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Thursday, 14 April 2016
Saturday, 9 April 2016
TWENTY FIVE DEAD IN 100 DAYS
WWWADE
WADE NOONAN
MINISTER FOR POLICE
VICTORIA
Dear Mr Noonan.
T TWENTY FIVE DEAD in 100 dayNot a thing easily swept under the carpet with words like the victims should have been aware of their surroundings. Ask yourself what Victoria's reaction would be to 25 Victorians killed by sharks, or burnt to death, or run down on pedestrian crossings in the same 100 days.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/04/08/17/00/road-toll-continues-to-rise-after-crash-in-melbourne-leaves-motorcyclist-dead
Sincere sympathy to this rider's loved ones and friends.
What police say after a crash is a major road bike safety problem in itself.
If fault is not attributed then this kind of road trauma can't be reduced in future. With respect to the families of downed riders, some hard questions must be asked after crashes like this by the courts NOT by police on site or the media. Was this rider hit from behind (Again! 40% are.)? Was the driver/rider speeding to catch the lights? Crossing lanes without due care? On the phone? Drunk?
Road authorities can't, in good conscience, tell crash victims to be aware of their surroundings and keep themselves safe then consider their departmental duty of care re bike safety to be done!
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Some facebook comments (10/4/2016) on this fatal crash:
Damien Codognotto Sincere condolences to this riders loved ones. Regardless of what police say, if fault is ignored this will keep happening.
Like · Reply · 3 · 21 hrs
Pete: I may be wrong but, does the photo indicate that the car has actually rear ended and gone over the bike and rider? If so, the statement of riders having to be more careful is well beyond the pale.
Condolences to family and fiends of the rider, RIP.
Unlike · Reply · 5 · 21 hrs
Jim: Car crossed over 3 lanes of traffic. Bike locked up and slid into the car. Similar thing happened to me a few years ago on the same road - Burwood hwy. riding my ZX14 in the right lane a car flew across 3 lanes to make it to a slip lane to turn right....See More
Unlike · Reply · 4 · 21 hrs
Damien Codognotto: The way this policeman told it to the media the story twanged of the rider being at fault for not being aware of his surroundings. Cops should not be allowed to put their "opinions" to the
media like this. It is wrong.
Like · Reply · 5 · 18 hrs
Peter: Driver at fault and motorcyclists need to take more care wtf
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 18 hrs
Steve: picture worth a 1000 words .......... looks like car ran over bike to me!
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 17 hrs
Steve M: Agreed the officer did not know the facts and therefore should not have spoken his mind, And sad to say this will keep happening until the powers that be start to charge cage drivers with vehicular
manslaughter when they are in the wrong, My condolences to the family and friends of the rider lost today, too many lives lost so far this year.
Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs
Jo: The driver will forever have to live with the fact that she killed someone in a manner which was avoidable.
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 17 hrs
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2016 began badly in Victoria. 24 dead on road bikes in the 1st quarter. Many more injured. The Herald Sun newspaper began a welcome campaign to reduce the motorcycle & scooter road toll. It lasted a couple of days. Police began a campaign based on opinion to make protective clothing compulsory ... again.
The awful numbers are tragedies for the families and loved ones of the dead and injured. The Independent Riders' Group (IRG) offers condolences and tries to understand their loss and Pain.
But awful numbers should NOT trigger knee-jerk reactions by governments nor to excuse road authorities pushing bogus policies based on opinions rather than real science.
2015 saw opinion based laws introduced forcing novice riders wear high-visibility vests and switch their headlights on in daylight. These laws were based on opinions not facts.
One over-paid Victorian law maker, Dr Alexandra Douglas, did not even know that most motorbikes sold in Australia for the last 20 years have no headlight switches! This window dressing is so road authorities are seen to be doing something. Laws like these do not save lives. They divert attention from the real problems and waste resources that could/should have been used to cut the killing.
