L plate - should I? Do you?

[discotex]

Why does everyone misinterpret the restrictions on the learner license.

I dunno... What are you misinterpreting the meaning of open road?

An open road is a non-closed road. That means all roads that aren't closed to the public e.g. a track or private property.

[Snowcarver04]

This has been debated time and time again, if you dig deeper into the site other than that one phrase leaving it up to interpretation you'll find somewhere that you're wrong about that. Here's for logic, one reason to limit a learner to 70kph could be to slow them down on the motorway (fuck knows why), but they can travel 80kph in an 80kph zone if they like. Or, the other possible reason is to slow them down to 70kph on all public roads (my interpretation of open road) because they are learning how to ride a bike for the first time so they shouldn't go too fast.

Yes we all know 70kph is slow, but if we're here posting about it we're obviously not so inexperienced to need that sort of restraint.

Thats exactly right with the logic part. Why the fuck would they want you to go slower on the motorway. They want you to go slower on an open road because an open road is more dangerous or unpridictable than any other road because there are much fewer warning and danger signs such as recommended speeds for upcoming corners and changes in road surface. Also an open road is generally a much lower grade in surface condition with uneven repair patches etc and have more animals (dead or alive) on the road, unlike motorways and highways which are mint surface condition.

I can't find anywhere that says you must not go over 70 at all times.

I cant be bothered looking but I think New Zealand law would clearly define the differance between an open road and motorway highway and all the rest if you were ticketed for riding over 70km/hr on the motorway.

Has anyone ever had a ticket for going over 70km/hr on a motorway or highway??
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[Spuds1234]

I was under the impression that anything marked 100 or with an open road sign you must not exceed 70kmh.

If a road is marked at 80, then you can do 80, if its got a 90 sign (do they even make these) then you can do 90.

You cant though do 100, you must do 70 in any area that is marked at either 100 or with an open road sign.

[necrolyte]

I'm pretty sure its 70 in anything over a 70km/h area, otherwise what would the point be in going 80 in an 80 etc. Never stopped me doing alot more than that on my L-Plate... just never got caught!

[discotex]

I'm pretty sure its 70 in anything over a 70km/h area, otherwise what would the point be in going 80 in an 80 etc. Never stopped me doing alot more than that on my L-Plate... just never got caught!

As I've already dug this out today for the "approved 250" thread.........

Quoted direction from www.legislation.govt.nz

[(d)in the case of a Class 6L licence, where the holder is riding a motorcycle, the holder—

(i)must display on the vehicle an “L” plate as specified in clause 66; and

(ii)must not—
(A)drive between the hours of 10 pm and 5 am; or
(B)drive at a speed exceeding 70 km/h, unless taking the restricted licence test for a Class 6R licence under clause 48(5); or
(C)drive a motorcycle that has a total piston displacement exceeding 250 cm3; or
(D)carry another person on the motorcycle or in a sidecar attached to the motorcycle]

[firefighter]

i think people are a little more conscious about a posty all red, they like getting their mail so you probably weren't a target!I took mine off after an incident with a fuckwit 4x4 cager who tailgated the shit out of me and thought he was real intimidating until i got off and panel beated his car for him after he nudged me at the lights

[homer]

why not just say it must have come off
How can you gurantee it will stay attached

Make sure you have a hole in the number plate and some scuffs from doing it up and undone to make it looked like it worked loose

What im saying is go with out it .
Ive had the whole number plate go missing and havnt noticed for a day or 2