New Zealand- what do you need if you want to ride bikes on the road? is there a licence or something?

John

i know that you have to have a helmet. what else do you need to ride bikes on the public road in new zealand, and what are the laws?

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It's been a few years, but last I rode in New Zealand it was like Canada .. a bike is a vehicle and expected to obey the rules of the road, but no license or insurance is required. As with most countries bikes aren't allowed on posted roads (e.g. divided highways ... not much of an issue since there are relatively few) but otherwise can use public roads. Note that roads can be steep (it's a hilly country) and turns sharp, so cyclists need to ride defensively (although most NZ drivers are good there are foreigners too, who may not be used to driving on the left!). See the site at the link ... it may be of interest.

Can you ride a bike on the sidewalk in New Zealand?

sarwan

And is it necessary to have your helmet on even if your riding the bike on the sidewalk or on a short "no exit" street and not the road?
Is it illegal to ride bikes on the sidewalk but i have seen some people ride?
And your just a 13 year old

Answer
yes you have to wear you helmet on your bike if you don't you could get a $55 dollar fine if a cop sees you.
And no its not illegal to ride you bike on the footpath .

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New Zealand Motorcycle Helmet Safety Standard?

idontknowm

I am looking to buy the Icon Variant (http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=8306). It says it meets the SAI AS1698 which is the Australian Standard, however.... I live in New Zealand and i cannot find anywhere on the internet what safety standard is required in New Zealand.

Please let me know which safety standard we follow, or how i can find out.

Answer
http://www.standards.co.nz/web-shop/?action=basicShopSearch&mod=search&SearchBox1_txtShopName=Motorcycle+helmets&selStatus=CURRENTANDDRAFT&catalog=ALL

says there isn't one. Great.

Now you mention it, I can't see any stickers or anything on any of my helmets, the newest of which was bought less than 2 years ago. Maybe go into a bike shop and see what the shop assistant can show you?

Renting helmets in NZ?

Bumblelou

I will be in NZ for one week visiting my boyfriend. He owns a motorbike but not a second helmet. Anyone know of anywhere I can rent just a helmet for a week, rather than having to buy one? I have tried all the main motorbike rental places but they don't rent gear out unless you rent a bike too. Any tips?!

Answer
You might want to ask this in the New Zealand section. NZ is not part of Australia.

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Kaitlin

Organ Donation
Picture this. A young girl, like you or me, cycling down a deserted road in broad daylight. A 4wd motor vehicle comes up behind her and knocks her flying 6 feet in the air and 17 feet across the tarmac. Her head hits the ground and her brain starts to swell. She was left there as the offender drove away. Soon after, a member of the public helps and an ambulance was called. Bike crushed, helmet shattered into a million pieces and a young girl, dying on the side of the road. Her brain dies and her heart slows to a stop. She was dead⦠The ambulance officer tried everything but as a last resort, he gives her one last shot of adrenaline. They got a pulse. She was alive.
In hospital, alive solely because of life support, the young girl lay lifelessly on the hospital bed, with her loving family surrounding her. The neurosurgeon confirmed that she was 100% brain dead and explained what that meant to the family with two small children. He explained that nothing could be done to save this girl, but said that she was perfect for organ donation. He asked if they would consider, and they said yes.
What is it? What is organ donation? Well, do you need your heart when youâre dead? No you donât, but someone else might. Organ donation is a way of trying to help the sick and giving your organs could save or help up to 50 people. People every day die of liver failure or kidney failure, yet so many people die in the right criteria but still end up getting buried or cremated with perfectly good, useful organs.
Every year, hundreds of people are on the waiting list for organs. Not all of them survive. Theyâre waiting to die, and their families are waiting for the day when the nurses say âIâm sorry, they're not going to make it.â The little hope they have, is hoping that someone will die so they can have another shot at life. They need hearts, lungs, livers and kidneys. But as only a small percentage of New Zealanders donate, sadly, they wonât all make it.
How many New Zealanders die every year? A lot. If so many people die, why arenât many organs donated? Because, only certain situations can organs be used, because your organs have to be alive and have blood still pumping through them. For instance; if you die inside and been on life support, organs can usually be donated, but if someone dies outside hospital, and has not been on a life support machine, internal organs cannot be used for organ donation. However, corneas, heart valves, and skin or bone may still be donated. Why canât they be donated? Because, for organs to be donated, they have to be alive. If your brain is dead, it doesnât necessarily mean that everything else is. Your organs need to stay alive if they are going to be transplanted into someone else. People are depending on the people who tick the box and die in the right situation to live. Well, not so much anymore.
With all our new technology, medical experts have introduced live donors. Living people donating one of their organs. Well a kidney or piece of liver anyway. Firstly, they will match the blood type and they can undergo the operation of getting a piece of a vital organ and donating it to a much loved friend or family member.
When a loved one dies, and their organs can be donated, a lot of people are still in great shock. They get asked if they would consider donating and if they say yes, they just leave it at that (well the family). But the OPTN (organ procurement and transplant network) has a huge job. They need to search for matching recipients. They manage the Australia-New Zealand organ donation database of all the patients in Australia and New Zealand. They must match the donor and recipient by blood type and tissue type.
After they matched up the donor to the recipients, they had around about 6-10 hours to get the organs into the recipient. The young girl had only three major scars. A âYâ shape. She donated all her organs and saved six lives.
Although not everyone is suitable for organ donation, I think everyone should consider it. Itâs a way that we can save lives even after our own is over. That young girl, Ayla, was influenced by her cousin who was just our age when she died of leukaemia. No-one would donate for her. I think everyone should talk to their mum, dad or friends about organ donation. Itâs an amazing thing and we should all think and try to help change the future.


