As everybody has said. I was doing nothing illegal at all and the insurance company have agreed with this!! I will not lose my no claim bonus or have to pay excess either.
Here is the information for your edification:
"Using bus lanes
Key facts about using bus lanes:
Bikes use bus lanes too! Buses, cycles and motorcycles are all authorised users of bus lanes, so keep an eye out for them. If you are turning, merging or accessing a driveway when a bus lane is operating, you can use the bus lane for up to 50 metres. Auckland City enforces the correct use of bus lanes. If you drive in a bus lane when it's operating, for any reason other then needing to turn within 50 metres, you risk a $150 fine.
Driving, parking or stopping on the lanes is prohibited during the times they operate. If you are parked or stopped on a lane at the wrong time, you will be given a parking ticket. You can drive in bus priority lanes outside of their operational times.
Auckland City bus priority lanes can be used by the following vehicles only:
buses. (A bus is defined in the new Land Transport Rule as a passenger service vehicle with 10 or more seats, including the driver's seat. This excludes tourist and shuttle buses)
cycles
motorcycles, motor scooters, mopeds
traffic enforcement and emergency vehicles.
Bus lanes on motorways operate differently than local road bus lanes in that motorcycles and cycles cannot use them.
Taxis (cars or shuttles with nine seats or less) may not use the bus priority lanes.
If you receive a $150 fine for driving illegally in a bus lane, you can pay your fine online.
Learn the rules and you'll get where you need to go faster! Bus lanes work best when everyone keeps to the lanes they should be in."
I am actually getting quite sick of people saying I should not have been in the bus lane. when this is the by-law in Auckland City.Motobikes can't ride in the buslanes on the motorways cause they are covered by Transit NZ and they say it is illegal. I tried to stop but it was too close. Yes, I have learnt a very big lesson and I am not doing the blame thing.
I actually agree there needs to be more promotion about this. On the signs to signify a bus lane they just show a picture of a bus and no memtion of bikes, pushies etc. Maybe this needs to be considered as there is heaps of confusion. Even the cop that attended my accident didn't know if it was the law or another urban myth!!
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Originally Posted by botb
guess i'll be getting some more red bling along the way but thats cool 
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