IAM NZ | Road Safety Charity

IAM RoadSmart New Zealand

  • IAM NZ is a charitable organisation dedicated to promoting better driving and riding and enhancing road safety, by taking the standard of driving and riding of existing drivers and riders to a level significantly higher than that required to pass the normal driving test.

    Slide-Advanced Rider

  • IAM NZ is a charitable organisation dedicated to promoting better driving and riding and enhancing road safety, by taking the standard of driving and riding of existing drivers and riders to a level significantly higher than that required to pass the normal driving test.

    Slide-Advanced driver

  • IAM NZ is a charitable organisation dedicated to promoting better driving and riding and enhancing road safety, by taking the standard of driving and riding of existing drivers and riders to a level significantly higher than that required to pass the normal driving test.

    Slide-Advanced heavy

I want to be an advanced car driver


The Police and Roadcraft System of Car Control forms the basis for the standards applied by an advanced driver. This is described by the principles set down in the IAM's own manual ‘How to be an Advanced Driver’. The content of both the IAM’s manual and Roadcraft is very broad and as a guideline your drive should...

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I want to be an advanced motorcycle rider


“Advanced” motorcycling is the ability to control the position and speed of the machine safely, systematically and smoothly, using road and traffic conditions to make reasonable progress unobtrusively, with skill and responsibility. This skill requires a positive but courteous attitude and a high standard of riding competence...

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I want to be an advanced heavy vehicle driver


The dynamics of large heavy vehicles dictates a more rigid disciplined driving style and an adherence to all road signs that are readily available for all motorists to interpret along the roadside. Because of the size and weight carried by heavy vehicles, they have featured in too many avoidable roll-overs, which has ...

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Full membership of the IAM is open to drivers and riders, with a valid full licence, who have passed the IAM's Advanced Driving or Motorcycling Tests.