The name 4B's stands for Bent & Buckled Bikies Bureau, with the idea being to offer injured riders support during their stays in hospital. This is a side of motorcycling often ignored, but the 4B's, with regular visits, distribution of magazines and friendly support, try to make it as easy as possible.
Posted by jdkarmchon 07/11/2008 1:40:00 (295 reads)
A SPEEDING driver was purposely travelling on the wrong side of the road when he hit and killed a motorcyclist, a coroner said yesterday.
An inquest on the death of Gerard Vincent Gauci, 28, found Leon Cirelli was driving his Nissan four-wheel-drive about 20km/h over the recommended speed around a hairpin bend on The Boulevard in Kew before skidding and hitting Mr Gauci who was almost at a standstill on his bike.
Posted by Anonymouson 04/10/2006 2:25:43 (677 reads)
A proposed amendment to Australia’s road rules recognises ‘bicycle boxes’ as an important road safety innovation.
THE NATIONAL Transport Commission has published a draft Regulatory Impact Statement (RIS) covering changes to the Australian Road Rules (ARR) for public comment; including a national standard for ‘bicycle boxes’.
Posted by Anonymouson 29/08/2006 13:20:20 (401 reads)
Police will charge Victorian motorists who test positive to ecstasy in a world-first crackdown on drug-driving From Friday, police will use new technology to prosecute drivers using the designer drug. Ecstasy is included under new legislation ramping up penalties for drug drivers.
First-time offenders face fines up to $1300 and a six-month driving ban.
Posted by Anonymouson 13/08/2006 5:30:00 (588 reads)
The Norwgian Government has Joined the Dutch Government in banning Wire Rope Barriers, due to the safety concerns for Motorcyclists.
Meanwhile we have clowns in parliament saying this..
On Friday 4th August the Norwegian Minister of Transport, Mrs. Liv Signe Navarsete, announced a ban on the use of cable barriers. She did so after years of lobbying by FEMA´s member organisation, the Norwegian Motorcycle Union (NMCU). “Finally, we see an end to the egg slicers”, said NMCU chairman Jan-Fredrik Moller.
Posted by Anonymouson 16/07/2006 8:54:02 (558 reads)
The Northern Territory's Director of Public Prosecutions has decided not to appeal against the one year jail sentence given to a drunk driver who killed a man and then ran away from the accident.
Jason Scott Duncan last month pleaded guilty to drink-driving and causing the crash in Darwin's northern suburbs that killed 55-year-old motorcyclist Kevin Hunt.
Posted by Anonymouson 29/06/2006 12:39:57 (385 reads)
Thursday, 29 Jun 2006 08:52
In a move to prevent the over embellishment of EU regulations for obtaining a motorcycle driving licence, the British Motorcyclists Federation have accused the Driving Standards Agency (DSA) of increasing the cost and difficulty of obtaining a motorcycle licence by ‘gold plating’ an EU directive.
Posted by Anonymouson 23/06/2006 19:14:37 (396 reads)
NY DMV COMMISSIONER CALLS TO INATTENTIVE DRIVERS-- It's a new public service announcement which should help motorcyclists be seen.
Newly appointed New York DMV Commissioner Nancy Naples appears on the sidewalk after a nasty, and quite graphic, car/motorcycle ROW violation, telling viewers, "Motorcycle accidents aren't accidents at all, too many are crashes caused by inattentive drivers who just pull into oncoming traffic with little more than a glance. I'm DMV Commissioner Nancy Naples, asking you to please watch for motorcycles."
Posted by Anonymouson 22/06/2006 14:24:24 (473 reads)
The Northern Territory Transport Minister held unscheduled talks with members of a motorbike group today after they gatecrashed a press conference outside Parliament House in Darwin.
The group is angry at a one year sentence handed down to a driver responsible for the death of a motorcyclist.
Posted by Anonymouson 31/05/2006 13:40:42 (406 reads)
A man accused of leaving a motorcyclist to die on the side of the road after a crash in Melbourne's outer west last year has been committed to stand trial.
Andrew Martinez, 25, of Sunshine, pleaded guilty to car theft at Melbourne Magistrates Court today but reserved his plea on 12 other charges, including culpable driving, dangerous driving causing death and failing to render assistance.
NORTHERN Territory Police nabbed a Darwin motorcyclist doing 190km/h in a 100km/h zone. Officers travelling inbound on the Stuart Highway, in an unmarked vehicle, saw the 20-year-old motorcyclist accelerate away at 9pm (ACST) on Sunday.
Posted by Anonymouson 05/04/2006 3:48:16 (603 reads)
To date it appears that the NTC will not withdraw 151 despite unprecedented opposition.
However given that Tasmania and WA appear to be rejecting it, it is possible that it may not go much further.
The Australian Transport Safety Bureau (ATSB) has agreed to forward a letter opposing it on behalf of the Motorcycle Safety Consultative Committee. The ATSB is not pleased at the lack of stakeholder consultation.
The VACC meeting has put forward the communique on the issue - worded by us...
Our efforts now probably need to be aimed at the state level and we need to make sure that the Minister is aware of the opposition and the facts around this.
We also need to get information out to riders that we haven't gone quiet on this but that things have actually been happening.
Posted by Anonymouson 27/03/2006 10:31:26 (501 reads)
WA cops say these riders are five of the biggest idiots on WA's roads – motorcyclists filmed doing staggering speeds and riding like lunatics.
The Multanova photos show bikers doing wheelies as they race past speed cameras at up to 181km/h – in some cases, with a pillion passenger on the back.
Posted by Anonymouson 22/03/2006 0:59:17 (358 reads)
NSW motorcyclists have finally been relieved of a stupid NSW Regulation. In July 2000, the Environmental Protection Authority (now part of the Dept of Environment and Conservation) introduced a retrospective law demanding that aftermarket replacement motorcycle exhausts be specially labelled and then authorised the Police to issue fines of $200 to riders who didn't have this label. In it's justification, the then EPA claimed this labelling requirement allowed the Police and EPA officers to readily identify less effective mufflers that may exceed the prescribed noise limits
Posted by Anonymouson 26/02/2006 12:40:11 (390 reads)
The Australian Press Council has dismissed a complaint from Dr Barry Whittington regarding an article in Western Australia's The Sunday Times about motorcyclists who dangerously exceed speed limits with impunity.
The complaint was that the report treated readers unfairly by suppressing and misrepresenting relevant facts.
