New Zealand Legislation: Acts

7 Drivers not to be reckless or dangerous

• (1) A person may not drive a motor vehicle, or cause a motor vehicle to be driven, recklessly.

  (2) A person may not drive a motor vehicle, or cause a motor vehicle to be driven, at a speed or in a manner which, having regard to all the circumstances, is or might be dangerous to the public or to a person.

  Compare: 1962 No 135 s 57

  Subsection (1) was substituted, as from 22 June 2005, by section 6(1) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77). See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.

  Subsection (2) was amended, as from 22 June 2005, by section 6(2) Land Transport Amendment Act 2005 (2005 No 77) by omitting the words “on a road” in both places where they occur. See sections 96 to 100 of that Act as to the transitional and savings provisions.