New Zealand Road Code

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 Official Road Code for Heavy Vehicle Drivers (vehicles 3500kg and heavier, and licence classes 2-5)
The Official Road Code for Motorcycles (two-wheeled vehicles, and licence class 6)

There is a separate book for cyclists which is called The Official Code for Cyclists, without the word Road, which provides safety advice and riding rules for cyclists on New Zealand's roads.

Printed Road Code books are updated infrequently. Updates are posted on NZTA's Road Code updates page.

The Road Code contains a list of all questions that can be asked in the theory test for the learner licence. Answers are not included with the questions and must be either deduced from reading the Road Code, or researched using an external website such as DT (Driving Tests).

Criticism has been leveled at the Road Code for being impenetrable and lacking relevance, especially for tourist drivers and new migrants. NZTA and other agencies created the Visiting Drivers Signature Project to bring essential elements of safe driving from the Road Code into easily accessible information that rental vehicle agencies can use.

External links

NZ Road Code Official website

Traffic law and safety

Rules of the road	All-way stop Assured Clear Distance Ahead Australian Road Rules Boulevard rule Green Cross Code Move over law New Zealand Road Code Overtaking Right- and left-hand traffic Right-of-way Right turn on red School bus traffic stop laws Traffic code Vienna Convention on Road Traffic

Road user guides	Driver's manual The Highway Code The Highway Code (Malta) Road Users' Code Rules of the Road (Ireland)

Enforcement	Breathalyzer Camera Enforcement Red light Highway patrol/State police Parking enforcement Road traffic control Traffic court Traffic guard Traffic stop Traffic ticket Warning

Speed limit	Advisory speed limit Assured Clear Distance Ahead National Maximum Speed Law School zone Speed limit enforcement Speed limits by country Category: Speed limits by country

Moving violations	Driving under the influence Canada United States Distracted driving Mobile phones and driving Texting while driving Reckless driving Street racing Tailgating Vehicular homicide Wrong-way driving

Driver licensing	Commercial driver's license European driving licence Graduated driver licensing Inter-American Driving Permit International Driving Permit Learner's permit Point system Driving licences by country List of countries by minimum driving age

Traffic violations reciprocity	Commercial Driver's License Information System Driver License Agreement Driver License Compact Non-Resident Violator Compact

Parking	Alternate-side parking Decriminalised parking enforcement Disabled parking permit Double parking Parking chair Parking violation Wheel clamp

Car safety	Seat belt laws Click It or Ticket Clunk Click Every Trip

Road safety	Tachograph Digital tachograph Drivers' working hours (Europe) Epilepsy and driving Hours of service (US) 'How's my driving?' sign Old age and driving Sleep deprived driving Slow moving vehicle

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