be assured, most vehicles read 10% higher than actual the police will certainly stop you if you exceed 100, which won't be very often because you have become accustomed to traveling at 90, which is your speedo showing 100, and get nervous should your speedo go over the 100, you are in fact traveling approx 13 km below the level at which you will draw attention
robotnik,
Sep 18, 4:21pm
We should really be patient with drivers of these large slow campervans as they'll be spending lots of money in the regions, keeping people in work. Now that the farming sector is in trouble all some places have is tourism.
skiff1,
Sep 18, 5:13pm
people spending real money do not drive camper vans. What they do for the regions is clog our roads and crap in the car parks. BTW, farming is not in trouble, dairy farming is. I have never received as much for my beef.
nzoomed,
Sep 18, 5:14pm
Yes i agree, although i do confess i ended up doing 140KM/h in my D-Max when passing a vehicle last weekend :P
nzoomed,
Sep 18, 5:16pm
Yes i assume so, although i think lots of people are completley oblivious to this. I dont know if the cops regularly enforce this or not, ive never seen them pull over utes in the weigh lanes. I have no idea what my boat weighs, but i doubt its more than 1500Kg. My D-Max must weigh close to 2000KG?
tintop,
Sep 18, 7:03pm
Grizzle as much as you like. The speed limit regime is being reviewed.
There will be some 110kmph limits on modern recently constructed roads, the majority of the rest will stay at 100, and some will even be reduced to below 100.
Some 50 zones will go to 30, and the range of limits between the existing 100 and 50 will be re-juggled.
brapbrap8,
Sep 18, 8:23pm
Yes D-Max would be 2,000kg roughly if it is 4x4, take off 100kg for 2wd. Our boat is an 8m fibreglass hardtop with a diesel inboard, so if it is smaller than that then you are definetly sweet to tow it!
nzoomed,
Sep 19, 1:00pm
It needs a major review, yes some roads are dangerous and could be lowered, but take an example from SH2 linking Tauranga to Auckland, they have made a new stretch of road there that bypasses the "castle" and is alot safer having less turns and twists and also has an added safety barrier in the centre, yet its been lowered to a 90km/h limit, if anything that part of the road should be 110km/h! go figure!
tintop,
Sep 19, 1:22pm
Yes it is a bit of an oddball one.
To warrant 110kmph, the road alignment must be up to it, median barriers, very wide run off areas at the sides free of obstructions. I am not sure regarding lanes.
Roads built to the standards that match the Waikato Expressway will make 110 kmph probably, but I cant see much of the Southern Motorway making it. Perhaps south of Drury?
brapbrap8,
Sep 19, 1:34pm
Getting the Waikato Expressway to 110km would be good, it is a very safe, modern road that avoids towns and a few accident black spots from SH1 and will massively speed up and improve the safety of travel across the Waikato.
bashfulbro,
Sep 19, 2:03pm
There are a few misconceptions on here. GVM and GCM are two different things . Weight that a vehicle can carry is determined by the GVM ) Gross Vehicle Mass). THAT vehicle only. Combined weight that it can tow is determined by the GCM. Gross Combination Mass. includes THAT vehicle, it`s load, passengers etc.AND any trailer and it`s load. All diesel powered and heavy vehicles now, are issued RUC stickers, based on what the vehicle is capable of carrying ( GVM ). NOT what it is carrying. A ute, with a 3 tonne RUC label, can weigh up to 3 tonnes ,max, on it`s own ( includes passengers, load etc.) Towing a trailer is a separate issue. determined by the rating of the tow bar, couplings etc.and the GCM.of the towing vehicle. If you get weighed at a weigh bridge , they are two, independently registered vehicles, both have their own limits, which cannot be exceeded, individually. And the GCM must not be exceeded. If you are towing a big boat,horse float etc, it might pay to know how much weight from the trailer is transferred to the towing ute, through the drawbar. .
butterfly05,
Sep 19, 3:17pm
Makes no difference to me as you know I'll drive exactly how I feel the conditions suit me not by some signpost that some retard down in welly thought was a good idea.
elect70,
Sep 19, 3:32pm
So long as im not on the road
lookoutas,
Sep 19, 4:31pm
Camper vans are only one of the maggots we find on the road. Last Sunday, I became #11 in a queue of Loopies heading north from the mountain. In the front was a muppet towing a large trailer, and behind that was another who wouldn't pass. The GPS speed fluctuated from 70 to 95 KPH, and 26 KM later I was still #11 when I reached home and could turn off.
Sure - had the 'cruise control' not been in the car and unwantingly activated, I would have scorched them. But I sat there like a had too, and watched the mayhem up front as others took their chances, but not one of them got to the front.
At the point where I turned off, I could roughly count 10 or more stacked up behind me.
Fortunately - there wasn't a cop parked up on the roadside, otherwise I had it in my mind to pull up and ask him how his day was going. And I'm pretty sure my 'cruise control' would have malfunctioned over that for quite some time.
mrcat1,
Sep 19, 4:54pm
A ute, with a 3 tonne RUC label, can weigh up to 3 tonnes ,max, on it`s own ( includes passengers, load etc.) Wrong, you wont get a ticket for being over your sticker weight now, only if you are over the manufacturers gross laden weight.
bashfulbro,
Sep 19, 11:06pm
You pay RUC charges, based on the vehicle`s GVM, which IS the vehicle manufacturer`s rating.
In the last year or so, the system changed. Under the old system, you could buy RUC stickers for any weight you nominated , authorities knew that thousands of ute & 4x4 owners were paying less than they should be, by running 2 tonne stickers when they should have had 3 tonne. but the only way to catch them was to physically stop and weigh them , it was too messy, so they exempted them, That is likely what you are referring to. Not the case now, you must buy for the GVM.
When a vehicle is first registered, the RUC charges are determined then, by the GVM, and you can`t buy a lesser weight sticker for it, the system will reject it.
There are very , very few diesel utes or 4x4s that can run legally with only a 2 tonne sticker. As the older utes fade away, so will the lesser stickers.
mrcat1,
Sep 20, 7:08am
If a ute has a manufacturer's max laden weight of 3.247 tonne, and only showing a sticker weight of 2 tonne in the window, and gets scaled at 3.1 tonne, does he get a overweight ticket?
martin11,
Sep 20, 9:31am
Yes for being over his RUC Weights by 1.1 tonne and may get ordered off the road
skiff1,
Sep 20, 9:46am
no, he gets one for underpaying RUC.
pestri,
Sep 20, 11:34am
depends on Manufacturers GVM (or sum such) My Fiat Ducato comes in at 4005 kg and is thus a heavy mv, limited to 90 kmh
If it was just 6 kg less. 3999kg. 100kmh ! go figure.
pestri,
Sep 20, 11:36am
Don't think so. weight is now paid for in bands. 1-4t is the first band immic. that means there is in fact no underpayment.
robbief,
Sep 20, 11:38am
Or motor home is just on 5ton and is not slow have to hold it back 6speed auto 3lt turbo.not slow on the hills have had tickets on takapau planes for 7km 97km ph $30.00 this is just revenue collecting.
johotech,
Sep 20, 11:41am
I think you'll find that it is 3500kg, not 4000kg.
pestri,
Jun 2, 7:34pm
Your speedo is not worth diddly squat. and yes, if you can prove that your GPS reading was inconsistent with a cops speeding ticket you have a defence. so now your only worry is how you are going to prove it? ( to the std of proof required in a criminal court)
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