What's up with my license???

[RiderInBlack]

I find it easier to call up the (0800 822 422) number for the ltsa they tell you right there.

Thank for the No. Pyro. Have done the no licence for 3months thing before, but need ta check how close my points are before paying. Have some demerits due ta drop off March/April this year, so if I'm lucky, I will not need ta loose the licence.

[pyrocam]

Thank for the No. Pyro. Have done the no licence for 3months thing before, but need ta check how close my points are before paying. Have some demerits due ta drop off March/April this year, so if I'm lucky, I will not need ta loose the licence.

good luck matey.
I think the points get added on anyway after 3 months from date of offence anyway once it gets handed to the courts though. (someone needs to confirm that for me though)

[Da Bird]

3 months, is much eaiser than waiting 2 years, a bit more expensive though. Just dont get caught for 3 months. - I got 2.5 months with out getting caught...

And then you got another 6 months I presume????

[The Pastor]

And then you got another 6 months I presume????

Nope, turns out my arrest was unlawful, and was over turnerd. Took a fair few months for it to go through the system, but I was back on the road a few weeks after my arrest.

[WarlockNZ]

How da ya check ya demerits?
Don't know how he manage to get a descent lock on my speed with just a flick without triggering my detector. Sounded a bit dodgy

Its a new thing the snakes are doing .. i think it's called catch and release.. what they do is drive along with the radar in standby mode (so no signal to pick up) and then just slap it into active mode for a second and then off again .. it's enough to get your speed and by the time your detector goes off it's way to late.

[jade]

Im told by my uncle (who is a cop) that if you are caught riding while suspended - you are not allowed to be arrested - can someone confirm this ?
I was under the impression you would be arrested and have your bike impounded
Or could this be the difference between being caught while your suspended
or being caught while your disqualified ??? I believe they are different things... ?

[Ixion]

Im told by my uncle (who is a cop) that if you are caught riding while suspended - you are not allowed to be arrested - can someone confirm this ?
I was under the impression you would be arrested and have your bike impounded
Or could this be the difference between being caught while your suspended
or being caught while your disqualified ??? I believe they are different things... ?

They are. But the effect is much the same.

Land Transport Act 1998

Vehicle seized and impounded for 28 days in certain circumstances
(1)An enforcement officer must seize and impound, or seize and authorise the impoundment of, a motor vehicle for 28 days if the officer believes on reasonable grounds that a person drove the vehicle on a road while—
(a)The person was disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence authorising the person to drive that vehicle; or
(b)The person's driver licence is for the time being suspended or was revoked; or

(AND)

S32(3)(a)
A person commits an offence if the person drives a motor vehicle on a road
While disqualified from holding or obtaining a driver licence; or
....
While his or her driver licence is suspended or revoked
The maximum penalty is imprisonment for a term not exceeding 3 months or a fine not exceeding $4,500; and

[RiderInBlack]

Its a new thing the snakes are doing .. i think it's called catch and release.. what they do is drive along with the radar in standby mode (so no signal to pick up) and then just slap it into active mode for a second and then off again .. it's enough to get your speed and by the time your detector goes off it's way to late.

Even if the Detector had been too late for a lock, at least a blip would have told me I had been "binged" by him, and would not have waited for him ta turn around. There were plenty of side roads for me to take and Wellsford was not that far away. As it is I thought I was in the clear and cruised down the road at road legal speeds. Next time I will be taking evasive act regardless.

Have checked my points, and unfortunately this ticket will put me on 100points as the first ticket does not go off my points until 15/3/07 (ticket paid 15/03/05). This is the first ticket since I have had the detector and I have not had one for a year&½. Too bad I did not get this ticket next month as I would have been sweet as long as I didn't pay until after 15/3/07.

Looks like "Roxanne" will be in the shed for a bit. I don't need any more trouble as I need to drive the van for my job as a farrier and a special work licence is not economically viable.