Motorcyclist and road safety researcher Ross Blackman (pictured) has waded into our debate last week about whether roadworks speed limits... Read More
While some riders may not like the hi-tech TruCAM II radar gun’s ability to more accurately measure speed, the device... Read More
Riders should have input into more than $35 million in roadworks being planned for one of South East Queensland’s most popular motorcycling routes, says a rider representative. The Queensland Government will spend the money on improving the Nerang-Murwillumbah Road, sometimes jokingly referred to as the “Hinze Raceway” as it’s popular... Read More
Queensland Police will target motorcycle speeds after a spike in rider and pillion deaths in the first five months of... Read More
With riders grounded in most states by the travel restrictions it almost seems pointless that some states have double demerits applying over... Read More
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... Read More
A 22-year-old man wanted for 55 traffic offences including several for speeds of more than 150km/h in Brisbane’s northern suburbs... Read More
Double demerit points apply from Friday (20 December 2019) in NSW, the ACT and Western Australia, affecting licensed riders not only... Read More
Signs that light up and display a safety alert and message if you are riding too fast for the corner are being trialled in the UK. British company TWM Traffic Control Systems have developed the LED signs that include a radar sensor. Be alert, not alarmed But don’t worry! The... Read More
Speeding fines based on Lidar or radar readings are difficult to defend, but not impossible, says NSW traffic and criminal law... Read More
If you think electric motorcycles are quiet and dull, listen to this university-made racer as it heads off to set... Read More
Regional speed limits should be reduced up to 30km/h and riders slugged with a levy to fix rural roads, according to a new Austroads report. The worrying proposals are included in the Guide to Road Safety Part 5: Road Safety for Rural and Remote Areas. It points out that motorcyclist deaths... Read More
Despite criticism from motoring organisations and a motorcycle cop being hit by a driver, NSW has extended its rule to... Read More
Brisbane riders who spent Wednesday’s Ekka Holiday riding the famed Mt Glorious Rd may find they have an unwelcome TruCAM... Read More
Motorists sometimes inadvertently convict themselves for speeding when they are pulled over by the police, says traffic and criminal law specialist Chris Kalpage. We have previously offered tips on what to do if pulled over by the police as well as tips from the police themselves! Now, Chris has offered the following tips... Read More
Is it time for Australia’s speeding fine system to be overhauled so the rich don’t get away with comparatively light... Read More
Cap motorcycle speeds at 50km/h is one of the more ludicrous suggestions put forward at the first of a series... Read More
“Life without danger is just no life at all” says a new motorcycle documentary featuring racers Freddie Spencer, Colin Edwards, Ron Haslam and Peter Hickman. The documentary film title Speed is my Need is an interesting version of the computer game Need for Speed and the Tom Cruise line from... Read More
Years of rigid speed enforcement have created a herd mentality that could be just as dangerous as having high-speed lunatics... Read More
A plan to temporarily lower speed limits on regional highway intersections when approaching side-road traffic is detected may not work... Read More
Riders are warned they could have their licence suspended in one hit under double demerit points which apply this weekend in NSW and the ACT for the Queen’s Birthday (June 8-10, 2019). It follows a hefty 14 demerit points and $1200 fine handed out to a Harley-Davidson rider over the... Read More
A major road safety summit has suggested speed limits on Australia’s unsealed country road network be reduced from 100km/h to... Read More
The world’s fastest blind rider, Ben Felten, plans to return to Lake Gairdner in 2020 to raise the bar over... Read More
Riders who believe there is safety in numbers may be in for a shock when the whole group is pulled over by police and fined for speeding. The issue was brought to our attention when three of a group of four Brisbane riders were recently pulled over and fined for... Read More
European politicians have voted on a raft of mandatory safety technology in all new vehicles including “black box” recorders, automatic braking and... Read More
Most motorists hate covert speed detection by police, yet they seem to be finding more and more sneaky ways to... Read More
A road safety academic who advocates wire rope barriers, lower speed limits and mandatory hi-vis vests for riders, and alcohol interlocks and electronic rider aids on bikes has been honoured with a special award. UNSW Sydney Professor Raphael Grzebieta has been honoured with the 2019 Kenneth A Stonex award in recognition... Read More
Passing lanes make motorists safer with many speeding up to 125km/h to safely pass, yet police continue to set up... Read More
A rider is challenging a speeding fine he says is impossible because it claims he was doing 150% of the posted... Read More
South Australia Police is temporarily suspending use of the Lidar speed gun and withdrawing 150 speeding fines after three court decisions found police can misuse the handheld guns. The three defendants charged with speeding detected by police on Lidar guns had their fines overturned. Now, SAPOL is temporarily withdrawing Lidar guns... Read More
Unlike many speed-alert apps and GPS devices, the new Australian Speedo Minder Pro app alerts riders when they are over the... Read More
