Motorcyclist ACC Levy rates 2015-2016 New ACC Support Data Pages / PDFs

[Bruce Lee]

You'd kind of think that councils/govt depts should be encouraging punters onto two wheels with all the traffic woes esp in Akld. Average Joe public is so car dependent and out number bikes by quite some. Make one of the motorway lanes bus/moped/motorcycle only and that might encourage a few more two wheeled folk.

[Oakie]

You'd kind of think that councils/govt depts should be encouraging punters onto two wheels with all the traffic woes esp in Akld. Average Joe public is so car dependent and out number bikes by quite some. Make one of the motorway lanes bus/moped/motorcycle only and that might encourage a few more two wheeled folk.

Christchurch Council does. Bus lanes are also for use by motorbikes according to their by-law. The only thing you have to watch is that they are only bus lanes at particular times of the day ... eg, one close to me at work is a bus lane from 7am to 9am but not in the afternoon.

[rambaldi]

You'd kind of think that councils/govt depts should be encouraging punters onto two wheels with all the traffic woes esp in Akld. Average Joe public is so car dependent and out number bikes by quite some. Make one of the motorway lanes bus/moped/motorcycle only and that might encourage a few more two wheeled folk.

All the council controlled lanes in Auckland usually are (there might be a fringe lane here or there that I am unaware of) the ones controlled by NZTA, namely those along the motorway, aren't under the council's jurisdiction and they seem to have a different opinion on the matter.

[jonnyk5614]

Yes - ACC is expensive and yes, it is equal for all thus some of us pay more than our share.
But there are others that pay far less.

The reality is, if we get rid of ACC we will have the insurance system, like the rest of the world.

On my GSXR 1000 I pay $430 ACC and $450 insurance. $880.

I got some quotes in the UK. Same bike. Same experience. The difference? The insurance company is picking up the tab for injuries.

$7500! I declared the bike to be worth $6000 and in a garage (vs. CBD carport, visible from road here) so you can't blame higher risk of theft. $7500!

Oh, and that didn't let me carry pillions. They cost more still (twice the injury bill afterall).


On top of that, we put far less into ACC coffers at the fuel pump.


I'll happily pay the ACC


To mitigate for careful riders/equipment. They are trying - road improvements and ride forever. Not far enough though.

Any and every biker should be able to go to a rider instructor of their choosing and use some ACC money to help fund training. Give them vouchers with their test pass certificate or whatever. I gain far more from an hour one-on-one with Phil McDaid than 8 hours cruising around in a massive group with Ride Forever.

Ride forever has too much blanket advertising. No need for bus-stops, internet ads, etc. Target bikers directly - you know where they live after-all. Gotta be cheaper to target the 3% that ride than the entire populous.

Lastly, I'm not in favour of a "nanny state" but we could mildly uprate our safety rules.
How about what they insist on for your test?
Jacket, helmet, gloves, trousers and boots.

No - not super expensive bike kit but a lot more than T shirt and safety jandals. If the cops could stop and ticket the short and T shirt brigade, the would would be a better place. We could maybe make the CE approved safety gear GST exempt?