I'm driving/riding illegally

[Biff]

All KB cops please look away now.

I've just been told by my car insurance company that I'm now driving and riding illegally in NZ!

I was under the impression (thanks to the nice lady I spoke to at the LTSA 6 months ago) that I had 12 months from the date I arrived in the NZ to get a full NZ bike and car licence. That would take me up to October of this year. Apparently this is BS. My insurance company (IAG) have just phoned me and told me that the law actually is that I should get a NZ licence within 12 months of the first date of entry. I've just phoned the LTSA and this time they've confirmed this. This means that as I came for an interview here last February it's actually 12 months from this date, not the October date!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

By the way, my name is Keyser Soze, I'm from the Balkans and I live in Auckland.

[John]

All KB cops please look away now.

I've just been told by my car insurance company that I'm now driving and riding illegally in NZ!

I was under the impression (thanks to the nice lady I spoke to at the LTSA 6 months ago) that I had 12 months from the date I arrived in the NZ to get a full NZ bike and car licence. That would take me up to October of this year. Apparently this is BS. My insurance company (IAG) have just phoned me and told me that the law actually is that I should get a NZ licence within 12 months of the first date of entry. I've just phoned the LTSA and this time they've confirmed this. This means that as I came for an interview here last February it's actually 12 months from this date, not the October date!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

By the way, my name is Keyser Soze, I'm from the Balkans and I live in Auckland.

, Your entertaining us all with your antics lately good on ya!

GO get your licence now you shit before you start posting stories about how you were in jail over night and was punished for being a naughty boy etc... (p/t)

Sorry to here it mate, get on to it quick smart

[Biff]

Hey - not a chance will I end up in prison overnight. Have you seen this poster?

[John]

Hey - not a chance will I end up in prison overnight. Have you seen this poster?

Bahahaha... What would be worrying is if you still shoplifted in that particular shop after viewing said sign, one would wonder what their motives are..

[jazbug5]

Get yourself down to an A.A. or VTNZ office pronto. All you have to do is the scratchy test and they'll convert your full UK license to an NZ one.
That's all you need to do.

[Silage]

Ohh so thats the reason why the brand new bird has only got 9.6 km on it. Nothing to do with not wanting to scratch it or cold/wet weather or anything.


Hope the license questions are not as hard as the renewal of the Arms License eg

When is it appropriate to drink alcohol when firearms are present?
a) Before heading off on a hunting trip
b) To celebrate the bagging of a game animal, or
c) (insert anything sensible)

[crashe]

Shit thats not good to hear at all.

Go to your local AA (automobile assoc) and do the scratchies asap,
for ya bike and car etc. BTW you dont get the two for one price.
You have to pay for each one separately.

Ya have to wonder how different companies can give out the wrong info so flaming often.

[Biff]

Can anyone point me in the direction of a site where I can find an example of the theory test paper please?

I'm thinking of doing the test this afternoon (catching a taxi to the AA office). But if there are questions that you only ever need to know to pass the test, as oppossed to just being common road rules and logic, then I'm up sht creak for getting home from work tonight!

[Rainbow Wizard]

I was under the impression that I had 12 months from the date I arrived in the NZ to get a full NZ bike and car licence. That would take me up to October of this year. Apparently this is BS. My insurance company (IAG) have just phoned me and told me that the law actually is that I should get a NZ licence within 12 months of the first date of entry. I've just phoned the LTSA and this time they've confirmed this. This means that as I came for an interview here last February it's actually 12 months from this date, not the October date!

The first time you came was on a visitors permit? You would officially need an international driver license (I don't know how long they're valid for).
You came back again as an immigrant? Surely the 12 months starts from then because that is a new "first date of entry".

Don't let those dipwit bureaucrats stuff you around mate, get out there and sort them out!

[Biff]

The first time you came was on a visitors permit? You would officially need an international driver license (I don't know how long they're valid for).
You came back again as an immigrant? Surely the 12 months starts from then because that is a new "first date of entry".!

Just what I thought, and was initially told. But apparently it has something to do with the fact that my first date of entry, and the date in which I migrated here were both within 12 months of one another.

Bstards.

[crashe]

Go to your local library and borrow the car road code book and also the m/bike road code book. Get the 2005 version...
check out the pictures as they are the ones to catch you out.
as sometimes the blue car looks purple...

Also one to catch most out is the one about "What colour lights are shown on a trailor?" red or white or ?. so many answer white..lol the answer is RED.

Most are common sense questions... read carefully and dont scratch it unless you are really sure. You are allowed to get two wrong.
If in doubt do the other questions and come back to the ones you are in doubt about... cos if you got all the rest correct then if only two unsure about it wont matter ...lol.

The other ones that get people caught out is what is the distance of carrying a load over from the front of your vehicle...

Good luck.

[jazbug5]

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/roadcode/

[Waylander]

Get yourself down to an A.A. or VTNZ office pronto. All you have to do is the scratchy test and they'll convert your full UK license to an NZ one.
That's all you need to do.

Same thing with me. Need to do it soon though as of next month my time is up. Only thing keeping me from doing it is I don't have the $$$ to get it done.

[Wolf]

By the way, my name is Keyser Soze, I'm from the Balkans and I live in Auckland.

Balkans! It's true I tell you [/Morecambe and Wise]

Sorry to hear you've fallen afoul of the system. All the best getting your test taken care of and fixed up. Too bad you can't remember the name of the woman at the LTSA who put you crook - sue her for any expenses incurred.

[Da Bird]

All KB cops please look away now.

I've just been told by my car insurance company that I'm now driving and riding illegally in NZ!

I was under the impression (thanks to the nice lady I spoke to at the LTSA 6 months ago) that I had 12 months from the date I arrived in the NZ to get a full NZ bike and car licence. That would take me up to October of this year. Apparently this is BS. My insurance company (IAG) have just phoned me and told me that the law actually is that I should get a NZ licence within 12 months of the first date of entry. I've just phoned the LTSA and this time they've confirmed this. This means that as I came for an interview here last February it's actually 12 months from this date, not the October date!

Shit! Shit! Shit!

By the way, my name is Keyser Soze, I'm from the Balkans and I live in Auckland.

Hey Big Bad Biff...

I knew the 12 month period started from the time you first entered the country but I thought if you left and returned, you only lost the amount of time on your first visit towards the 12 months...

e.g if you came here for a month in February and left NZ and came back in October you would have 11 months left on your overseas licence. That's how I thought it worked, maybe something to look into.

I would suggest you just carry your passport with you to show entry / exit dates - makes life a lot easier for the cop (should you get pulled over that is).

BC.