Hard facts show steady growth in legitimate motorcycles & scooters on Victorian roads since 2001. Facts show Victorian riders & pillions are safer than they have ever been. This steady improvement in safety, in
spite of the recent terrible spike in crashes, is more to do with improved equipment & better training than expensive shock/horror ad campaigns and police blitzes targeting riders. The long term improvement in bike safety is certainly not due to quality data collection and assessment and it's not due to the discredited Motorcycle Advisory Group (MAG) at VicRoads.
There are serious, on-going problems with road crash data. That's been documented by several Victorian Parliamentary Inquiries. Do something about crash data. Reform MAG and make the Victorian road crash site investigation unit independent to improve road safety in Victoria.
Damien Codognotto OAM
Spokesman
Independent Riders' Group (IRG)
PO Box 4330, Doncaster Heights, Vic. 3109.
www.facebook.com/independentridersgroup
www.facebook.com/damien.codognotto
WADE NOONAN
MINISTER FOR POLICE
VICTORIA
Dear Mr Noonan.
T TWENTY FIVE DEAD in 100 dayNot a thing easily swept under the carpet with words like the victims should have been aware of their surroundings. Ask yourself what Victoria's reaction would be to 25 Victorians killed by sharks, or burnt to death, or run down on pedestrian crossings in the same 100 days.
http://www.9news.com.au/national/2016/04/08/17/00/road-toll-continues-to-rise-after-crash-in-melbourne-leaves-motorcyclist-dead
Sincere sympathy to this rider's loved ones and friends.
What police say after a crash is a major road bike safety problem in itself.
If fault is not attributed then this kind of road trauma can't be reduced in future. With respect to the families of downed riders, some hard questions must be asked after crashes like this by the courts NOT by police on site or the media. Was this rider hit from behind (Again! 40% are.)? Was the driver/rider speeding to catch the lights? Crossing lanes without due care? On the phone? Drunk?
Road authorities can't, in good conscience, tell crash victims to be aware of their surroundings and keep themselves safe then consider their departmental duty of care re bike safety to be done!
**********************************************************************
Some facebook comments (10/4/2016) on this fatal crash:
Damien Codognotto Sincere condolences to this riders loved ones. Regardless of what police say, if fault is ignored this will keep happening.
Like · Reply · 3 · 21 hrs
Pete: I may be wrong but, does the photo indicate that the car has actually rear ended and gone over the bike and rider? If so, the statement of riders having to be more careful is well beyond the pale.
Condolences to family and fiends of the rider, RIP.
Unlike · Reply · 5 · 21 hrs
Jim: Car crossed over 3 lanes of traffic. Bike locked up and slid into the car. Similar thing happened to me a few years ago on the same road - Burwood hwy. riding my ZX14 in the right lane a car flew across 3 lanes to make it to a slip lane to turn right....See More
Unlike · Reply · 4 · 21 hrs
Damien Codognotto: The way this policeman told it to the media the story twanged of the rider being at fault for not being aware of his surroundings. Cops should not be allowed to put their "opinions" to the
media like this. It is wrong.
Like · Reply · 5 · 18 hrs
Peter: Driver at fault and motorcyclists need to take more care wtf
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 18 hrs
Steve: picture worth a 1000 words .......... looks like car ran over bike to me!
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 17 hrs
Steve M: Agreed the officer did not know the facts and therefore should not have spoken his mind, And sad to say this will keep happening until the powers that be start to charge cage drivers with vehicular
manslaughter when they are in the wrong, My condolences to the family and friends of the rider lost today, too many lives lost so far this year.
Unlike · Reply · 2 · 17 hrs
Jo: The driver will forever have to live with the fact that she killed someone in a manner which was avoidable.
Unlike · Reply · 1 · 17 hrs
***********************************************************************
2016 began badly in Victoria. 24 dead on road bikes in the 1st quarter. Many more injured. The Herald Sun newspaper began a welcome campaign to reduce the motorcycle & scooter road toll. It lasted a couple of days. Police began a campaign based on opinion to make protective clothing compulsory ... again.
The awful numbers are tragedies for the families and loved ones of the dead and injured. The Independent Riders' Group (IRG) offers condolences and tries to understand their loss and Pain.
