Learner License?

**diesel_mr2** · 26th February 2012, 18:26

Hello, looking at getting my learners in the next month or so, so I can get a bike for going to work.

So I heard there is no 70k rule any more, does this mean I can go from Huntly to Hamilton at normal highway speeds on my learners then?
or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Thanks

**newhere** · 26th February 2012, 18:27

Originally Posted by diesel_mr2

Hello, looking at getting my learners in the next month or so, so I can get a bike for going to work.

So I heard there is no 70k rule any more, does this mean I can go from Huntly to Hamilton at normal highway speeds on my learners then?
or have I got the wrong end of the stick?
Thanks

Yup, you are now allow to ride at the posted speed limit

**diesel_mr2** · 26th February 2012, 18:29

Excellent, thanks a lot dude!

**psykonosis** · 26th February 2012, 21:10

A learner rider can now ride up to the posted speed limit which now means that you can ride at 100km instead of the 70km limit. This was a good move as the 70km limit on the motorways was quite unsafe. Now you can enjoy your commutes back and forth at a safe speed

**FJRider** · 26th February 2012, 21:15

Originally Posted by psykonosis

A learner rider can now ride up to the posted speed limit which now means that you can ride at 100km instead of the 70km limit. This was a good move as the 70km limit on the motorways was quite unsafe. Now you can enjoy your commutes back and forth at a safe speed

A learner on a motorway at 100 kms/hr. Perfectly safe.

**JustNick** · 26th February 2012, 21:17

Originally Posted by FJRider

A learner on a motorway at 100 kms/hr. Perfectly safe.

Surely as safe as a learner on a motorway at 70 kms/hr?

**FJRider** · 26th February 2012, 21:24

Originally Posted by JustNick

Surely as safe as a learner on a motorway at 70 kms/hr?

At 100 kms/hr ... both the bike and the rider will be at, or near, the maximum of their ability ... and performance. Not usually the safest position to be in.

The 70 km limit prevented more from finding this out first hand.

**4AGE** · 26th February 2012, 21:27

Originally Posted by FJRider

At 100 kms/hr ... both the bike and the rider will be at, or near, the maximum of their ability ... and performance. Not usually the safest position to be in.

The 70 km limit prevented more from finding this out first hand.

And has trucks, other drivers making dangerous passing maneuvers to get around a rider travelling 30kms under the speed limit.
Yeah much safer

**psykonosis** · 26th February 2012, 21:30

Originally Posted by JustNick

Surely as safe as a learner on a motorway at 70 kms/hr?

safe yes, but imagine the scenario where the traffic on the motorway is going a steady 100kms/hr and you join in at 70km. Then the odd driver comes up behind tailgating, because they feel like it, for Learner riders on the motorway its an added stress to feel pressured into hitting the 100km mark that a learner shouldn't need. Granted in the days of the 70km limit (I'm sure there was some reason behind that law) one would just sit loud and proud on the bike anyway, we pay our registrations so we have every right to ride on the road and if we have limitations like that so be it. There would be times doing the Tauranga to Auckland rides where on the single lane roads, where there wasn't room for overtaking, the 70km limit would create a nice backlog of car traffic. That is where being able to ride at the speed limit would have been handy. At least this way you have the choice to stay at 70km if you feel safe at that speed.