Licences

Answer the focus questions for the relevant licence that you are planning to achieve this year. Record your answers on a Google Doc and save it in you Gateway folder. Refer to the resources listed below to help you answer the questions.

Learner Licence

1. What age do you have to be before you can sit your learner licence?

2. What can help you learn the road rules?

3. What do you do when you are ready to sit the test?

4. What do you need to take with you?

5. What are the conditions of having this licence?

Restricted Licence

1. What are the skills that you need to know in order to sit your Restricted Licence?

2. What do you need to take to the test?

3. What happens during the test ?

4. What are some common test mistakes?

5. What are the conditions of having this licence?

Full Licence

1, What do you have to do to prepare for your full licence test?

2. What do you need to take to the test?

3. What happens during the test?

4. What are the conditions of having this licence?

New Zealand Road Code Resources:

AA (Automobile Association) (NZ) FREE online quiz

Drive (NZ) - NZTA - Learn the NZ Road Code - a free learning tool created by the New Zealand Transport Agency and ACC. This has been developed as the official learning tool for the learner licence theory test. It has been designed for use on mobiles and tablets as well as websites and has much simpler language than the Official New Zealand Road Code. It also contains useful information and video clips for students preparing for their restricted and full driver licences.

New Zealand Road Code (NZ) Read the whole official Road Code online for cars, heavy traffic, motorcycles and bicycles.

NZ Road Code Learner Licence Theory Test Questions (NZ) Here you can see most of the questions you could be asked.

NZ Road Code Learner Licence Theory Practice Tests (NZ) Buy online practice tests.

Pathways Awarua (NZ) Road Code app - A complete series of modules on the road code on the Pathways Awarua literacy and numeracy website. These cover all the topic areas assessed in the learner licence theory test.

There is also: DT Driving Tests which has free car, heavy vehicle and motor bike tests.

Plan for getting your licence

Task:

Develop a plan for getting your relevant licence by listing three things that you need to do to prepare for sitting your licence. Place approximate dates that you will do each step beside them. Write this plan on a Google Doc titled Licence Plan 2021 and share it verbally with someone else in the class.

Otaki College provides $50 towards the cost of any driving licences or defensive driving courses. See Mrs Putt about this.

You are also able to gain NCEA credits for the licences that you achieve. See Mrs Putt or Mr Wood about this.

Defensive Driving Courses - Why? Where? How?

Click on the link to see when the next Street Talk Defensive Driving course (run by Kapiti Driving School), is on in Otaki. The site gives further information and a form where you can register. Payment for these courses should be made directly to Martin Whyle at Kapiti Driving School.