for a school competition

Answer
I don't know of any bike helmet that would scatter like that.

Here are some facts that may make your speech even
more interesting.

In the USA:
1)When someone is to be declared brain dead, testing is done
to prove this and two doctors outside of the Transplant Team
(with no connection to it) would have to sign papers stating
this is so. The patient would be kept on life support to keep
oxygen and blood reaching the organ.
2)If someone wants to be an organ donor after they die, In
the USA, they should tell their parents or relatives about it...
as in some areas, they relative could stop the donation of all organs.
Some relatives don't want their loved ones to donate organs
when they are brain dead, they want them to wait until they
remove all the life support and see if the heart stops beating.
This is the only way they know for certain their loved one
has passed on. However, waiting till the heart stops beating
means the organ may become more damaged because
of lack of blood and oxygen reaching it...but, if the life support
is started right away..it still could be used for transplant.
3)Most Transplant Centers recommend living donors to be
18 years of age or older. Some exceptions are made if
a relative wants to donate younger than this because
another relative need to live..The transplant team and the
parents have to approve of it.
However, there is an evaluation process that the
recipient goes through (of seeing many doctors and
having much testing done) to be placed on the Transplant
list. A Living donor is also required to go through a similar
process in order to give their organ. Even though a
recipient has a living donor, they still have to go through
the process to be placed on the list because a donor can
back out of giving the organ at any time.
4)Different organs have different time periods that they can
be out of the body and transplanted:
Heart 4-6 hours
Lungs 4-6 hours
Pancreas 12-24 hours
Liver 12-24 hours
Intestine 12-24 hours
Kidneys 48-72 hours
Just because someone is willing to give their organ(after death)
doesn't mean that the organ will be used. The Transplant Team is
notified an organ has become available. The surgeons
check the organ to see what condition it is in and can refuse
it if it is not suitable for transplantation. Remember, the organ
is not new, it has been in someone elses body and may have
growths, tumors, or be damaged in some other ways by
hereditary conditions, disease, etc.

Best wishes on your speech
.

Ride on bike trailer?

jake

I wanted to make a trailer for my bike and my bike is sturdy enough to hold it and keep it steady but i want to know if it is legal in new Zealand for people to ride on the back on the trailer... as long as they have a helmet on and be able to ride on the road. is it?

Answer
"Bike rack" - or tow a bike? You can NOT tow a person on a bike.

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Ride on bike trailer?

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jake

I wanted to make a trailer for my bike and my bike is sturdy enough to hold it and keep it steady but i want to know if it is legal in new Zealand for people to ride on the back on the trailer... as long as they have a helmet on and be able to ride on the road. is it?

Answer
"Bike rack" - or tow a bike? You can NOT tow a person on a bike.

Facts about Monster Energy Drinks?

em.

I need to know who created Monster energy drinks and when they were created. and maybe some other interesting facts about it if you know them? thank you!