But awful numbers should NOT trigger knee-jerk reactions by governments nor to excuse road authorities pushing bogus policies based on opinions rather than real science.
2015 saw opinion based laws introduced forcing novice riders wear high-visibility vests and switch their headlights on in daylight. These laws were based on opinions not facts.
One over-paid Victorian law maker, Dr Alexandra Douglas, did not even know that most motorbikes sold in Australia for the last 20 years have no headlight switches! This window dressing is so road authorities are seen to be doing something. Laws like these do not save lives. They divert attention from the real problems and waste resources that could/should have been used to cut the killing.
Hard facts show steady growth in legitimate motorcycles & scooters on Victorian roads since 2001. Facts show Victorian riders & pillions are safer than they have ever been. This steady improvement in safety, in
spite of the recent terrible spike in crashes, is more to do with improved equipment & better training than expensive shock/horror ad campaigns and police blitzes targeting riders. The long term improvement in bike safety is certainly not due to quality data collection and assessment and it's not due to the discredited Motorcycle Advisory Group (MAG) at VicRoads.
There are serious, on-going problems with road crash data. That's been documented by several Victorian Parliamentary Inquiries. Do something about crash data. Reform MAG and make the Victorian road crash site investigation unit independent to improve road safety in Victoria.
Damien Codognotto OAM
Spokesman
Independent Riders' Group (IRG)
PO Box 4330, Doncaster Heights, Vic. 3109.
www.facebook.com/independentridersgroup
www.facebook.com/damien.codognotto
Sunday, 3 April 2016
UBUNTU LAUNCH & RIDE
There will be a ride to the ABUNTU launch in Collingwood on Sunday, April 17, 2016.
It departs at 12.30 pm from Mick Hone Motorcycles at 715 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Vic.
The coffee shop next door is open for breakfast from 8 am.
http://motorbikewriter.com/one-womans-epic-african-motorcycle-journey/
It departs at 12.30 pm from Mick Hone Motorcycles at 715 Whitehorse Road, Box Hill, Vic.
The coffee shop next door is open for breakfast from 8 am.
http://motorbikewriter.com/one-womans-epic-african-motorcycle-journey/
Monday, 28 March 2016
VICTORIAN PARLIAMENT
On 28/03/2016 6:03 PM, Samantha Dunn MP wrote:
Hi Damien,
here's what I raised on Thursday (March 24, 2016) in the Victorian Parliament. I'll keep you posted with any responses I get.
Motorcycle safety
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) -
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads and Roads Safety.
The action I seek is that the minister implements recommendation 43 of the inquiry into motorcycle safety of December 2012:
That the Motorcycle Advisory Group be expanded to include additional representatives from the scooter and moped, off-road and accredited provider segments of the motorcycling community and the length and
regularity of meetings be increased to allow for constructive engagement. Currently the Motorcycle Advisory Group (MAG) only meets three or four times a year, equating to approximately 16 hours a year of talk time for Victorian motorcycle riders.
Motorcycle rider advocacy groups have been waiting for more than three years for the implementation of the recommendation, which addresses the MAG review and reform and which would see increased stakeholder involvement. This matter has become more urgent with the news that of the road toll for 2016 - 77 dead in less than three months - 24 of them are motorcyclists.
There needs to be greater consideration and detail in relation to data collection around motorcycle crash data. Current road motorcycle and scooter data includes statistics for 'unriders' and off-roaders, so it is difficult to properly interrogate the data.
The December 2012 inquiry into motorcycle safety executive summary noted:
The first, and arguably most important, theme was the lack of accurate and robust data, both for crashes and trauma. Many arguments, proposals and observations made in submissions and witness statements were based or justified on crash and trauma data. However, the significant data issues identified by
the committee meant much of the evidence presented to the committee was difficult to verify ...
Addressing data issues is the single most critical aspect of our future response to motorcycle safety.
Research quoted by Damien Codognotto, OAM, Spokesperson of the Independent Riders Group,
indicates that in 70 per cent of multivehicle road bike crashes riders are victims of motor car driver error.
Motorcycle insurers Swann Insurance found that in 40 per cent of bike crash claims the motorcycle rider was hit from behind.
