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The New Zealand Road Code is the official road safety manual for New Zealand published by NZ Transport Agency. It is a guide to safe driving practices and traffic law in New Zealand, and is also the basis for theory and practical driving tests. There are separate editions: The Official Road Code (cars and light vehicles requiring a class 1 licence)
The current version of the statute, delineated in Part 11 of the Land Transport (Road User) Rule 2004 (SR 2004/427), states that "A person must not ride, or be carried on, a bicycle on a road unless the person is wearing a safety helmet of an approved standard that is securely fastened." The law describes six different acceptable helmet standards.
The changes aimed to make the user pay, but the effect was minimal. In 1977, of total roading costs, road users paid 55%, ratepayers 34% and taxpayers 11%. In 1980, after the introduction of RUC, road users paid 54%, ratepayers 36% and taxpayers 9%. [8]
A 'Traffic Officer' in New Zealand was a type of law enforcement officer having circumscribed powers under road traffic-related legislation, mainly the Transport Act 1962 [1] (repealed in 2011) and its subsidiary Traffic Regulations to stop, detain and in certain cases arrest individuals. These powers of arrest were initially limited to ...
Some of the older signs can still be seen on some rural roads. New Zealand drives on the left. Speed limits are posted in multiples of 10 kilometres per hour [km/h] (6.2 mph), and range from 10–110 km/h (6–68 mph), with 110 km/h being the maximum legal speed for motor vehicles in New Zealand.
An example is an unbelted driver who kills or injures another road user because he/she slides out of proper seating position and cannot regain control of the vehicle during slippery conditions. Another notable scenario is of rear-seated passengers being forced forward in a crash and thus inadvertently harming the driver or front passenger.
New Zealand reports a daily, monthly, quarterly and annual nationwide road toll, [1] plus special period figures for a number of holiday periods: [2] Christmas – New Year : between 4pm on 24 December (22 or 23 December if 24 December falls on a weekend) and 6am on 3 January (4 or 5 January if 1 and/or 2 January fall on a weekend or 2 January falls on a Friday).
Road user guides (5 P, 1 F) Pages in category "Rules of the road" ... New Zealand Road Code; R. Road signs in Switzerland and Liechtenstein; S.