OT- Diesel allowance

In NZ the price you pay at the pump is not the total price. You are taxed separately on top of that for diesel. This probably means you have to prepay that tax.

PeterD

Thanks robak,

Now I get it.
The guilty driver must have exceeded the amount he was able to legally travel on his distance licence. (by 11,000 kilometres)

I don't think the driver spoke enough english to understand much at all did he:-)

Toytruck

Hi Robak (& Sandman), All diesel vehicles must display their RUC licence in a small clear pocket stuck onto the inside of the windscreen. The tax is on a scale dependant on the weight of the vehicle and you purchase by pre-paying by the thousand km. I buy a two tonne sticker for my swb Pajero 5,000 km in advance.

You need only pay for km traveled on the road so if you keep a log book you can claim back your road tax for any km the vehicle has been used 'off road'. Large milk tankers that go from farm to farm on their daily pick-up do not pay for the short trip from the road to the farmers holding tank and back to the road again, this saves mega-bucks for the fleet over a year. Farm vehicles pay no road tax while on the farm but if you go out onto the highway you need to have an RUC sticker. The sticker has your odometer km printed on it for the start and finnish distance that has been purchased. If the Police want to give you the third degree they may weigh you and will check the vehicle weight & odometer reading against the RUC sticker. They will also add a trailers ball weight onto the vehicle weight and all passengers remain in the vehicle during weighing !

From memory, it is around $NZ160 per 5000km for 3 ton sticker. I will find out next week when I am back in NZ and my NZ diesel vehicle will need a new sticker for sure - always does.

Stevesub

Troopy and Rangie (Brisbane)
Nissan Mistral (Terrano II) NZ

Thanks Kia,

It was obvious the (Asian) guy concerned have no idea what the Patrolwoman was trying to tell him. She stated in a good natured way, "he will get a better idea when he receives the fine in the post".