A public education campaign should be mounted to educate motorists that motorcycle lane filtering is legal in several states and...
Has motorcycle lane filtering been a success or a failure since it began operating about 18 months ago in the three eastern mainland...
Public petition and social media campaign challenge politicians to become riders so they better appreciate our wants and needs. Riders are often ignored or misunderstood in road safety campaigns, government planning and road rules because so few politicians actually ride, according to one rider. So start-up entrepreneur and Honda CB300F rider Jeff Frampton,...
New motorcycle training laws in Queensland enforcing minimum hours could mean the end of one-on-one training, longer queues for courses...
Most local authorities only allow one motorcycle to park in a car parking bay, ticketing all bikes when there is...
Shoddy roadworks continue to trap motorcycle riders with one Queensland rider coming to grief in a detour through clay that had just been hosed. Luckily Yamaha Super Tenere rider Mark Taylor of Brisbane received only minor knee injuries thanks to quality gear, but his bike was substantially damaged and one...
Returned rider numbers are growing and so is their representation in road crash statistics, yet two specialised road safety courses...
Police have been incorrectly fining riders for wide handlebars, unaware the Australian Design Rules increased the maximum width in December...
While the car industry has up to seven-year warranties, the bulk of the motorcycle industry offers only two-year warranties. Isn’t it about time motorcyclists were offered the same sort of cover as car drivers? You may say that riders are tougher on their bikes than most car drivers, but Yamaha offers...
Most riders have experienced aggressive, inconsiderate, rude, uneducated, distracted, dangerous and plain incompetent drivers on the road, but there is...
Australia is considering stronger consumer laws covering seriously defective vehicles that could go as far as US Lemon Laws but...
No doubt police will be out in force this Easter, so it is important to alert other motorists of their presence by flashing your lights or waving an alert. Must Check out this article about Radar Detectors Under $100. Note that radar detectors are only legal in WA in Australia. The...
Australian service stations can legally refuse to serve you fuel if you don’t remove your helmet, but very few provide...
Drivers are still not understanding new rules that allow riders to filter to the front at traffic lights leading to...
You won’t know you’ve been caught by this Queensland Police Suzuki Hayabusa unmarked patrol bike until it’s too late. It’s one of four unmarked police bikes. There are also two BMW R 1200 RS models, one blue and silver and the other black and grey. The fourth bike is allegedly a dark blue Kawasaki Ninja ZX-14R....
Riders have been urged to wear all their gear and take a riding course in the wake of a “horror...
Almost every rider will have experienced a tailgater following way too close. Why does this happen? It’s probably for the...
The rider death toll on the Gold Coast hinterland has been steadily rising since the council-subsidised motorcycle roadcraft course was axed, leading to calls for it to be reinstated. The Safe Motorcycle Advanced Rider Training courses was cancelled in 2012 despite winning the inaugural 2011 Australian Road Safety Awards. It...
The US seems to be gradually moving toward more liberal motorbike helmet laws allowing adult riders to choose for themselves...
A Brisbane Barrister has reviewed the laws on aftermarket exhausts and determined that police and authorities do not have the...
In the wake of several USA states legalising or decriminalising marijuana, the American Motorcycle Safety Foundation has introduced a marijuana awareness kit to show the effects of the drug. The MSF says marijuana “tends to distort perception of time, space, and speed” making it dangerous for riders, as well as...
Brakes have come a long way from when I first started riding with many new bikes now fitted with sophisticated...
Eastern Australia has been lashed by storms and more severe wet weather is predicted for the remainder of summer which...
Bond University JD law student Kristoffer Diocampo looks at the legal implications of helmet camera injuries: Ambiguous Australian legislation makes it difficult to determine exactly what constitutes an ‘approved helmet’ under motorcycle traffic laws. For example, Max Lichenbaum in Victoria was fined $289 and three demerit points in Frankston for having...
The rampant use of fog lights on cars causes riders dangerous glare, yet police seem more interested in speeding infringements...
There seems to be more confusion, rather than less, in the wake of Victoria following Queensland with wider helmet compliance...
Can wearing a hi-vis vest actually lead riders to being prosecuted for impersonating police? Some hi-vis motorcycle vests could have you mistaken as a police officer. It is no surprise then that motorbike riders are concerned that the mandatory wearing of hi-vis clothing may expose them to potential criminal liability for police impersonation. In...
What are your legal rights when your motorcycle is recalled for a safety issue? Motorcycle recalls happen frequently as faults...
Most riders’ throttles are too slack, they don’t know the lane filtering rules, they sit too far back, they don’t...
Potholes are dangerous, but bumps or a seam of humps in the middle of a lane caused by heavy vehicles pushing the tar up can be much more dangerous to motorcycles. Yet they are less likely to be fixed than potholes in yet another example of how the authorities ignore...
Lane filtering is safer than not filtering, benefits all motorists and is legal in many places, yet many ignorant and/or...
Lane filtering laws that are gradually filtering into more and more jurisdictions have created a precedent in our road rules...
Strict speed limit control through speed cameras and police radar has turned riders into speedo gazers, says motorcycle tour founder Peter Colwell. Peter says police and governments are obsessed about targeting speed with thousands booked annually unless they gaze at their speedos. In Queensland, alone, the first year of lowered speed tolerances...
At least one NSW rider has avoided paying a hefty fine for wearing a helmet camera simply because he decided...
Many riders have welcomed the introduction of lane filtering, but there are a couple of traps in the laws that...
Australia’s confusing helmet laws become even more confounding next weekend when new laws are introduced in Queensland and an array of helmet stickers could become legal. From February 1, motorcycle riders on Queensland roads can not only wear helmets complying with Australian standard AS1698 or AS/NZS1698 like the rest of...
Do you still have burn marks on your legs from riding pillion on a motorcycle as a child? It seemed...
If you are pulled over by the police for a traffic offence or even just a licence check or breath/drug...
(UPDATE: Case 2 below has been dropped. The police have decided not to go ahead. That’s great news and is a lesson to us all to fight bogus traffic fines.) Here’s a tip about traffic fines: Not every police officer knows every law in the burgeoning traffic rule book. That...
If you fit any aftermarket accessories to your bike, you run the risk of making it illegal. That’s if you...