The minister must act to implement recommendation 43 and provide details of the progress of its implementation.
Page 119: http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/daily-hansard/Council_2016/Council_Feb-Jun_2016_Daily_24_March_2016.pdf
Samantha Dunn MP
Member of the Legislative Council for the Eastern Metropolitan Region
Hi Damien,
here's what I raised on Thursday (March 24, 2016) in the Victorian Parliament. I'll keep you posted with any responses I get.
Motorcycle safety
Ms DUNN (Eastern Metropolitan) -
My adjournment matter is for the Minister for Roads and Roads Safety.
The action I seek is that the minister implements recommendation 43 of the inquiry into motorcycle safety of December 2012:
That the Motorcycle Advisory Group be expanded to include additional representatives from the scooter and moped, off-road and accredited provider segments of the motorcycling community and the length and
regularity of meetings be increased to allow for constructive engagement. Currently the Motorcycle Advisory Group (MAG) only meets three or four times a year, equating to approximately 16 hours a year of talk time for Victorian motorcycle riders.
Motorcycle rider advocacy groups have been waiting for more than three years for the implementation of the recommendation, which addresses the MAG review and reform and which would see increased stakeholder involvement. This matter has become more urgent with the news that of the road toll for 2016 - 77 dead in less than three months - 24 of them are motorcyclists.
There needs to be greater consideration and detail in relation to data collection around motorcycle crash data. Current road motorcycle and scooter data includes statistics for 'unriders' and off-roaders, so it is difficult to properly interrogate the data.
The December 2012 inquiry into motorcycle safety executive summary noted:
The first, and arguably most important, theme was the lack of accurate and robust data, both for crashes and trauma. Many arguments, proposals and observations made in submissions and witness statements were based or justified on crash and trauma data. However, the significant data issues identified by
the committee meant much of the evidence presented to the committee was difficult to verify ...
Addressing data issues is the single most critical aspect of our future response to motorcycle safety.
Research quoted by Damien Codognotto, OAM, Spokesperson of the Independent Riders Group,
indicates that in 70 per cent of multivehicle road bike crashes riders are victims of motor car driver error.
Motorcycle insurers Swann Insurance found that in 40 per cent of bike crash claims the motorcycle rider was hit from behind.
The minister must act to implement recommendation 43 and provide details of the progress of its implementation.
Page 119: http://www.parliament.vic.gov.au/images/stories/daily-hansard/Council_2016/Council_Feb-Jun_2016_Daily_24_March_2016.pdf
Samantha Dunn MP
Member of the Legislative Council for the Eastern Metropolitan Region
WEAR SAFE GEAR
Images like this give all riders a bad name.
"Police reminded riders to have a read of the safety gear guide.” Bit late for this one, I would have thought! http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-25/speed-camera-catches-motorcyclist-coming-off-his-bike/7277146?WT.mc_id=newsmail
Phillip
WA
Friday, 25 March 2016
NO SOLO MIO
IN VICTORIA police solos began with country coppers doing their rounds on horseback. In 1929 Police Commissioner Blamey put the horses out to pasture and introduced new technology ... motorcycles.
After that police motorcyclists generally operated solo even in traffic in urban areas.
For decades the original Motorcycle Riders Association (MRA) then the Independent Riders Group (IRG) wrote to Victoria Police Commissioners calling for a policy change from solos to patrol pairs for officer safety and a change from big bikes to mid-sized machines that would be easier to operate and more cost effective.
After that police motorcyclists generally operated solo even in traffic in urban areas.
For decades the original Motorcycle Riders Association (MRA) then the Independent Riders Group (IRG) wrote to Victoria Police Commissioners calling for a policy change from solos to patrol pairs for officer safety and a change from big bikes to mid-sized machines that would be easier to operate and more cost effective.
Tuesday, 22 March 2016
TASSIE BIKE TOLL!
http://www.themercury.com.au/news/tasmania/motorcyclist-toll-soaring-with-riders-now-half-of-all-road-fatalities/news-story/f80526d44bce548fed2a74ec5db08e1b
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