A Monash University Accident Research Centre professor has told the Australasian Road Safety Conference (28-30 September 2021) that mobile speed cameras...
Criminal charges have been dropped against the daughter of renowned Australian neurosurgeon Charlie Teo for driving on the wrong side...
South Australia Police have released a video of a high-speed motorcycle crash in an effort to vindicate tougher new penalties for extreme speed offences. They say the video was released at the request of the rider’s wife. “This motorcyclist filmed his own crash – the crash that put him in...
Motorcycle noise limits should be standardised to “power equipment” levels of 115dB, according to a petition to the Queensland Government....
Almost six years after lane filtering was first introduced for motorcycle riders in NSW in 2014, Western Australia will finally...
Concerns that motorcycle riders are being harassed by police ssun g a barrage of vehicle defect notices seem to be at odds with official data. Last month, the Queensland-based Motorcycle Advocacy Group said they planned to make official complaints to the Crime and Corruption Commission and launch a Parliamentary petition over the alleged...
Motorcyclists have long claimed police harass them, but now a Queensland rider advocacy group plans to make official complaints to...
A teenager is “assisting police with inquiries” after a rider standing on a Gympie highway ramp was struck by an...
A 43-year-old male driver has been bailed in a Sydney court today over the death of a motorcycle pillion and the injury of the rider in a three-vehicle crash in Moorebank in July 2020. Yoshiaki Watanabe was charged with: Dangerous driving occasioning death — drive manner dangerous; dangerous driving occasioning...
A 52-year-old driver who ploughed his Kia Rio head-on into several club riders in Kyogle, northern NSW, killing one and...
A male rider in his 60s crashed his motorcycle into a ditch on a lonely country road north of Mebourne...
A female pillion rider in her 40s has died in a three-vehicle crash in Sydney’s south west today (19 July 2020) and the ride has been rushed to hospital. Police say the accident about 10am on Moorebank Avenue, near Church Road, Moorebank, involved two cars and a motorcycle. The motorcycle...
While some riders may not like the hi-tech TruCAM II radar gun’s ability to more accurately measure speed, the device...
A ute driver has been charged after a Queensland road policing officer’s motorcycle was rammed by a ute in Brisbane...
The Queensland school holidays have got off to a tragic start with a 37-year-old father of four dying after his bike collided head-on with a car at Parklands on the Sunshine Coast today (26 June 2020). Queensland Police say their preliminary investigations show that around 11.30am Brian Carter was riding...
This hit-and-run crash on an LA freeway is shocking, but also amazing as the rider received only minor injuries. It...
A utility driver who allegedly ran a red light and hit a motorcycle killing the rider, a police officer riding...
There has been a sad run of trail bike deaths and injuries in NSW in the past week. Rider dies at Figtree Emergency services were called about 6.20pm yesterday (16 June 2020) when a man had not returned home after going for a trail bike ride alone in the bush...
Stolen motorcycles and scooters are now taking longer to recover, according to the latest National Motor Vehicle Theft Reduction Council...
Almost a year to the day after allegedly running a red light, and hitting and injuring a 63-year-old male motorcyclist,...
Double demerit points are in place in NSW and the ACT this Queen’s Birthday long weekend with NSW Police launching Operation Stay Alert from midnight tonight (5 June 2020). NSW Police say they will have officers “out in force targeting speeding, drink and drug driving, driving while fatigued, mobile phone,...
A 57-year-old male driver has been charged after a fatal collision between his Toyota Yaris and a motorcycle in Queanbeyan,...
Queensland Police will target motorcycle speeds after a spike in rider and pillion deaths in the first five months of...
Two men riding a stolen motorcycle and not wearing helmets have been arrested and charged after a police pursuit on the NSW Central Coast today (31 May 2020). Just after 10.30am, a motorcycle, allegedly stolen from an Erina shopping centre, was seen travelling on Hely Street at Wyong. At the time,...
Queensland Police claim a Maryborough rider “causing excessive noise” has died in a motorcycle crash in the Queensland city after...
Germany is banning fixed speed camera alerts provided on most GPS units and many mobile phone apps in a worrying...
A 55-year-old Toyota Hi-Lux driver who hit and injured a woman, 34, riding a Vespa scooter last August before driving off has been found guilty in a Sydney court today. Paul Andrew Brown faced a hearing in Burwood Local Court today (27 May 2020) on charges of failing to stop and render...
Two NSW drivers have appeared in court over separate crashes last year that injured two riders and a pillion. Court...
A 31-year-old man has been remanded in custody over a murder charge after the ute he was travelling in hit...
A tragic week of motorcycle fatals has ended with Victoria’s homicide squad charging a man with murder after a Werribee man died when he motorcycle was hit by a ute at Bacchus Marsh. Jake Smith, 24, (above) died in the collision at Maddingley on Wednesday night (20 May 2020). Police...
