Technology has outpaced road rules on driver distraction, leaving the current rules inadequate, difficult to police and confusing as they... Read More
The National Transport Commission is asking whether motorists would travel in an automated vehicle in its latest promotional video. The... Read More
Riders have been invited to make submissions on road rules about the coming revolution of automated self-driving vehicles. The National Transport Commission (NTC) is considering how Australian governments should amend driver laws to facilitate the introduction of automated vehicles. However, their press release said they were asking road transport agencies,... Read More
Our current laws on use of a tinted visor on a motorcycle helmet are so absurd they don’t even distinguish... Read More
A proposal to make lane filtering rules uniform across Australia seeks to ban edge filtering, according to the Australian Motorcycle... Read More
Riders are confused about the legality of helmets with Bluetooth and camera attachments because the rules are not freely available and too technical. In its submission to the National Transport Commission (NTC) on uniform national road rules, motorcycle specialist legal firm Maurice Blackburn Lawyers argues that riders cannot hope to know the... Read More
Attempts to draft uniform national road rules, including helmet and filtering laws, may leave riders even more confused and prone... Read More
Australian governments have issued guidelines for trials of autonomous vehicles on our roads but made no mention of motorcycles. The... Read More
Did you know you cannot even walk your motorcycle from the bowser to a parking space unless you are wearing a helmet, according to the road rules? This is one of the arcane rules regarding motorcycles which the Australian National Transport Commission is planning to clean up. You can read... Read More