DECLINED - exemption to night riding restrictions

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"I, XXXXXXXXX, have considered your request.....and acting under delegated authority, have declined your request.

This is because the conditions of your class 6 restricted licence are not
unreasonable or inappropriate in this particular case"



Pardon me, if I thought the conditions WERE appropriate and convenient I wouldn't have paid my $22.00.

So, will endeavour to be off the road between 10pm and 5am, until I can do the full test. My concern is not the cops, reckon I could get away with it, but the insurance company won't pay out if I am in breach of my licence conditions.

[Toaster]

"I, XXXXXXXXX, have considered your request.....and acting under delegated authority, have declined your request.

This is because the conditions of your class 6 restricted licence are not
unreasonable or inappropriate in this particular case"



Pardon me, if I thought the conditions WERE appropriate and convenient I wouldn't have paid my $22.00.

So, will endeavour to be off the road between 10pm and 5am, until I can do the full test. My concern is not the cops, reckon I could get away with it, but the insurance company won't pay out if I am in breach of my licence conditions.

Why was it declined/on what basis did you apply? I had an exemption way back when I had mine....

[Chickadee]

Yep, don't you love pencil pushers who are on an ego trip. They probably thought you were a spotty teen looking for a way to get around the hours.

I think Lucy had hers declined also, bunch of wankers. All you want to do is work with the law with riding hours (if work sometimes is outside the riding hours for having a restricted license). I wonder if you only had a motorcycle license if they'd approve.

Not long till you get your full - you can at least look forward to that when it happens!

[RantyDave]

Ugh, I need to do one of these. My partner has her restricted and has (easily) enough time and age to do the full but is down on practice. If we could get an exemption, she could practice on my 600 - hence avoiding having to have a 250 for, like, a month.

Can someone point me in the right direction for the paperwork? Any pointers on how to do it and what does/does not represent a good excuse for an exemption?

Dave

[xwhatsit]

Apparently it's not how good your reasons are for them giving you one for convenience or because you deserve one, it's how good your reasons are to say you won't be any more dangerous on the roads than you would without one.

[Morcs]

I agree. I wrote a very convincing letter to enable me to legally ride my 400.

They said they declined becuase i can do my full this month with a defensive driving course, and then went onto say about my record blah blah blah unsafe.

Like its going to stop me riding though...

C*nts.

If they decline, you should get your money back...

[Chisanga]

I think the 10pm-5am restriction should not apply to those over 25.

[jrandom]

There is a reason that all you folk on your restricted licenses aren't allowed to ride after dark, because you are incompetently dangerous, and with a name like i like n00bs, what do you really expect?
hi land transport office, my name is i'm a n00b, give me exemption because i have skills.

[Sanx]

my name is i'm a n00b, give me exemption because i have skills.

Erm ... "mad skillz", please...

[Devil]

I think the 10pm-5am restriction should not apply to those over 25.

I think it shouldn't apply to those who already have a full car licence, considering they're more likely to be aware of the effects of driving/riding tired and had more experience night driving/riding.

[McJim]

Yep - was always a pain in the arse when I had to work late at short notice.

I had to ride the Friggin bike 30km home and collect the car and drive back into work.

Real pain in the arse (month end - tying up loose ends so I can close the accounts - this is the cross we bear for counting beans).

Could have got the exemption by using a letter from my employer but reckoned the time it would take to process - I'd be on my full be the time they looked at it.

British system is best - no time limits - if you are good enough to pass the test that's good enough - tolerance is much less though it's VERY easy to fail in the UK.

[skidMark]

fly to rarotonga the only license they have is a full sit it then fly back

thats probably what i'm going to do

[ZeroIndex]

Ever think of just riding anyway?

[Deviant Esq]

Ever think of just riding anyway?

After 10pm on my restricted? I routinely ignore that limitation. I've had my full car licence for the thick end of ten years, but because I'm a) only on my restricted on my bike, and b) had it for bloody ages because, through no fault of my own, I'm under 25, I'm somehow not good enough to ride after 10pm. Fuck that. It's just as bloody dark at 9pm as it is at 11pm... but if anything it's safer for a motorbike at 11pm as there are fewer cars to worry about. So I'll continue to ignore it until I sit my full.

Heh, I used the word 'fewer', Hitcher would be proud of me...

[sunhuntin]

i got an exemption when i was finishing at 12 and it was my only form of transport. easy as. it said i had to go the most direct route... but that road was full of lights that didnt respond to my bike. so the most direct route ended up being a couple of k out of my way, lol.

bugger mate, but if youve got a car with the appropriate license to enable you to drive at night, you dont really need the bike exemption.