Motorcycling Safety Guide

[chanceyy]

posting on behalf

The NZ Transport Agency (NZTA) has just released a draft version of our motorcycling safety guide, Safer Journeys for Motorcycling, and we need your input.

The intent of the guide is to address the disproportionately high crash risks associated with motorcycling in New Zealand, by providing best-practice guidance for reducing the numbers of fatal and serious injury crashes involving motorcyclists. The document reflects the Safe System approach, although it does emphasise safe roads and roadsides.

Thus far, the guide has been prepared with input from a variety of stakeholders who each represent a range of interests and perspectives. This includes the NZTA as the delivery agent, and other key stakeholders such as MOTO NZ (Motorcyclists Own The Options), road controlling authorities, and ACC.

But to help ensure success, we need to hear from everyone that has an interest in improving motorcycling safety.

Take a look at the draft version of Safer Journeys for Motorcycling and let us know what you think. Please forward this to any groups or individuals that you think might also be interested in contributing their thoughts.

For more information and to download a copy of Safer Journeys for Motorcycling, go to http://www.nzta.govt.nz/consultation...ide/index.html

Comments are needed by Friday, 20th January 2012.

Thank you for your support and participation.

[superman]

Bureaucratic overload

But good to see such a broad spectrum of issues being covered.

Loved the sentence "Use of protective clothing (eg hivisibility jackets)."
Never realised high-visiblity jackets were definitively defined as 'protective'.

[Virago]

http://www.kiwibiker.co.nz/forums/sh...r-Motorcycling

[mctshirt]

A long rambling statistic fest which would have made another baby boomer consultant rich and won't help anyone

Looks like the rego hike justification rehashed...could have been covered in few lines:

Ride like every car is out to kill you.

Stay away from white lines.

Wear protective gear.

Don't ride faster than your ability.