Issue with motorway onramp transit lanes - 2018

[Moi]

I'm wondering about the logic of these new "EV" lanes.

Surely an electric vehicle isn't putting out plumes of nasty smoke from its back end? Right?
Helping "save the gay whales" and all that nonsense.

So, an EV should be spending time queued up with all the other traffic.

If any car needs to get where it is going without sitting at a set of lights, it's a petrol powered one. Get to the destination sooner = less pollution!

Some light reading may help to explain these new "EV" lanes...

Green light for Auckland electric vehicle bypass lane trial

and

Electric vehicles - special vehicle lanes

A couple of thoughts... when the trial ends will the EVs be back in with the general traffic or will they be "special" and continue to use the lanes?

And when I fill the car or either of the bikes with petrol I am paying something towards the building and maintenance of state highways, how do EVs pay for this building and maintenance? Will we see them having some form of RUC applied to them?

[Old Steve]

Colinspocket. Suggest you write something similar back to the Police.

"Regarding riding a motorcycle in a T2 lane.

"Cars with two or more passengers, motorcycles, taxis and bicycles are allowed to travel in a T2 lane. In this particular T2 lane trucks and EVs are also allowed. There is no signage excluding motorcycles as is required if motorcycles are not allowed to use the lane. As this is a motorway on-ramp, bicycles would of course not be allowed to use this particular T2 lane.

"Motorcycles are not allowed to travel in a Bus Only lane, the lane rfereed to in this infringement is NOT a Bus Only lane.

"The provision for motorcycles to travel in a T2 lane has no occupancy requirement, it'd be silly wouldn't it to require motorbikes to have 3 people on them before they could use a T3 lane such as Onewa Rd North Shore.

"Please cancel this infringement. I will defend this in court. I assume I would have to attend all day, my hourly wage is $55/hr."

[rambaldi]

Some light reading may help to explain these new "EV" lanes...

Green light for Auckland electric vehicle bypass lane trial

and

Electric vehicles - special vehicle lanes

A couple of thoughts... when the trial ends will the EVs be back in with the general traffic or will they be "special" and continue to use the lanes?

And when I fill the car or either of the bikes with petrol I am paying something towards the building and maintenance of state highways, how do EVs pay for this building and maintenance? Will we see them having some form of RUC applied to them?

I believe RUC is the plan, but the vehicles are specifically excluded from the charges at the moment (and for a limited time) to encourage uptake.