ACC calls for “greater awareness of motorcyclists”

[riffer]

You can all go and get fucked.

I was the Studio Manager of the Advertising Agency approached to create this campaign earlier this year, and approached a number of people on KB and elsewhere to try and get some buy-in from the general motorcycling populace and some consultation in order to get some of our opinions and ideas across.

Response? Apathy and negativity.

You reap what you sow.

Don't complain about how they try and talk to motorcyclists if you don't want to get involved.

At least they know you exist.

Sheesh.

[avgas]

Could at least have let us know which roads those five are so we can avoid them!

I know that Dominion and Sandringham roads are 2 of em.

[Drum]

I'll wager Symonds Street is one too.

[Blackbird]

You can all go and get fucked.

I was the Studio Manager of the Advertising Agency approached to create this campaign earlier this year, and approached a number of people on KB and elsewhere to try and get some buy-in from the general motorcycling populace and some consultation in order to get some of our opinions and ideas across.

Response? Apathy and negativity.

You reap what you sow.

Don't complain about how they try and talk to motorcyclists if you don't want to get involved.

At least they know you exist.

Sheesh.

Errr.... You approached a NUMBER of people on KB? Does this mean that you did or didn't actually make a post about it or was this a private approach? Let's have some context to see if you blowing a gasket is justified

[Drum]

You can all go and get fucked. .....

Noone commented on the quality of the posters Riffer. I'm sure they are highly professional (although I have not seen any).

My point is - is a driver really going to look at a poster and think "gosh - you know I should look out for motorcycles".

[MSTRS:Me]

I'm surprised at you, Riffer. Nobody approached me
The tactile method really would be the best. With us doing the tactiling

[slinky]

Didn't they already do a "look for bikes" campaign??

they should make car Reg's pay a high ACC levy(and get rid of the bike one)... that would open their eyes!!

[Sanx]

I was the Studio Manager of the Advertising Agency approached to create this campaign earlier this year, and approached a number of people on KB and elsewhere to try and get some buy-in from the general motorcycling populace and some consultation in order to get some of our opinions and ideas across.

I didn't see a post on here or Sportsbike. Whilst it's easy to miss on here, depending what forums you trawl regularly, I would have seen it on SB or if it had been made a front-page announcement.

[Griff]

Posters in bus shelters?? That'll be effective. .

Yes really bright Eyecatching Posters! Espescially near Junctions.......
That will make it MORE fun.

[Slingshot]

98% of statistics are made up.

Yeah....it would seem so in this case

The number of ACC claims for motorcycle accidents has nearly doubled since 2001, and annual ACC claim costs now exceed $52 million, not including treatment in public hospitals.

$52 million...not including treatment in public hospitals....exactly what are the annual costs for? This is propaganda that will lead to an increase in the ACC levy on motorcycle registration.

ACC programme manager Phil Wright said motorcyclists made up only two percent of vehicles on the road, but accounted for 18 percent of ACC claims received.

Again...bullshit I would think. So nearly 1 in 5 ACC claims relate to motorcycle accidents. What the fuck ever!
I don't know how many claims they deal with in a year.....but I bet ya that most of them are work place injuries or sporting injuries (rugby, etc.)

[Shadows]

That's definitely something to do with it. I am able to swap my UK license for an NZ one by answering a couple of easy theory questions. I'm happy with this for me personally, however, I don't think this should be the case.

But I think we all know it's not just the foreigners (mentioning no specific races here) who can't drive.....

Of course there's bad driving where ever you go but I've not seen such a majority in any other "developed" country.

Hence why your swap was so easy. If you hold license from the UK then you are probably already a better driver than 95% of the fucktards on our roads and may just need to brush up on our silly give way rules.
They know the standard required to pass the driver's license test is a lot higher in the UK (and probably most other countries in The World) than it is over here, they just hate to admit it because if they did then they might have to do something about it.

[riffer]

Okay...

calmed down now.

Yes, I approached a few select members on KB whom I believed would be representative of the site.

I was wary of throwing the whole thing on to the site as, a) I didn't really have the authority to do so, and b) it would have probably ended up in PD.

My apologies for nutting off. It's a sore point with me; one of the reasons I packed in the work with Advertising.

[riffer]

Again...bullshit I would think. So nearly 1 in 5 ACC claims relate to motorcycle accidents. What the fuck ever!
I don't know how many claims they deal with in a year.....but I bet ya that most of them are work place injuries or sporting injuries (rugby, etc.)

It's a bad quote. Looks like a journo didn't listen properly.

1 in 5 ACC motoring accident claims are for accidents which INVOLVE motorcyclists.

sigh.

[riffer]

$52 million...not including treatment in public hospitals....exactly what are the annual costs for? This is propaganda that will lead to an increase in the ACC levy on motorcycle registration.

Mainly rehabilitation costs:

physiotherapy, supply of crutches, paying 80% motorcyclists wages while they can't work...

[Slingshot]

It's a bad quote. Looks like a journo didn't listen properly.

1 in 5 ACC motoring accident claims are for accidents which INVOLVE motorcyclists.

sigh.

You and I are both smart enough to know that....but Joe Average public would skim read the article and not give a second thought...until it came up in conversation at a party...then they'd think they were an expert on the subject and start quoting the figures willy nilly.