Riding a Moped Across the Auckland Harbour Bridge

By AA | Moderator | 844 Posts | 27 January 2011 at 10:29am

I was wondering what the rules are regarding riding a moped across the Auckland Harbour Bridge?

My mate said its OK because it's a 80kmph zone.

Is this correct?

Mike

From the "Ask Jack" archives - 14 December 2009

By jbiddle | Community Member | 1657 Posts | 27 January 2011 at 10:46am

To be registered as a moped the bike must have a top speed of only 50kph and have a maximum power output of 2KW.

To drive / ride on any road you must be able to keep up with the speed limit set for a particular environment, in this case 80kph.

Based on that the answer is no, you cannot ride the moped across the Harbour bridge or any other road where the speed limit is greater than 50kph.

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