As the politicians continue to argue over opening closed borders, we thought we would try a hump-day run down to...
Can you identify this scooter thief from the inset image of the man while riding in the back of a taxi?...
It seems police may be taking a more considered approach to issuing pandemic fines or Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) for contravening travel restrictions which is great news for riders. Victoria Police are the latest to ease up on overzealous policing of the rules. And so they should: the laws have...
A civilian version of the new CFMoto CF1250J police bike with a modified KTM LC8 engine is coming and it...
UPDATE: A 35-year-old male rider from Caboolture has died six days after a crash with a white Ford Ranger utility at...
One of the sad consequences of the easing of lockdown restrictions in some states is the increase in motorcycle crashes. As expected, crashes reduced with the reduction of traffic when the lockdown started in mid-March. A lengthy report after the GFC found a similar pattern. It makes sense that crashes...
Two drivers have been charged after separate Sydney crashes in the past couple of days that cost the lives of...
NSW Police have charged a male aged 40 and impounded his Kawasaki Ninja 250R after a high-speed chase in Sydney’s...
Queensland Police have reintroduced random speed cameras just in time for the eased pandemic travel restrictions from Saturday (2 May 2020). Riders will only be allowed to travel within a 50km radius of their homes, not outside the state and only with one other rider or several if they are...
(File photo of a ute and motorcycle crash) A female rider in her late 30s has died in a collision...
NSW Premier Gladys Berejiklian has today admitted on Sydney radio riding a motorcycle is exercise and therefore legal. Latest travel restriction...
Traffic offences are understandably down as there are fewer vehicles on the road, but the lockdown is also creating lonely roads where motorists are hitting some ridiculous speeds. We have seen several reports of high-speed police pursuits around there world, but the highest speed was clocked by a Nebraska motorcyclist...
Two motorcyclists riding at speeds of more than 200km/h have been charged following two separate pursuits with NSW Police in Sydney’s...
Queensland is the first state to relax harsh travel restrictions and will allow riders back on their motorcycles for a...
Queensland Police are seeking the driver of a silver or light blue sedan who may have witnessed a fatal motorcycle crash in Nathan Street, Brighton, Queensland, about 7.45pm on 18 April 2020. The motorcycle hit a power pole and the 49-year-old male rider died at the scene of the crash ....
A teenage boy has suffered a serious leg injury after his Kawasaki trail bike was involved in a hit-and-run crash...
A new video has emerged of motorcycle cop in a thrilling but highly dangerous motorcycle chase through the narrow streets...
Should the COVID-19 related Penalty Infringement Notices (PINs) or on-the-spot fines be linked to your income as speeding fines are in some countries? After all, a motorcyclist on a $15,000 bike who goes for a leisure ride risks copping the same on-the-spot fine under the Health Act as a rich driver...
A 49-year-old male rider has died after hitting a power pole in a Brisbane bayside suburb about 7.45pm yesterday (18...
Witnesses are being sought to a collision between a truck and motorcycle at East Ipswich on Thursday (16 April 2020)...
A 26-year-old male rider has died after hitting a tree just after midnight last night (17 April 2020) in Ainstree Avenue, Townsville. Queensland Police say the man was taken to Townsville University Hospital in a critical condition but sadly died a short time later. Forensic Crash investigators are appealing for...
Two motorcyclists have died in separate accidents in NSW in the past day including one riding on the wrong side...
Motorcycle riders around the world are in lockdown during the coronavirus pandemic, but there are many rider — some unlicensed...
A Coffs Harbour rider has received NSW Police approval to drive 390km to buy a second-hand commuter bike to ride to work. Elliot Redward currently has a Suzuki GSX650F (pictured) and graduates to his full licence this week so he wanted to buy a Kawasaki ZX-14R for his daily 27km...
An unlicensed 31-year-old man riding an allegedly stolen trail bike has been charged after a fatal crash with two pedestrians...
We’ve been inspired to do our own own Long Way Round (my front lawn) video and we encourage you to...
With riders grounded in most states by the travel restrictions it almost seems pointless that some states have double demerits applying over the Easter long weekend. The “pointless points” start this morning and will end at midnight on Monday 13 April 2020 in NSW, the ACT and Western Australia. In NSW, they’re...
With riders facing hefty fines for breaking the coronavirus Home Confinement Direction, some have suggested rona riders should reserve their...
With states fining people thousands of dollars for non-compliance with pandemic travel restrictions, riders are understandably concerned about copping a...
Queensland Police have charged a man with dangerous operation of a motorcycle after the night rider was videoed riding at more than three times the limit earlier this week. They have now released the Polair video of the incident in north Brisbane which shows the bike going through a fast foot outlet...