Access to legal roads
Everyone has the right to travel unimpeded on public roads, except where there are legal restrictions, such as those prohibiting pedestrians from motorways.
In terms of access, we talk about two types of legal road:
- Formed legal road
- Unformed legal road
Both types have the same basic access rights, but unformed legal roads are harder to find and sometimes difficult to access.
Learn about access to unformed legal roads
There are two roads in the image above. The formed legal road is obvious. You will need our maps to identify the unformed legal road.