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Marketed and distributed by Hansen Natural Corporation, a NASDAQ listed company of Corona, California. Though Monster Energy is not widely advertised in the media it receives a large amount of recognition from its sponsorship of various sporting events. Hansen Natural Corporation announced a distribution agreement with Anheuser-Busch in the U.S. and Grupo Jumex in Mexico. Hansen Natural Corporation has recently announced a distribution deal with PepsiCo Canada. On November 10, 2008, the distribution of Monster turned over to Coca-Cola Enterprises, Coca-Cola United, and other Coca-Cola bottlers in many markets. Contracts with existing distributors were bought out in these markets. In late 2009 or early 2010 Monster Energy will expand their market and release their products to other countries including Germany. It is distributed in Australia by Schweppes as Coca-Cola Amatil manufactures Mother energy drink, which is an exclusive energy drink sold only in Australia and New Zealand.

Monster Energy has many endorsements with sportspeople. The list includes; Rob Dyrdek, a professional skater, who is often shown drinking Monster and wearing his Monster Energy shirts on his television show. He owns a car known as the Monster Mobile, which was purchased for Dyrdek; Rupert Davies, professional snowboarder;monster nitro 12 0z

Greg Hancock, a former World Speedway Champion; Paul Tracy, a former Champ Car now IRL driver, who sports the Monster logo on his hats and helmet; Jenson Button the Formula One driver and 2009 World Champion, sported the "M" Monster logo on his new crash helmet from the 2009 British Grand Prix onwards; Jamie Whincup, the Australian V8 Supercar Champion, wears Monster colours on his crash helmet; Dean Kearney, the Irish drift driver who competes in the Prodrift series; Ken Block, the American rally driver; Ricky Carmichael wore a Monster Energy helmet when he raced motocross and now that he is into racing cars and trucks, he has his car (or truck) painted black with a large "M" Monster logo on the hood; Robby Gordon is sponsored by Monster on his NASCAR Sprint Cup cars and his Offroad racing trucks.

Monster sponsors a motocross race team named "Monster Energy/Pro Circuit/Kawasaki". Valentino Rossi's race cap bears a Monster logo, as do the Tech 3 Yamaha bikes of Colin Edwards and James Toseland. Prior to this, Monster sponsored Kawasaki. The Vans Warped Tour features a Monster touring bus that gives out free Monster Energy Drinks during the event.

In September 2009, Monster Energy teamed up with Activision to bring special redeemable codes on the Monster Energy website where people can submit codes included in Monster Energy packs to redeem things such as Xbox 360 and PlayStation 3 Premium Themes and a Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 Map Pack code.

The caffeine content of Monster energy drinks is 10 mg/oz (34 mg/dL, 1.75 mmol/L),[4] or 160 mg for a 16 oz can. As with most other energy drinks the packaging usually has a warning printed on it saying to limit the number of cans consumed in a day - to 3 for the 16 oz size, and it is not recommended for pregnant women, children under 10 years old, or people who are sensitive to caffeine.

Ingredients: Carbonated Water, Sucrose, Glucose (broken down sucrose),Taurine, Sodium Citrate, Color Added, Panax Ginseng Root Extract, L-Carnitine, Caffeine, Sorbic Acid, Benzoic Acid, Niacinamide, Sodium Chloride, Glucuronolactone, Inositol, Guarana Seed Extract, Pyridoxine Hydrochloride, Sucralose, Riboflavin, Maltodextrin, Cyancobalamin.

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New Zealand Motorcycle Helmet Safety Standard?

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idontknowm

I am looking to buy the Icon Variant (http://stores.sportbiketrackgear.com/Detail.bok?no=8306). It says it meets the SAI AS1698 which is the Australian Standard, however.... I live in New Zealand and i cannot find anywhere on the internet what safety standard is required in New Zealand.

Please let me know which safety standard we follow, or how i can find out.

Answer
http://www.standards.co.nz/web-shop/?action=basicShopSearch&mod=search&SearchBox1_txtShopName=Motorcycle+helmets&selStatus=CURRENTANDDRAFT&catalog=ALL

says there isn't one. Great.

Now you mention it, I can't see any stickers or anything on any of my helmets, the newest of which was bought less than 2 years ago. Maybe go into a bike shop and see what the shop assistant can show you?

where can i get the helmets in nz?

matt

where can i get THE helmets in new zealand

Answer
at your local bike shop

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