To all car drivers, Lane filtering is legal almost right across Australia, allowing riders to slip through stationary and slow-moving...
Australian and European helmet standards allow tinted visors that filter only half the available light, yet car windows can be...
Just about every dog loves to dangle its tongue in the wind and Tex the Toowoomba trike-riding dog is no exception. And do you blame him? Dog lovers Paul and Mel Goodin say their five-year-old mastif/dane has been riding with them in their Touroz trike for about nine months and...
A young rider has successfully defended a fine for standing on the footpegs after NSW police deemed it unsafe. Over the...
Lane filtering laws now extend to four states and one territory in Australia and lane splitting in California in the...
A lawyer might be a necessary evil after a motorcycle crash, especially if it is your first crash, it wasn’t your fault or you are being hassled by your insurance company. In fact, hiring a lawyer right after your crash is always one of the best moves that you can...
Lane filtering extends to South Australia from April 15, 2017, when the state joins Queensland, NSW, Victoria and the ACT in allowing the...
If police are fining riders for wearing helmet cameras, how can police wear them without breaking the road rules? The...
If you use a mobile phone while riding, or even if you pull over to make a call, you could still be unwittingly breaking the law. Australian Motorcycle Council representative Guy Stanford believes using a mobile phone while riding is dangerous and has stopped using a Bluetooth communicator. But he...
Double demerit points apply in certain holidays in NSW, the ACT and WA, but do they apply to the licences...
A South Australian rider has been warned about wearing a motorcycle helmet camera as confusion reigns over the laws on...
The ACT Government has extended a two-year lane filtering trial to the middle of the year, but is expected to make the laws permanent. Lane filtering has been legal in Australia for more than two years now in NSW, Queensland and Victoria. Other states are “monitoring” the laws. The ACT...
Speeding cars with obscured number plates are much bigger evaders of speed camera fines than motorcyclists without front number plates....
There is no guaranteed method for avoiding traffic offences except not committing them. However, you can use the following “expert”...
There are more cars with loud and faulty exhausts than motorcycles, yet the media has demonised riders in reports on the issue. The Environment Protection Authority Victoria released data in December showing that 5000 noisy vehicle notices were issued since January 2014. Ok, about 12% were for motorcycles which is...
Motorcycle-only checkpoints by police and transport department officials are not officially called such in Australia, but they do happen. We...
There were no training courses for riders when I began riding, so we learnt a lot of misguided motorcycle myths...
It appears that Queensland Police are using covert hand-held speed cameras in cars with tinted windows seemingly against their own speed camera policy. These images of a Holden station wagon with tinted windows and an officer using a hand-held radar gun attached to a camera recording device was snapped on...
A rider who hit a kangaroo on an outback NSW road in 2013 won his bid for compensation in the...
Arcane road rules that affect motorcyclists and vary from state to state are gradually being addressed with South Australia the...
A new Bill replacing Queensland’s so-called VLAD “anti-bikie” laws indicates there is less chance of innocent riders accidentally consorting at a Toy Run, charity event or shop ride. These new laws were passed on Tuesday night with support from members of the Katter’s Australian Party who were concerned about law-abiding riders...
Slow-moving vehicles should be made to pull over when they have a conga line of vehicles following and police should...
Helmet laws have changed radically in Australia over the past year, leaving riders a little confused about what they can...
A lot of riders have painted motorcycle helmets with spray gun to express their individuality, but are they legal? Given the police propensity to fine over minor helmet issues and after a reader asked this very question, we thought it prudent to check the legality. We approached helmet law experts, helmet...
Assuming you are not hurt, what you do straight after you’ve had a minor motorcycle crash is absolutely vital to...
You may have just had a crash or been spotted doing something illegal by the police who have pulled you...
This video reminds riders to approach flooded roads with caution as flooding is expected to continue across four eastern states and South Australia over the next few weeks. The above comical, but serious, video comes from Mumbai, India, where four days of constant rain has flooded many roads. NSW, Victoria and southern Queensland...
Australian service stations can legally refuse to serve you fuel if you don’t remove your helmet, yet very few provide...
While Australia is still considering stronger consumer laws covering seriously defective vehicles, riders should do their best to avoid buying...
In America, the authorities have ordered mandatory vehicle safety recalls to fix faults, but there has never been a mandatory safety recall for a vehicle in Australia. Instead, the Australian Department of Infrastructure and Regional Development seems confident that manufacturers identify faults “through their own quality assurance processes”. Perhaps it’s time the...
A Texas rider is suing Yamaha Motor Co claiming he was paralysed in a crash because of a sticky throttle...
In a significant step towards motorcycles being recognised as vulnerable road users, from Monday (August 29, 2016) the ACT will...
California is the first US state to allow lane splitting, with riders possibly allowed to split lanes at up to 50mph (80km/h) but no faster than 15mph (24km/h) more than surrounding traffic. Over the past two years, the three eastern states of Australia have introduced lane filtering between stationary or slow-moving traffic...
The more that riders lane filter, the more motorists will learn that it is legal, not an obstruction to traffic...
Mobile speed cameras are becoming so small they are now being used on motorcycles so they can be stationed in areas where other...
Riders caught crossing double white lines after being delayed by an allegedly slow-moving unmarked police vehicle may have little chance of fighting the fine as entrapment. Similar incidences have occurred before, including a 2012 incident on the Old Pacific Highway north of Sydney which the fined riders successfully defended a year...
Edge filtering will never be allowed across all states so long as Queensland – the only state that permits the...
Australia seems no closer to getting uniform lane filtering rules, judging from the comments of state ministers and shadow ministers about our...
What’s the worst thing that could happen if you pop a wheelie? You could lose the front wheel like this unfortunate guy, or you could lose your licence and your motorcycle. The video above shows a rider doing some competent stunts in the safety of what looks like a carpark. Apart from...
Not for the first time, evidence from an action camera, like that in the video below, has helped incriminate riders...