Brochure offers driving tips for visitors

A handy brochure providing driving tips to visitors to New Zealand has been produced to coincide with the influx of tourists for the British and Irish Lions tour.

Canterbury Road Policing Manager, Inspector Derek Erasmus was looking for something to help with the large number of tourists expected.

Communications Manger, Lesley Wallis, provided the backing to develop the idea into a national initiative using a number of other excellent tourist information leaflets as a basis.

“There is a core of basic information that applies to all visiting drivers but this brochure is designed for English speakers, so we were able to include more text than usual,” she says.

“The brochure provides visitors with information about what to expect while driving on New Zealand roads – such as the requirement to carry driver licences at all times while driving and the strict enforcement of speed limits,” says Lesley.

“It also includes some basic information on liquor bans and general safety tips.”

Visitors can obtain the brochure from airports, ferry terminals, rental car/campervan companies, police stations and officers. It is also on the NZ Police and British High Commission websites.

Lesley says feedback about the brochure has been very good and it is intended that the brochure will available as an ongoing resource for visitors.