Portuguese helmet manufacturer Nexx has added a matte black stealth version to its X.R2 carbon range called the Dark Vision.... Read More
Each New Year we make resolutions to do something new, better or at least different for the next year. This... Read More
A driver who “t-boned” a rider in a SMIDSY (Sorry Mate I didn’t See You) crash has sent an apology via a personal Facebook message. The crash happened on 5 December 2019 when Andrew Anson, 32, of Narooma, NSW, was riding his 2009 Hyosung 250GTR down a hill behind a... Read More
Riders aren’t just common victims of SMIDSY (Sorry Mate, I didn’t See You) crashes, but could also be the victims... Read More
Most accidents involving motorcycles and other vehicles occur when the other vehicle is turning across their path. The result can... Read More
A Victorian rider in his 20s has died after a tragic collision with a car that turned out in front of his motorcycle in Mont Albert, Melbourne, yesterday afternoon (3 April 2019). Police are now appealing for witnesses or dashcam footage. Without knowing the full details of the incident, it... Read More
German tech company Continental is working on a system to make thick A pillars in cars invisible so drivers can... Read More
Hi-tech automated cars make drivers lazy and less likely to see motorcycles which could lead to an increase in Sorry... Read More
Motorists will be rewarded with cash gift vouchers for seeing motorcyclists in a novel twist to the Joe Rider road safety campaign. Orange Ulysses Branch has won a $4100 Community Road Safety Grant from the NSW Government to run the campaign throughout February. Branch president Lester Davis says he hopes the... Read More
More and more dashcam evidence is convicting traffic offenders and protecting vulnerable motorcyclists involved in SMIDSY crashes. Riders have a... Read More
Young riders face more restrictions as a new paper suggests raising the motorcycle licence age to 18 as well as... Read More
Motorcycle awareness should be included in all driver training and increased in safety campaigns, according to the authors of an Australian National University study. It found that drivers are twice as likely to miss seeing a motorcycle compared with a taxi and admit they do not expect to see motorcyclists.... Read More
It is no surprise that the biggest single cause of crashes is the fact that motorists don’t look for riders,... Read More
Attempts to draft uniform national road rules, including helmet and filtering laws, may leave riders even more confused and prone... Read More
Riders might think drivers don’t care about hitting us, but there is actually scientific evidence that shows they really don’t see us. Of course no driver wants to run into a motorcycle, bicycle or pedestrian. After all, it would cause extensive and expensive damage to their vehicle! The problem is... Read More
Riders in Australia’s capital are asked to wear vests with “JOE” on the back while riding around Canberra streets to... Read More
Could self-cancelling indicators save riders from motorists driving right out in front of them, resulting in a T-bone crash? There... Read More
Would coloured lights on motorcycles make riders more visible and therefore safer? That’s the reasoning behind the US state of Wisconsin passing a bill in the state Assembly to allow coloured lights on motorcycles. When we travelled through the US last year, we noticed a lot of riders with auxiliary... Read More
Drivers may soon be tapped on the shoulder to warn them of approaching riders. The Jaguar/Land Rover technology is called... Read More
Volvo has developed technology that alerts drivers of cyclists and could have ramifications for motorcycle riders. The system involves two-way... Read More
A new invention turns car pillars invisible, but will it put an end SMIDSY (Sorry mate I Didn’t See You) motorcycle crashes? The prototype invention by Jaguar Land Rover uses cameras on the outside of the car to project images on to the A, B and C pillars inside the car so that... Read More
Maurice Blackburn Lawyers are at it again with their SMIDSY campaign! The Australian legal firm which seems to have the... Read More