NZQA registered unit standard
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Title
Demonstrate knowledge of safe night driving
Level
2
Credits
2
Purpose
People credited with this unit standard are able to describe: the
checks required to prepare a motor vehicle for night driving;
road-marking devices that assist night driving; and night driving
hazards and responses to those hazards.
Classification
Driving > Core Driving Knowledge and Skills
Available grade
Achieved
Explanatory notes
1
Legal requirements relevant to this unit standard include:
Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Rule 1999;
Land Transport (Driver Licensing) Amendment Rule 2006;
Land Transport Act 1998;
Traffic Regulations 1976.
2
Any new, amended or replacement Acts, regulations, Rules, standards, codes of
practice, or NZ Transport Agency requirements or conditions affecting this unit
standard will take precedence for assessment purposes, pending review of this unit
standard.
3
Definitions
Driving means being in control of a motor vehicle. Motor vehicles include
motorcycles.
Night includes low-light conditions and twilight.
4
Reference material
The Official New Zealand Road Code and Licence Guide for Car Drivers, The Official
New Zealand Road Code and Licence Guide for Motorcyclists, and The Official
New Zealand Road Code and Licence Guide for Heavy Vehicle Drivers (current
versions) which are available from booksellers, reflect legal requirements but do not
override governing legislation.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
17677 version 4
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Outcomes and evidence requirements
Outcome 1
Describe the checks required to prepare a motor vehicle for night driving.
Evidence requirements
1.1
The description includes checks required to ensure the vehicle lighting
equipment is operating correctly and is suitable for night driving.
1.2
The description includes checks required to ensure the vehicle equipment that
affects driver vision is operating correctly and is suitable for night driving.
Outcome 2
Describe road-marking devices that assist night driving.
Evidence requirements
2.1
Reflectors on marker posts are described in terms of colour, markings, purpose,
and location.
Range
2.2
left and right side of road, corners, left and right side of bridges.
Road surface reflectors are described in terms of colour, purpose, and location
on the road.
Range
left side of road, centre line of road, no passing lines, fire hydrant.
Outcome 3
Describe night driving hazards and responses to those hazards.
Evidence requirements
3.1
The description includes the circumstances when a vehicle’s headlights must be
turned on.
Range
3.2
The description includes hazards associated with other road users at night.
Range
3.3
high beam, low beam.
includes but is not limited to – moving motor vehicles, stationary
motor vehicles, cyclists, pedestrians, animals, oversize loads.
The description includes hazards associated with driving at night in adverse
environmental conditions.
Range
transition between day and night, rain, fog, one other condition.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
3.4
The description includes personal hazards that may affect night driving.
personal hazards may include but are not limited to – wearing
spectacles or contact lenses, fatigue, diet, age, sleep patterns,
physical disabilities.
Range
3.5
The description includes hazards associated with a vehicle breakdown at night.
Range
3.6
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a minimum of three hazards.
The description includes hazard action plans for responding to night driving
hazards.
Range
a minimum of three night driving hazards.
Planned review date
31 December 2019
Status information and last date for assessment for superseded versions
Process
Version Date
Last Date for Assessment
Registration
1
22 September 2000
31 December 2017
Review
2
22 October 2004
31 December 2017
Review
3
27 October 2006
31 December 2017
Review
4
16 April 2015
N/A
Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMR) reference
0092
This CMR can be accessed at http://www.nzqa.govt.nz/framework/search/index.do.
Please note
Providers must be granted consent to assess against standards (accredited) by NZQA,
before they can report credits from assessment against unit standards or deliver courses
of study leading to that assessment.
Industry Training Organisations must be granted consent to assess against standards by
NZQA before they can register credits from assessment against unit standards.
Providers and Industry Training Organisations, which have been granted consent and
which are assessing against unit standards must engage with the moderation system that
applies to those standards.
Requirements for consent to assess and an outline of the moderation system that applies
to this standard are outlined in the Consent and Moderation Requirements (CMRs). The
CMR also includes useful information about special requirements for organisations wishing
to develop education and training programmes, such as minimum qualifications for tutors
and assessors, and special resource requirements.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016
NZQA registered unit standard
17677 version 4
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Comments on this unit standard
Please contact the NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation (Incorporated) (MITO)
info@mito.org.nz if you wish to suggest changes to the content of this unit standard.
NZ Motor Industry Training Organisation
(Incorporated)
SSB Code 101542
 New Zealand Qualifications Authority 2016