This is a forwarded message
From: Damien Cognotto OAM <d.codognotto.oam@bigpond.com>
To: ann.barker@parliament.vic.gov.au, anthony.carbines@parliament.vic.gov.au, bronwyn.halfpenny@parliament.vic.gov.au, bronwyn.pike@parliament.vic.gov.au, christine.campbell@parliament.vic.gov.au
Date: Tuesday, August 21, 2012, 11:21:51 AM
Subject: RIDERS VOTE NO TO GORE'S LAW - AUG 2012
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Date: Monday, August 20, 2012, 1:15:11 PM
Subject: GORE'S LAW - BORDER MAIL STORY.
Snr Sgt Gore provoked an angry response from motorcycle & scooter
riders across Australia when he was reported in the Wangaratta
Chronicle (attached) saying that high visibility vests would be law
within 6 months and if we did not like it we could give up
motorcycling.
This opinion-based proposal to make flouro vests compulsory for
motorcycle & scooter riders came soon after the disgraceful TAC shock
campaign featuring a TV ad showing car failing to stop at a stop sign
and killing a motorcyclist.
The TAC ad is on the agenda for a public hearing to be held by the
Parliamentary Road Safety Committee on August 31, 2012, in Melbourne.
The Chronicle ran follow-up articles. Sgt Gore claimed he was
misquoted. The Shepparton News ran a story as did the Border Mail
(attached). ABC radio ran at least two interviews on the subject.
Sydney's Daily Telegraph ran a big article.Some links to these items
are on the blog.
The Melbourne media mostly ignored Gore's Law.
To open the Border Mail story and other attachments double click the
1.eml file.
Join the Independent Riders' Group and help us protect your right to
ride safe & free.
We have no problem with voluntary use of hi viz gear but do not
support Gore's law, that's for sure. Conspicuity laws/ADRs can lower
a rider's legal standing and lead to reduced compensation for crash
victims. this is unfair to legitimate road users on 2 wheels and
disastrous for victims families.
More information is on this blog.
Becoming an IRG supporter costs nothing. You can withdraw whenever you
like. It does not interfere with other memberships. There are no
meetings as such, so involvement is mostly by computer.
The more supporters in the IRG the more political muscle it has to
defend your right to ride. We need votes. That means Australians over
18. They don't have to ride, they just have to care. If you are
already a member, pass this on to family/friends. The bigger voting
block we are the safer we are.
Join the IRG by emailing your name, post code and email address to:
d.codognotto.oam@bigpond.com
Damien Codognotto OAM
Spokesman
Independent Riders' Group
Melbourne
Tel: 03 9846 8621
Maybe the cycling community would support motorcyclists in this. After all the natural flow on would be to make cyclists wear Hi Viz and then pedestrians. You know that once these things start they never end.
ReplyDeleteSteve