THE number of drivers facing criminal charges and jail after serious car accidents is increasing rapidly after the most significant reform to road policing in the state for more than three decades.

The largest UK provider of motorbike insurance - Carole Nash - published a report on Wednesday, August 4th, which suggests that bike insurance premiums fell in the past 12 months.

Bikers are getting older, but riding a motorcycle is still the most dangerous way to travel on the roads, Welsh road safety statistics published yesterday revealed.

Figures released by the Assembly Government showed that the chance of being killed or seriously injured riding a motorbike during 2009 was 54 times greater than travelling by car.

INTELLIGENT criminal profiling will be used to identify the dangerous drivers most likely to kill on the road, in a million-dollar world-first initiative to slash the road toll.

Victoria Police has launched a Road Policing Analysis Unit, to be staffed by 13 people who will gather intelligence on our worst recidivist drivers.

DALE Albert's behaviour on a hot February night in 2007 could not have been more culpable.

Ravishing Hollywood star Angelina Jolie has managed to capture the attention of the motorcycle world again, this time with the news she is officially one of our own.

Four years since it was introduced, the Honda ‘Girls on the Gas’ has seen some of Australia’s most talented young female motocross riders compete for the coverted title.

The nippy, manoeuvrable quad bike has revolutionised a myriad of land management tasks on farms and rural properties.

Linked to the MEP Ride, on June 28/29 FEMA organised the first International Motorcyclists Conference in partnership with the Canadian and Australian motorcycling associations and the European Commission. Under the theme, "Motorcycling into the 21st Century", key issues of the transport sector - environment, technology and safety - were presented and a forum for the exchange of ideas, the discussion of challenges and solutions was successfully launched.

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Hard wired: cable barriers installed by VicRoads on the Hume Freeway are a fire risk, say CFA members Tony Owen, Max Cox and Graeme Seach. Picture: Mark Griffin

THE CFA has warned motorists' lives are being put at risk by a VicRoads decision to erect cable barriers along forested stretches of the Hume Fwy.

Powered two wheeled vehicles, which include motorcycles and scooters are a growing part of Victoria’s transport future. They are becoming more popular as both a mode of transport and as a recreational activity.

However powered two wheeled vehicle riders and pillion passengers are amongst the most vulnerable of road users.

On Victorian roads, they account for 13% of deaths and serious injuries although they comprise only three per cent of registered vehicles and less than one per cent of traffic volume.

A CAR has been crushed in Dandenong today as a demonstration of tough new anti-hoon laws.

The white Holden Commodore belonged to a 22-year-old serial hoon driver from Hamilton.

He was nabbed twice for burnouts and once for high-speed and dangerous driving.

Victoria Police will begin destroying hoon vehicles seized under hoon legislation in a bid to remove unsafe cars and motorcycles from the road.

Under the current legislation, which was introduced four years ago this month, police are able to apply to the courts to permanently seize a vehicle which has been impounded three or more times.

Thank you to all those writing in about billing errors for motorcycles on CityLink. The Motorcycle Riders Association of Victoria wrote to TransUrban to clarify the status of motorcycle tolls for CityLink as follows;

Stonington and Port Phillip Highway Patrol Units are on target to speak to 1000 drivers and motorcyclists this weekend about sharing the road safely.

As part of Operation Be Aware, funded by the Victorian Motorcycle Advisory Council, 520 people have been spoken to in an effort to remind all road users of the need for more attention and awareness.

SAN ANGELO, Texas — Every motorcycle rider has a story.

Some tell of close calls, others recount slipping on patches of oil or nearly being taken out by insects — grasshoppers or bees hitting or stinging the face while whizzing down the highway.

MOTOGP championship leader Jorge Lorenzo pulled out a stunning last lap effort to snare pole ahead of Australia's Casey Stoner for tomorrow morning's US grand prix.

In the first attempt to use new bikie laws, Hells Angels have fronted a Sydney court for a hearing to have them declared a criminal group.



An application is being made to have the Hells Angels declared a criminal organisation (AAP)

Some Phillip Island Motorcycle Enthusiasts intend to Conduct a Motorcycle Display of Historic/Classic and Interesting Bikes After the Cranbourne Ride on the Phillip Island Grand Prix Weekend.

Where: The Esplanade Cowes. Carpark opposite the Isle of Wight Hotel.

When : The Saturday of the Phillip Island Grand Prix (Proposed date 16/10/2010) Between 11.00am – 4.00pm

CHILDREN as young as 12 should be taught how to drive as part of the school curriculum, legendary racing driver Allan Moffat says.

The touring car driver, who won four Bathurst 1000 titles in a stellar career, said that car dealers could get involved by providing training vehicles to schools.