MRAVic Motorcycle Riders Association Victoria

At what speed do we all explode?

Thu, 17 May 2012 07:12:53 +2000

The community has heard enough about what's causing crashes on the roads from the government, like petulant children bespoken to by those who know better we should all now be resting assured they have the solution at hand. Ban motorcycles and arm the enforcement drones. What's really going on?

The VicPol conclusions are analogous to the thinking of a religious fundamentalist, where thinking is based upon âbeliefsâ, rather than upon assessable facts. Choosing to ignore glaring facts and in the process, reducing respect, rights or credibility of the âoutsiderâ is the mark of a fundamentalist.

Study Proves Drivers Are Out To Kill Motorcyclists

Wed, 16 May 2012 10:25:48 +2000

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According to a survey conducted by the California Office of Traffic Safety, the majority of car drivers are unaware that lane splitting is a legal practice. A small minority, seven percent, admitted to researchers that they'd actively tried to prevent lane splitting. Despite that, the vast majority, 84.4 percent of riders, have never had an incident while splitting.

STOP IT!!! Enough of this CRAP!

Wed, 16 May 2012 08:41:59 +2000

That's it! I've had it with this total balderdash!

I sit here fuming (yet not alone) watching yet another of Victoria Police's finest turn another classic case of "sorry mate I didn't see you" into the fault of the motorcyclist. It's bad enough that the Transport Accident Commission is spreading this idea to the community with their totally reprehensible advertisement, in direct defiance of the Maurice Blackburn SMIDSY Campaign, but with this tragedy yesterday, the inference and blame is laid soley on the rider who was allegedly doing nothing more than minding his own lawful business down a highway when a driver with evidently poor judgement made a U-Turn in front of him.

ENOUGH ALREADY!

Motorists used as roadblock to stop 'maniac' driver

Tue, 15 May 2012 04:30:18 +2000

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Damaged: The stolen car which police say was involved in the chase (ABC Local: 774 Melbourne)

Police have been accused of using motorists to create a roadblock to stop a "maniac" driver who led officers on a high-speed chase in northern Victoria.

AMCN Editor Fumes over TAC disgrace

Thu, 10 May 2012 05:09:25 +2000

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Read AMCN article

Giving way on the road won't kill you either

Thu, 10 May 2012 03:13:37 +2000

A TAC safety campaign unfairly lays all the blame on the motorcyclist.

AS AN example of a public safety campaign, the latest graphic Transport Accident Commission campaign aimed at motorcyclists succeeds only in showing once again why the TAC struggles to gain the confidence of riders.

CBD police launch Operation Road Runner

Tue, 08 May 2012 03:05:15 +2000

Police from Melbourne East have launched a week-long operation targeting road trauma involving vulnerable road users including pedestrians and cyclists in the Melbourne CBD.

Operation Road Runner will target risky road user behaviour in an attempt to educate motorists, pedestrians and cyclists about some of the common dangers and distractions on city roads.

There were 287 deaths on Victorian roads in 2011. Of those, 106 (37 per cent) deaths involved vulnerable road users, including 49 pedestrians, eight cyclists and 49 motorcycle riders and passengers.

Bikies little threat to society - police study

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:19:14 +2000

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''We just ride our bikes and that's it'' â¦ bikies behaving quietly in Kings Cross on Saturday night. Photo: Steve Lunam

OUTLAW motorcycle gangs call themselves the ''1 per centers'', the fringe minority that will never be part of mainstream society. But police figures show bikies commit less than 1 per cent of all crimes in NSW and ''are not a threat to mainstream society''.

Police launch ANPR lock-down

Mon, 07 May 2012 09:05:29 +2000

We are the toll: police launch ANPR lock-down operations

Police will conduct the first of the lock-down style Automatic Number Plate Recognition (ANPR) technology operations this month with the launch of Operation MONTE, part of the âWe are the tollâ campaign.

Police from the Operations Response Unit will show their commitment to road safety, launching the two-week, high visibility operation focusing on driver behaviour and reducing road trauma.

They will be assisted by local highway patrols, the Technology Enforcement Support Unit (ANPR operators) and the Sheriffâs Office to target unlicensed drivers, speed, drink-driving, driver distraction and fatigue.

Motorcycle hoon nabbed at 130 over the limit

Sun, 06 May 2012 04:59:07 +2000

Police have impounded a teenage hoonâs motorcycle for the second time in two months after he was clocked at 190 kilometres an hour - more than triple the 60km speed limit.

The impoundment comes barely a day after the 19-year-old Clayton man retrieved his bike from police - who impounded the vehicle one month ago for a different offence.