297Driver to have proper control of vehicle etc

297 Driver to have proper control of vehicle etc (1) A driver must not drive a vehicle unless the driver has proper control of the vehicle. (1A) A person must not drive a vehicle if a person or an animal is in the driver’s lap. (2) A driver must not drive a motor vehicle unless the driver has a clear view of the road, and traffic, ahead, behind and to each side of the driver. (3) The rider of a motorbike must not ride with an animal on the motorbike between the rider and the handlebars, or in another position that interferes with the rider’s ability to control the motorbike or to have a clear view of the road. (4) Subsection (3) does not apply to the rider of a motorbike who rides with an animal between the rider and the handle bars for a distance of not more than 500m on a road for the purpose of a farming activity that the rider is carrying out.