Police continue to hand out incorrect fines for helmet non-compliance and riders continue to challenge and win against the erroneous...
Motorcycle rider advocates have cautiously welcomed a Western Australia trial of new roller barriers with high-visibility plastic rollers on steel...
Riders may be divided on whether wire rope barriers are good or bad for motorcyclists, but the Victorian Country Fire Authority says they block access to crashes and bushfires. VicRoads now faces a $2 million cut to retrofit emergency access points in the more than 2000km of wire rope barriers...
Motorcyclists will soon know how safe their riding gear is after the launch today of a 12-month pilot program to...
Our current laws on use of a tinted visor on a motorcycle helmet are so absurd they don’t even distinguish...
A proposal to make lane filtering rules uniform across Australia seeks to ban edge filtering, according to the Australian Motorcycle Council. In its submission to the National Transport Commission, the AMC says the Australian Road Rules Maintenance Group (a group outside of the NTC made up of representatives from Austroads)...
Attempts to draft uniform national road rules, including helmet and filtering laws, may leave riders even more confused and prone...
Rapid growth in the number of towns declaring themselves motorcycle friendly could devalue the term’s status, says Australian Motorcycle Council...
Riders are better off hitting a roadside barrier in a crash than having no barrier and hitting a tree, says Australian Motorcycle Council chairman Shaun Lennard. He says road side barriers are one of the most important keys to motorcycle safety and research is finally identifying how they affect rider safety....
There are moves to regulate the granting of Motorcycle Friendly Town status with a long list of essential and desired...
Motorcycle riders will continue to be marginalised victims of society unless they stop being keyboard warriors and become real activists,...
National road rules, including lane filtering, are being discussed now and are likely to be put out for public discussion in July with consensus expected by November. The disparity of road rules between states is exemplified in the recent introduction of lane filtering. It is now permitted in Queensland, NSW,...
Riders have been urged to challenge lane filtering fines in court to press the point that they are confusing and...
A young rider has successfully defended a fine for standing on the footpegs after NSW police deemed it unsafe. Over the...
The rule allowing drivers to cross a solid white line to overtake a cyclist is putting the lives of motorcyclists in danger, according to crash victim Maritha Keyser (pictured above) and rider groups. SIGN MARITHA’S PETITION A year ago Maritha was involved in an accident when a vehicle legally crossed a double...
A new Austroads report on road barriers has recommended fitting padding on the posts that hold up the wires on wire...
While Australia has largely embraced lane filtering over the past two years, the US has been moving slowly toward lane...
While the motorcycle community is celebrating the reform that allows international-standard helmets to be sold in Australia, issues such as visors and action cameras still need to be resolved. Australian Motorcycle Council Helmets Committee Chair Guy Stanford says there are many people to thank for the bureaucratic change, but says...
The introduction of lane filtering in four states and a territory, and wider helmet laws in two states and a territory are both a...
Motorcyclists in Australia have just received a significant political voice with the appointment of Shaun Lennard as a media adviser...
Police prosecutors have been accused of conspiracy to pervert the course of justice over a helmet camera fine that has now been thrown out of court. They have also been accused of “despicable” behaviour, lack of transparency and misdirection of the court. The NSW Police have rejected the allegations. It...
The next time someone says motorcycle riders are outcasts and not contributing to the economy, tell them to read this...
In the wake of Austroads neglecting to mention motorcycles in two recent important reports that impact dramatically on riders’ safety,...
Riders and their representatives have called for an education campaign for all motorists to alert them to the new rules about lane filtering. The call comes after some isolated incidents of road rage by drivers who did not realise lane filtering is now legal in NSW, Queensland and the ACT...
All novice riders will first have to hold a car licence for one year under a plan being considered by...
The dangers to motorcycle riders of wire rope barriers may have been overstated, according to an AustRoads report and the...
The Queensland Police have set up a register for recreational rides. It was suggested by Police Commissioner Ian Stewart at a meeting with rider groups last month as a way for innocent recreational rider groups to avoid unwanted and misdirected attention of police searching for “vicious lawless associates” to disestablish...
Police may be confused by a Gold Cast charity ride next weekend (November 24). The Rebel FM Can Do In-Law...
Premier Campbell Newman has not apologised over police harassment of a group of riders on their way to the funeral...
If you think it is ridiculous that riding in groups of three or more will attract the attention of the Queensland police under the world’s toughest anti-bikie laws, then think again. This is just the tip of a weird and discriminatory motorcycling world. Did you know that while it is...
A London road safety conference has found motorists would be safer if more people rode motorcycles. The conference is titled: ‘More...
Police have “harassed” motorcycle riders on their way to the funeral of a 70-year-old woman who died of cancer, according...