Full licence faster?

[Renegade]

anyone know how to go about shaving time off my restricted? is there a course or something i have to do to cut it down from 6 months to 3, the ltsa web site isnt very helpful, im in wellington aswell.

[manwithav8]

and are over 25, a standard defensive driver course will allow you to get your full in 3 months. I'm doing mine this month...

[Chrislost]

do you have to do a standart defencive course?
htey recently changed all this and theres practical driving and all sorts in it now

[Gremlin]

I find this is very handy,

and is able to find things like this: http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...ensive+driving

[mynameis]

Ask yourself a few questions first and then make a decision:

1. Why do I need my full licence 3/6 months earlier? (Under and over 25)

2. What will I achieve/gain by getting my full licence 3/6 months earlier? (Under and over 25)

3. What's involved in obtaining my licence 3/6 months earlier? (Under and over 25) Time, money and effort wise?

For myself here are some honest answers if in case you are interested:

1. Just because I can, I just want my full licence ASAP. For various reasons of course, which aren't necessarily that important or I could do away with : So I could buy a bigger bike, my insurance premium would go down, I could carry a pillion and ride whenever I want to.

2. Nothing really, just waste my good few hours and my hard earned money on a course which teaches you nothing much than jack shit, real simple common sense stuff.

3. $150-$170 plus four nights in a classroom full of idiots talking crap and handing out certificates which allow you to get your licence earlier.

I just can't justify the value in it for the amount of money I would have to dish out, but again if someone has a golden tree in their backyard on which money grows than it's their personal choice.

Sorry to drift away from the topic but to answer your question here are some useful links, there are basically two courses, defensive driving course or street talk: (and yes it's from ltsa website)

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/factsheets/66.html

http://www.landtransport.govt.nz/lic...reet-talk.html

Hope that helps.

[blue eyed savage]

i get my licence back on the 28th aug, iv had my lerners for about 3 years befor i lost my licence for 6 months, can i go for my restricted as soon as i get it back?

[Blair-SV]

I did the defensive driving course to knock my licence down, I traded off the cost of the course with 3 months less insurance and depreciation on the 250. I wanted to be able to sell at the start of summer.

[slopster]

i get my licence back on the 28th aug, iv had my lerners for about 3 years befor i lost my licence for 6 months, can i go for my restricted as soon as i get it back?

yes you never lost you licence it was only suspended

[Renegade]

[QUOTE=mynameis;1119325]Ask yourself a few questions first and then make a decision:


1. Just because I can, I just want my full licence ASAP. For various reasons of course, which aren't necessarily that important or I could do away with : So I could buy a bigger bike, my insurance premium would go down, I could carry a pillion and ride whenever I want to.

2. Nothing really, just waste my good few hours and my hard earned money on a course which teaches you nothing much than jack shit, real simple common sense stuff.

3. $150-$170 plus four nights in a classroom full of idiots talking crap and handing out certificates which allow you to get your licence earlier.


Im liking number 1. but number 2 and 3 suck so on that note you have helped me come to the decision that il flag it, ill just wait out my time instead of suffering in a class room.

[mynameis]

[quote=Renegade;1122540]

Ask yourself a few questions first and then make a decision:


1. Just because I can, I just want my full licence ASAP. For various reasons of course, which aren't necessarily that important or I could do away with : So I could buy a bigger bike, my insurance premium would go down, I could carry a pillion and ride whenever I want to.

2. Nothing really, just waste my good few hours and my hard earned money on a course which teaches you nothing much than jack shit, real simple common sense stuff.

3. $150-$170 plus four nights in a classroom full of idiots talking crap and handing out certificates which allow you to get your licence earlier.


Im liking number 1. but number 2 and 3 suck so on that note you have helped me come to the decision that il flag it, ill just wait out my time instead of suffering in a class room.

Dead right mate 3 months will fly by and before you know you wouldn't even be ready and prepared for a full test. And on the positive side look at it as spending more time on a 250 and gaining more basic riding skills and being a better rider for when you jump on a bigger bike.

There's nothing worse than not being able to ride a less than 40 hp 250cc properly and jumping to a 100 plus hp 600cc machine. You won't enjoy it, so I have been told.

And for me personally I just don't see the value in those courses at all for the time, money and effort you would put in. My 16 year old cousin did it, she laughed at how ridiculous it was and the fact that she did not learn much and apparently bikers and cagers do the same course, I need not to comment about that bit eh?

[Blair-SV]

There's nothing worse than not being able to ride a less than 40 hp 250cc properly and jumping to a 100 plus hp 600cc machine. You won't enjoy it, so I have been told.

I agree in theory but when it happened to me I actually found the thou easier to ride than the 250, so long as you can keep your right hand in check. Three more months won't seem like much once you get to the end though.

[Sanx]

I think I can give you the defensive driving course contents in about four lines:

1) Speeding causes global warming, poverty in Africa, teenage pregnancies, the extinction of endangered species, and just about everything else.
2) When the conditions change, slow down.
3) Slow down anyway.
4) Still moving? Slow down.

That's about it. Have a certificate.

So, save your money, wait another three months and go on an RRRS course instead.

[kiwifruit]

[Crowdog]

Go to Rarotonga for a holiday get your bike licence for 10 bucks
then come back to NZ and book your full licence strait away no previous nz licences required

[hXc]

I'm 16, 6th form (Yr 12) at school, and next term I am doing the defensive driving course over a term. It's only $80 for us at school, and we get credits too.

My reasoning for doing it; I can ride at all hours, I can take a passenger (highly unlikely, but if the situation arises...), I can ride daddy's Gixxer (hint hint) and if someone offers me a decent price for my Spada, I'd just sell it then and there.

In the long run, it won't make much difference (apart from when I come back from Belgium after my exchange, I can work my arse off and buy a bigger bike). But in the short run, it can help things a lot.

Yes, it may be a pathetic course, but if it allows me to get my full quicker, I'm keen at almost half the price!