This is the most up-to-date version of The New Zealand Road Code for Heavy Vehicle Drivers and it reflects the current test guidelines and licensing requirements.

You need a heavy vehicle licence to drive heavy vehicles such as trucks, trailers, buses and heavy forklifts. 

The official New Zealand road code for heavy vehicle drivers is a user-friendly guide to New Zealand’s traffic law and safe driving practices that apply to drivers of heavy vehicles. You will be tested on this information and in your theory and practical driving tests.

The road code for heavy vehicle drivers includes:

• A licence and study guide section to help you through each stage of your heavy vehicle driver licence (Classes 2-5)
• Explanations of what you need and how to apply for each class of licence
• Questions that you could be asked when you sit the theory test for your Class 2, 3 and 5 learner licence
  
• A truck loading section based on the official New Zealand truck loading code – heavy vehicle licence tests will include questions from this section of the heavy vehicle road code, as loading is crucial to the safety of heavy vehicles

Produced by Waka Kotahi NZ Transport Agency.