https://www.cyclewellington.org.nz/nzta_rule_changes_submission_guide

NZTA Waka Kotahi is seeking feedback on five changes to the Road Rules. The changes overall make ‘commonsense’ improvements to the road rules – with one potential big win for cycling, but only if it gets a tweak.

The proposed changes cover passing distances, e-scooter use of bike lanes, kids biking on footpaths, and more. 

That potential big win? The passing distance needs to kick in on more roads and at lower speeds - both to be sufficiently safe for the situation, and to make it easier to explain, educate, expect, and enforce.

Our friends in the national Cycling Action Network have written a submission guide. They reckon the 1.5m requirement should kick in on roads with 50km/h limits, not only 70km/h and up - or even on roads of all speeds. That would be easier to understand, and in line with the current advice in the Road Code.

Image from the drive.govt.nz website by NZ Transport Agency Waka Kotahi (NZTA) and the Accident Compensation Corporation (ACC), under Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International licence

Check the CAN submission guide out here: https://www.can.org.nz/submissions
...and then head over to have your say before the deadline on 25 March: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/about-us/public-consultation-hub/current-consultations/consultation-on-lane-use-improvements