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Vic motorcyclists escaping fines:
REPORT
5 September 2013 Melissa Iaria
THOUSANDS of Victorian motorcyclists are escaping speeding fines because they lack front identification, according to a report by the road camera watchdog.
Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis says it is intolerable so many motorcyclists are
getting away with speeding.
He has called for steps be taken immediately to ensure motorcycles and motor scooters have front
identification, in his 2012/13 annual report tabled in state parliament on Thursday.
Mr Lewis made the recommendation last year and says he is surprised it has still not been adopted.
"I am satisfied that the case for identification of motorcycles is inarguable," he says.
Between the 2009/10 and 2011/12 financial years, about 20,000 of 50,000 motorcyclists found speeding
couldn't be identified because they had no frontal identification, the report says.
"That situation cannot be tolerated," Mr Lewis said.
Mr Lewis also recommends that road safety camera images of allegedly speeding motorists be made free to motorists.
At the moment motorists must pay $7.50 to see images of alleged offences.
Mr Lewis says providing the images for free makes the system fairer and more transparent for motorists.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews says both Labor and the coalition pledged in 2010 to remove the fee
motorists pay for road camera images but the Napthine government has failed to act.
"Three years on, the traffic camera commissioner Gordon Lewis is still calling for the government to do
what they said to do three long years ago," he said.
Police Minister Kim Wells says the report showed the state's speed camera system to be excellent and
he will consider all recommendations.
THOUSANDS of Victorian motorcyclists are escaping speeding fines because they lack front identification, according to a report by the road camera watchdog.
Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis says it is intolerable so many motorcyclists are
getting away with speeding.
He has called for steps be taken immediately to ensure motorcycles and motor scooters have front
identification, in his 2012/13 annual report tabled in state parliament on Thursday.
Mr Lewis made the recommendation last year and says he is surprised it has still not been adopted.
"I am satisfied that the case for identification of motorcycles is inarguable," he says.
Between the 2009/10 and 2011/12 financial years, about 20,000 of 50,000 motorcyclists found speeding
couldn't be identified because they had no frontal identification, the report says.
"That situation cannot be tolerated," Mr Lewis said.
Mr Lewis also recommends that road safety camera images of allegedly speeding motorists be made free to motorists.
At the moment motorists must pay $7.50 to see images of alleged offences.
Mr Lewis says providing the images for free makes the system fairer and more transparent for motorists.
Opposition Leader Daniel Andrews says both Labor and the coalition pledged in 2010 to remove the fee
motorists pay for road camera images but the Napthine government has failed to act.
"Three years on, the traffic camera commissioner Gordon Lewis is still calling for the government to do
what they said to do three long years ago," he said.
Police Minister Kim Wells says the report showed the state's speed camera system to be excellent and
he will consider all recommendations.
http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/09/05/13/41/vic-motorcyclists-escaping-fines-report
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
THE GEELONG ADVERTISER
Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis must hold the Victorian all-party Road Safety Committee in utter contempt. His call for front ID on motorcycles & scooters contradicts the results the RSC's thorough study of the front ID issue.
The RSC made 64 recommendations related to motorcycles & scooters in 2012 and not one of them says put front number plates or electronic tags on bikes.
Mr Lewis is clearly ignorant of world's best practice in this regard. No manufacturer in the world designs motorbikes to display a front plate because they are dangerous in several, well-documented ways.
Mandatory transponders or tags as front ID to collect fines and tolls and track vehicles forced on one type of road user would be a gross invasion of privacy and discriminatory. Made compulsory for all road users tags would be big brother gone mad.
The Independent Riders' Group strongly opposes the introduction of compulsory front ID for motorcycles & scooters and suggests Mr Lewis read the RSC's 2012 report on motorcycle & scooter safety.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/inquiries/article/1409
Damien Codognotto OAM
Independent Riders' Group
Take this information to your local MP and let them know, in no uncertain terms that riders more than pay their way on our roads and that we are sick and tired of this continuing discrimination.
WE RIDE. WE PAY. WE VOTE.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members
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http://news.ninemsn.com.au/national/2013/09/05/13/41/vic-motorcyclists-escaping-fines-report
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
THE GEELONG ADVERTISER
Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis must hold the Victorian all-party Road Safety Committee in utter contempt. His call for front ID on motorcycles & scooters contradicts the results the RSC's thorough study of the front ID issue.
The RSC made 64 recommendations related to motorcycles & scooters in 2012 and not one of them says put front number plates or electronic tags on bikes.
Mr Lewis is clearly ignorant of world's best practice in this regard. No manufacturer in the world designs motorbikes to display a front plate because they are dangerous in several, well-documented ways.
Mandatory transponders or tags as front ID to collect fines and tolls and track vehicles forced on one type of road user would be a gross invasion of privacy and discriminatory. Made compulsory for all road users tags would be big brother gone mad.
The Independent Riders' Group strongly opposes the introduction of compulsory front ID for motorcycles & scooters and suggests Mr Lewis read the RSC's 2012 report on motorcycle & scooter safety.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/inquiries/article/1409
Damien Codognotto OAM
Independent Riders' Group
Take this information to your local MP and let them know, in no uncertain terms that riders more than pay their way on our roads and that we are sick and tired of this continuing discrimination.
WE RIDE. WE PAY. WE VOTE.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members
****************************************
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJvui8viW4
http://www.facebook.com/steve.bardsley1?ref=name#!/events/468146693299823/
LETTER TO THE EDITOR
THE GEELONG ADVERTISER
Road Safety Camera Commissioner Gordon Lewis must hold the Victorian all-party Road Safety Committee in utter contempt. His call for front ID on motorcycles & scooters contradicts the results the RSC's thorough study of the front ID issue.
The RSC made 64 recommendations related to motorcycles & scooters in 2012 and not one of them says put front number plates or electronic tags on bikes.
Mr Lewis is clearly ignorant of world's best practice in this regard. No manufacturer in the world designs motorbikes to display a front plate because they are dangerous in several, well-documented ways.
Mandatory transponders or tags as front ID to collect fines and tolls and track vehicles forced on one type of road user would be a gross invasion of privacy and discriminatory. Made compulsory for all road users tags would be big brother gone mad.
The Independent Riders' Group strongly opposes the introduction of compulsory front ID for motorcycles & scooters and suggests Mr Lewis read the RSC's 2012 report on motorcycle & scooter safety.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/rsc/inquiries/article/1409
Damien Codognotto OAM
Independent Riders' Group
Take this information to your local MP and let them know, in no uncertain terms that riders more than pay their way on our roads and that we are sick and tired of this continuing discrimination.
WE RIDE. WE PAY. WE VOTE.
www.parliament.vic.gov.au/members
****************************************
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZoJvui8viW4
http://www.facebook.com/steve.bardsley1?ref=name#!/events/468146693299823/
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