What is the point of improving the quality of a road at millions of dollars expense to the taxpayers and... Read More
Speed cameras in tunnels account for three of the top six sites in Queensland and NSW for speed camera offences. Total speeding fine revenue across Australia easily tops $1.1 billion annually and Victoria leads the revenue grab. But Transurban tunnels seem to be among the biggest revenue collectors. In Queensland,... Read More
Future motorcycles and other vehicles may have sensors that read roadside speed limit signs and electronically intervene to limit the... Read More
You can watch Australian rider Ben Felten become the fastest blind man on two wheels when his record-setting run is... Read More
Burt Munro’s great nephew, Lee Munro, is returning to Bonneville Speed Week on a modified Indian Scout in an attempt to crack 200mph (321.8km/h) next week. Lee’s attempts last year fell short, but the Kiwi still scored a new land speed record of 191.286mph, smashing the previous record of 176mph for... Read More
Three defendants charged with speeding detected by police on LIDAR guns have had their fines overturned, prompting a call for... Read More
Ripple strips on double white lines and edge lines on two sections of the Oxley Highway have been challenged by... Read More
Despite a 2014 Austroads report finding there are too many speed zones and the frequency of zone changes is too high, chances of authorities making any changes as a result of the report are minimal, an Austroads official admits. The 116-page “Model National Guidelines for Setting Speed Limits at High-Rick... Read More
Blind Aussie rider Ben Felten is this weekend going for the Guinness World Record of 265.33km/h (164.87mph) for a blind... Read More
A new Monash University survey is asking the public about speed limits, point-to-point speed cameras and a proposal for a... Read More
Motorcycle crash statistics cited to reduce speed on the Oxley Highway are flawed, leaving riders wondering how many other crash statistics are also flawed. NSW Roads Minister Melinda Pavey this week announced that speed on 44km of the highway’s mountain section would be reduced from 100km/h to 80km/h from December... Read More
Drivers crossing double white lines is a bigger problem than speeding on the Oxley Highway and other popular motorcycle routes,... Read More
Most riders believe motorcycling is under siege by governments that want to legislate us out of existence under a thin... Read More
Authorities that continue to selectively quote motorcycle crash statistics are perpetrating a scam that endangers vulnerable motorcycle riders. Yes, riders represent a higher proportion of the crash statistics than their number, but the trend for crashes is actually going down. However, police, authorities, road safety Nazis and media are conning... Read More
You may have seen the above image on social media with concerns that it is a covert speed camera hidden... Read More
A former road designer says “safety has nothing to do” with reducing the speed limits and police and governments can... Read More
As riders anxiously await a speed review of the Oxley Highway, South Australian is slashing eight major highway speeds by 10km/h and VicPol wants speed limits reduced on unsealed roads. This is part of a growing trend of reducing speed limits around regional Australia. It’s a worrying trend as many... Read More
For those who believe police think there is one rule for them and another for the rest of us comes... Read More
Fifty years after Burt Munro set a speed record at Bonneville, his great nephew, Lee, returned to the famous salt... Read More
A specially trained police unit needs to investigate motorcycle crashes as general duties police too easily blame speed, a rider group suggests. The Motorcycle Council of NSW (MCCNSW) says proper crash investigation would reveal the real causes of motorcycle crashes and help prevent further accidents and deaths. The call for... Read More
Motorists are being urged to slow down to 30km/h in urban areas in the fourth annual United Nations Global Road... Read More
The idea of a Sunshine Coast International TT is morphing into an international hillclimb event on the Oxley Highway, NSW,... Read More
Speeding cars with obscured number plates are much bigger evaders of speed camera fines than motorcyclists without front number plates. A New Zealand authority earlier this year called for fixed and mobile speed cameras to be turned around to photograph the rear of vehicles after noting many motorcyclists evading fines.... Read More
The fate of an Oxley Highway speed zone review may have improved with the appointment of the local member as the... Read More
It appears that Queensland Police are using covert hand-held speed cameras in cars with tinted windows seemingly against their own... Read More
One of the worrying trends in 2016 was the epidemic of reduced speed zones around the country, many on great motorcycle roads. The two high-profile examples were the reduction of the open speed limit on a Northern Territory highway to 130km/h and the planned reduction of speed limits in several... Read More
Organisers of the Save of the Oxley rally to halt the reduction of speed limits on the famed motorcycle route... Read More
Operation Silverstone and Operation Safe Hills have been launched for the spring/summer riding season to specifically target speeding riders, one... Read More
Low speed thresholds are turning motorists, particularly motorcyclists, into dangerous speedo gazers, according to a university study. Using drive simulators, researchers at the University of Western Australia studied 84 drivers to test whether a low speed threshold before a fine was imposed affected their driving performance. The answer was yes! “Our... Read More