You don't 'drive' a motorcycle in NZ. You 'ride' it!
"Statistics are used as a drunk uses lampposts - for support, not illumination."
Simple answer ... if YOU are unfamiliar with (or need to ask) how the NZ lams system works ... YOU are hardly qualified to question him or the system HE is familiar with.
In short ... our lams system is ... 150 kilowatts per tonne AND. an upper engine capacity of 660cc. An entirely different system to that in Germany.
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
We can keep on splitting hairs but it gets boring. ACC pays all medical bills. I say it again, I was talking about damage to other people. ACC doesn't pay funeral cost, transfer cost to your or their home country, legal cost, damages to property, cars, reparation payments like in the case of the guy who killed his friend ($5000) etc.
Do you seriously suggest to a 19 year old tourist to drive around the country without insurance? And that ACC is a valid replacement for an insurance?
Cheers
Peter
Thanks a lot for all your comments.
I've just driven to tairua with an older man who showed me the exact point of the accident you mentioned and told me about driving in new zealand. He was very experienced unfortunatly just by car and had some usefull informstion for me. I have a few things to solve before getting on a bike so i try to get used to the streets by driving with kiwis around here. That worked out very well thanks to the kiwis open minds and corteousity?
So my last problem is, that i am alone does somebody know a place or a methode to meet other kiwibikers and hopefully some travellers ?
A fucking shit-load of KIWI's do it all the time (but don't make the news). What makes them so special ... ???
I made NO claim it (ACC) was anything other than MEDICAL insurance.
Only 8% of foreign drivers are involved in serious crashes ... so 92% of the crashes are KIWI's ...
Start giving THEM a hard time and leave the visitors alone ...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
Another question just popped up while thinking about costs. I know it depends on many things, but do you know how much it will be for 100km in mountains ?
Sry, forgot to say ä. Its about fuel (petrol)
On a bike like yours and with a fairly sensible riding style you should be able to get 18-20Km/litre. So - 100Km would be 4-5 Litres of fuel. So - $10-15 depending on fuel prices where you are.
There are lots of good points made in the posts above. Only you know how careful a rider you are. Enjoy NZ for the biking paradise that it is and ride so that you'll be able to come back and enjoy it again in the future.
Enjoy.
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