Safer Drivers
Driver Licensing
Getting your drivers licence can be a daunting task. Here are links to resources, and organisations that can help make the journey to becoming a fully licenced driver easier.
Find out the process of how to get, prepare and pass your NZ driving test here: https://www.aa.co.nz/drivers/driver-licences/
Everything you need to know for learner drivers and their whānau/ family: https://drive.govt.nz/
Book a practical test, replace a licence at https://www.nzta.govt.nz/driver-licences/
Find a driver licensing agent in your area here: https://www.nzta.govt.nz/driver-licences/getting-%...
Practice the right skills the right way and track your learning on the FREE Drive Go app. (Apple and Android)
To become a better learner driver, attend one of our free Driver Directions courses.
For help with getting your learners and restricted driver’s licence:
- Moving Mountains
- Work and Income NZ
- Citizens Advice Bureau
Young drivers
Council offers a young driver course during the school holidays each year, called Driver Directions. Drivers on their restricted licence are seven times more likely to be involved in a fatal or serious injury crash than any other drivers.
Senior drivers
While older drivers don't have as many crashes, if involved in a crash, they're more at risk of being seriously injured or killed. With the same impact force, the fatality rate is approximately three times higher for a 75-year-old than for an 18-year-old driver. Council offers a free one-day senior driver course called Driving On, for drivers over 65.
Road Safety Education Programme
The Road Safety Education Programme, or RSEP, is free for members of our community referred from the Department of Corrections, and/or Police. Developed to motivate a change in participant attitude and behaviour by providing them with the tools and support to undertake change, since the programmes conception in 2013 we have had a non-reoffending rate of 93%.
To enquire about the RSEP, contact roadsafety.rotorua@rotorualc.nz