days to present it to the local constabulary. It's a humungous fine too - something like $400.
Actually its a whopping $55.00.

[spudchucka]

Does that mean that if I went for an OE in aussie or uk I could get a licence over there and then ride here without getting any demerits (for a year anyway)? Or do they still count them.
No. If you have a New Zealand drivers licence and an overseas one your NZ licence will incur points.

[cowpoos]

fixed speed cams shoot the front.. van or car mounted shoot either.

if you are planing to do anything in the "grey" area of the law.. just make sure you leave your license plate at home..

depend which way your drivin...for fix camera doesn't it?

[madboy]

Okay, my opinion.

Fixed Speed Cameras - They run off sensors IN the road. No radar. They shoot whichever direction, it just depends where the sensors in the road are. Some roads only have sensors one way, others have both. BUT I very firmly believe that fixed cameras DO NOT pick up bikes. Disagree if you like but I have NEVER EVER EVER had a ticket on the bike, and I pass at least two DAILY for the last couple of years, and those who know me know that I will be speeding most of the time.

Van mounted cameras - Mitsi L300 vans usually. Radar. Shoot both directions. But they can't take a picture when the armco median barriers are in the way can they?! These I believe DO pick up bikes. But no front plate takes care of 50% of them.

But camera fines, at the time of writing, DO NOT give demerit points.

Speed tolerance - is generally 10k over the posted limit. Cameras I think are set rigidly at this. Cops supposedly have no discretion allowed beyond this, but some are more sensible than others. Highway Patrol in general are pretty anal.

Exceeding the limit by 50k or more will cost you your license... if you get caught. Instant 28 days, on the roadside. Plus a court summons for a further rodgering. There is talk that this will be reduced to 40k soon (January was it?) but as of today it's 50k.

The cops drive Commodores usually, sometimes Falcons. Sometimes the Commodore S, which is a slightly quicker version. Yes, they do run muftis. Watched for RT aerials on the boot, lights on the parcel shelf, and staunch c**ts with moustaches driving - no offense to the female ones. But they're all slower than a decent sportsbike, and as far as I am aware only Auckland has a helicopter.

[cowpoos]

Okay, my opinion.

Fixed Speed Cameras - They run off sensors IN the road. No radar. They shoot whichever direction, it just depends where the sensors in the road are. Some roads only have sensors one way, others have both. BUT I very firmly believe that fixed cameras DO NOT pick up bikes. Disagree if you like but I have NEVER EVER EVER had a ticket on the bike, and I pass at least two DAILY for the last couple of years, and those who know me know that I will be speeding most of the time.

Van mounted cameras - Mitsi L300 vans usually. Radar. Shoot both directions. But they can't take a picture when the armco median barriers are in the way can they?! These I believe DO pick up bikes. But no front plate takes care of 50% of them.

But camera fines, at the time of writing, DO NOT give demerit points.

Speed tolerance - is generally 10k over the posted limit. Cameras I think are set rigidly at this. Cops supposedly have no discretion allowed beyond this, but some are more sensible than others. Highway Patrol in general are pretty anal.

Exceeding the limit by 50k or more will cost you your license... if you get caught. Instant 28 days, on the roadside. Plus a court summons for a further rodgering. There is talk that this will be reduced to 40k soon (January was it?) but as of today it's 50k.

The cops drive Commodores usually, sometimes Falcons. Sometimes the Commodore S, which is a slightly quicker version. Yes, they do run muftis. Watched for RT aerials on the boot, lights on the parcel shelf, and staunch c**ts with moustaches driving - no offense to the female ones. But they're all slower than a decent sportsbike, and as far as I am aware only Auckland has a helicopter.

I believe the reason your not getting tickets is the same reason you sit at the lights waiting for them to change for ever...it has some thing to do with you vehicle giving off a magnetic field....and the stips in the road where fixed speed cameras sit sence a magnetic field and its regestered twice to get a speed reading....I might be wrong and I'm sure someone will corect me if I am...

[slopster]

[QUOTE=spudchucka]No. If you have a New Zealand drivers licence and an overseas one your NZ licence will incur points

And if you cancelled your NZ licence? Just hypothetically of course

[thehollowmen]

Good luck
those that avoid the fines well .. they'll have the best advice.

I just haven't been too crazy so haven't got a ticket yet... one of you will have to show me how ;-)

[madboy]

I believe the reason your not getting tickets is the same reason you sit at the lights waiting for them to change for ever...it has some thing to do with you vehicle giving off a magnetic field....and the stips in the road where fixed speed cameras sit sence a magnetic field and its regestered twice to get a speed reading....I might be wrong and I'm sure someone will corect me if I am...Someone on here did explain it once, and it kinda made sense. I think it was something along those lines, magnetic or something. It definitely wasn't weight. But interestingly my bike registers at lights, but just not cameras. And believe me - I've bloody tried a few times!

[Highlander]

[QUOTE=spudchucka]No. If you have a New Zealand drivers licence and an overseas one your NZ licence will incur points

And if you cancelled your NZ licence? Just hypothetically of course


What if it was cancelled for you?