The government is proposing a law change to\nmake ABS compulsory for new motorcycles over 125cc in New Zealand. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
If approved, the law change would apply to\nall new-model new motorcycles entering the fleet from 1 November 2019.\nCurrent-model new motorcycles and imported used motorcycles entering the fleet\nwould be required to have ABS from 1 November 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Several exceptions are proposed for classic\nand collectable motorcycles and there are no requirements for ABS to be\nretrofitted to existing motorcycles.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The Motorcycle Safety Advisory Council recommended\nthe change to government following its 2018 Motorcycle Safety Summit. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
A consultation is currently taking place and is open until 5pm Friday 26 April 2019.
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Consultation information<\/strong> The government is proposing a law change to make ABS compulsory for new motorcycles over 125cc in New Zealand. If approved, the law change would apply to all new-model new motorcycles entering the fleet from 1 November 2019. Current-model new motorcycles and imported used motorcycles entering the fleet would be required to have ABS from […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":18,"featured_media":8557,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-motorcycles"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/18"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=8556"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8556\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8557"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=8556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=8556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.edriving.com\/three60\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=8556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
The proposed changes are set out in the Land Transport Rule: Light-vehicle Brakes 2019 being released for public consultation to ensure all stakeholders and the public can have their say. All feedback will be taken in to account before a final decision is made. Visit www.nzta.govt.nz\/light-vehicle-brakes-2019<\/a> to view the consultation. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"