ILLEGAL motorbike riders tearing up reserves and terrorising Kingston streets could soon face tough new penalties.

Kingston councillors are considering a bylaw that would empower police to impound illegally used motorbikes and crush them if fines of up to $500 are not paid within 28 days.

VICTORIA is set to introduce the toughest motorbike licence testing conditions in Australia in a bid to bring down the state's road toll.

The Roxby Downs Council and Roxby police are still willing to discuss designating a section of land for off-road motorbike riders.

In July last year police called for a meeting with the council and BHP Billiton to discuss a proposal to build a fenced-off motorbike park for riders with uninsured and unregistered motorbikes.

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.

NSW



The high-tech Ford Territory is fitted with a speed camera, infrared flash and a touch-screen control unit. A sign will tell motorists their speed has been checked / The Daily Telegraph

* New speed camera vans rolled out
* Could collect extra $100m in fines
* Part-owned by Macquarie Bank

DRIVERS are about to be whacked by mobile speed cameras the NSW Government believes will help deliver more than $100 million in fines this financial year alone.

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Brammo’s new Empulse electric motorcycle is impressive in a few ways. It’s an affordable vehicle, ranging between $10,000 and $14,000 in price. Every model has a top speed of 100mph, with a totally respectable amount of horsepower and torque. And the Empulse, the older brother of the Enertia, can run for up to 100 miles on a single charge–on average. Keep in on a low speed, as in city driving, and you could hit 130 miles.

Tony Ellis met with VicRoads to discuss engineering issues in the VicRoads region which runs from the Yarra Ranges to the City of Casey.

NSW - MORE than 1000 lead-foot emergency service workers have been caught speeding on non-urgent business.

Health staff were the worst offenders, recording 1312 speeding offences in cars owned or leased by the Government.

Motorists flouting the road rules this long weekend won't only have police to contend with.

For the first time, VicRoads officers also will be booking drivers in a bid to halt the state's soaring road toll, which rose to 144 yesterday with the deaths of three men in a truck smash.

A notable omission by the HeraldSun Reporters, note a delegation from the MRA(Vic) has been invited by Minister Tim Pallas to attend the road safety round-table talks tomorrow.

NIGHT curfews for young drivers and a reduction in demerit points are radical proposals to slash Victoria's road toll.

A blanket curfew on P-plate drivers, possibly from midnight until dawn, is among a raft of options the State Government will debate during road safety round-table talks tomorrow.

Phillip Island will host the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix for another five years.

The Victorian state government has signed a deal to keep the event until 20-16.

PREMIER John Brumby denies police were pressured to issue dodgy speed camera fines and protect revenue.

Speaking this morning at Melbourne Airport, Mr Brumby said: "It's never, ever been about revenue."

"In relation to the Western Ring Road, that was never about revenue either," he said.

"It was about different legal advice about whether it was appropriate in all the circumstances to refund the money, and what signal that might send to the community."

NSW - Waverley Council is providing more free parking spaces for motorbikes and scooters at Bondi Beach and Bondi Junction in a bid to encourage people to switch from cars to less polluting forms of transport.

ARMED with radars and nestled low among clusters of bushes, traffic police dressed in camouflage gear are cracking down on rogue motorcyclists travelling at dangerously high speeds across the Latrobe Valley.

Eyes in the back of your head: the Reevu MX1 motorcycle helmet UK

It's an excellent idea - a rider's vision and situational awareness are huge components of road safety. The more you know about what's happening around and behind you, the more options you've got in an emergency or a simple lane change situation. Well, it's been a long road to the market, but Reevu has finally announced that its RV MSX1 helmet has passed European standards testing, and is now available for distribution.

The Transport Accident Commission’s powerful video montage of 20 years of advertising campaigns has seen its YouTube channel become the third most-viewed sponsored Australian channel on the video-sharing website.

MAKING it harder to get a motorcycle licence is one idea under consideration as authorities move to stem rider carnage on Victorian roads.

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NEW CAMERA: WA Police have rolled out their new weapon in the fight to reduce the road toll, a camera that photographs vehicles from the front and back - leaving motorcyclists such as this now readily identified to police.

IT'S D-Day for WA motorbike riders - with police today launching their new weapon in the fight against speeding and dangerous driving.

The new Vitronic dual-lens digital camera, which is part of the State Government’s $30million enhanced speed enforcement program, will take front and rear photos of vehicles, meaning irresponsible motorcycle riders will now have their number plates photographed..

QLD

The Crime and Misconduct Commission (CMC) says existing Queensland laws to regulate off-road motorbike noise should be scrapped.

Legislation introduced in 2006 gave police and the courts more power to target riders who were considered too loud.

A CMC report tabled in State Parliament today says the laws have done little to change the situation.

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WHEN Tiaro father of seven and keen biker, Russell Wattie nose- dived into an eight-inch deep pothole on the Wide Bay Highway he suffered a wedge fracture on his L1 vertebrae – and discovered a glaring loophole in the law.