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Driving in New Zealand - Traffic rules and Road signs

Welcome to Accudriver! Here you can read and learn road rules in New Zealand. Also, you may take a look for road signs of New Zealand. It would be really useful to check the traffic rules before going to New Zealand. Make your trip safer!

nz

New Zealand

General rules

Traffic Direction
Left Hand
Km/h or Mp/h
km/h

For business inquiries: contact@accudriver.io

Speed limits rules

Urban Area

50

Speed road

100

Express road

110

Where to rent a car in New Zealand?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

Other differences in rules

Maximum promille alcohole
0.05

Zero for people under twenty years

Toll roads
Yes
Minimum driver age
16

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Rules of more than 60 countries in your pocket

Comparing traffic rules and road signs between countries

Regular updates

Where to rent a car in New Zealand?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

New Zealand road signs

Indication signs

Parking

Mandatory signs

Bicycles only
Pass on either side
Pass on this side
Pedestrians only
Straight ahead only
Turn left ahead only
Turn right ahead only

Priority signs

Give Way Yield
Give way to oncoming traffic
Priority over oncoming vehicles
Stop

Prohibitory signs

Maximum height
No U-turns
No bicycles
No buses
No heavy goods vehicles
No left turn
No motorcycles
No parking or waiting
No pedestrians
No right turn
No stopping

Special regulations signs

Bus lane
Lane for cyclists
Motorway
One-way street

Speed limit signs

Maximum speed limit

Warning signs

Bend ahead
Children
Crossroads with a minor road
Cyclists ahead
Dangerous crosswinds
Domestic animals
Double bend ahead
Falling rocks or debris
Give Way ahead
Junction with a minor road
Level crossing (one track)
Level crossing with barriers ahead
Level crossing without barriers ahead
Loose road surface
Low-flying aircraft
Merging traffic
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Road hump ahead
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on one side
Roadworks ahead
Roundabout ahead
Slippery road surface
Steep ascent
Steep descent
Stop ahead
Traffic signals ahead
Tram crossing
Tunnel ahead
Two-way traffic ahead
Uneven road ahead
Uneven road ahead
Warning for a dip in the road
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About
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Rules

Driving in New Zealand - Traffic rules and Road signs

Welcome to Accudriver! Here you can read and learn road rules in New Zealand. Also, you may take a look for road signs of New Zealand. It would be really useful to check the traffic rules before going to New Zealand. Make your trip safer!

nz

New Zealand

General rules

Traffic Direction
Left Hand
Km/h or Mp/h
km/h

For business inquiries: contact@accudriver.io

Speed limits rules

Urban Area

50

Speed road

100

Express road

110

Where to rent a car in New Zealand?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

Other differences in rules

Maximum promille alcohole
0.05

Zero for people under twenty years

Toll roads
Yes
Minimum driver age
16

🔥 Download our mobile app!

Works fully offline

Rules of more than 60 countries in your pocket

Comparing traffic rules and road signs between countries

Regular updates

Where to rent a car in New Zealand?

The best site to book your car rental is Discovered Cars. They will find the best prices from all big rental companies 👍

New Zealand road signs

Indication signs

Parking

Mandatory signs

Bicycles only
Pass on either side
Pass on this side
Pedestrians only
Straight ahead only
Turn left ahead only
Turn right ahead only

Priority signs

Give Way Yield
Give way to oncoming traffic
Priority over oncoming vehicles
Stop

Prohibitory signs

Maximum height
No U-turns
No bicycles
No buses
No heavy goods vehicles
No left turn
No motorcycles
No parking or waiting
No pedestrians
No right turn
No stopping

Special regulations signs

Bus lane
Lane for cyclists
Motorway
One-way street

Speed limit signs

Maximum speed limit

Warning signs

Bend ahead
Children
Crossroads with a minor road
Cyclists ahead
Dangerous crosswinds
Domestic animals
Double bend ahead
Falling rocks or debris
Give Way ahead
Junction with a minor road
Level crossing (one track)
Level crossing with barriers ahead
Level crossing without barriers ahead
Loose road surface
Low-flying aircraft
Merging traffic
Pedestrian crossing ahead
Road hump ahead
Road narrows on both sides
Road narrows on one side
Roadworks ahead
Roundabout ahead
Slippery road surface
Steep ascent
Steep descent
Stop ahead
Traffic signals ahead
Tram crossing
Tunnel ahead
Two-way traffic ahead
Uneven road ahead
Uneven road ahead
Warning for a dip in the road