Pursuant to Regulation 90 (1) of the Traffic Regulations 1976 and pursuant to the powers delegated to me by the Director of Land Transport Safety, I, John Patrick White, Manager Safer Vehicles Policy, hereby exempt breakdown service vehicles owned and operated by The New Zealand Automobile Association (Incorporated) from the requirements of Regulation 79 (1) and 79 (2) (b) of the Traffic Regulations 1976, subject to the conditions specified in the Schedule.
Schedule
Conditions
1. This exemption applies only in respect of the fitting of
an in-vehicle communication unit, model Panasonic Toughbook M34;
2. The in-vehicle communication unit and associated equipment must be installed and maintained so that the performance of any frontal-impact protection system in the vehicle is not likely to be compromised;
3. The driver of the vehicle must at all times follow the policies and procedures for the use of the in-vehicle communication unit that are set out by The New Zealand Automobile Association (Incorporated), including the requirements that:
(a) passengers must not be carried in the front passenger seat when the unit is installed; and
(b) the unit must not be used while the vehicle is mobile; and
(c) the screen must be down or averted from the driver's view when the vehicle is mobile; and
(d) if the driver receives a message or job, he or she must pull over when it is safe to do so before checking the message on the unit.
4. This exemption may be revoked at any time.
Dated at Wellington this 18th day of December 2003.
JOHN WHITE, Manager Safer Vehicles Policy.