Be in to win one of five advanced motorcyclist courses

**Safe biking** · 4th March 2008, 09:59

Auckland City Council wants to keep motorcyclists safe.
Be in to win one of five advanced motorcyclist courses or one of five $50 vouchers to spend at Mt Eden Motorcycles.

Have a look at our practical safety tips at
http://www.aucklandcity.govt.nz/roadsafety
and enter our online competition.

The training course includes a theory evening, one day on the track and a membership to the Auckland Motorcycle Club for the rest of the financial year. Auckland City Council wants motorcyclists to feel safe when out on the road, join us in spreading the word on motorcycle safety!

**McDuck** · 4th March 2008, 10:01

hmmmmm 'not a rider'
still at least you dont ride a GN...

**Nagash** · 4th March 2008, 10:05

Hmm.. bugger..

I hardly even fit in with half the Terms and Conditions. Ah well, good oppourtunity for others still.

**Usarka** · 4th March 2008, 10:07

11. Scooters and small motorbikes can use council green bus lanes

Huh? what about mid/big bikes?

**Swoop** · 4th March 2008, 10:08

11 Scooters and small motorbikes can use council green bus lanes

I think someone in the council needs to read the rules. Separation of bikes into "Big" and "Small" categories does not exist. "Motorcycles" can use the bus lanes...

**vifferman** · 4th March 2008, 10:11

Originally Posted by Usarka

11. Scooters and small motorbikes can use council green bus lanes

Huh? what about mid/big bikes?

It's to keep big cruisers and tourers off the bus lanes, so commuters don't try and hail them to hitch a ride.
Either that, or they don't want leaky bikes adding to the road spooge the buses leave on the road surface...

**McDuck** · 4th March 2008, 10:12

Alto falts aside anythign that trys to improve motorcycle satey is worth a good look.

**Steam** · 4th March 2008, 10:13

What a nice gesture!
Wonder how much five places cost, maybe $1000 total? How generous.

However, somehow I get the feeling that this is a good idea by a single team, and that the Auckland City Council is actually fairly anti-motorcycle.
How much you really care is shown in the list of tips, number 11, as has been pointed out by a couple of people above. Nobody in the council cared enough to check the list to see if it was factual. That's embarrassing.
More than embarrassing; it shows you don't really care, you're just going though the motions.

Here's a question for you: What is the council doing to make Auckland safer for motorcyclists, beyond offering five training courses and burying a list of hints for safer driving in a deep sub-directory of the council website that - let's face it - almost nobody will read.

**McDuck** · 4th March 2008, 10:15

Originally Posted by Steam

What a nice gesture!
Wonder how much five places cost, maybe $1000 total?

However, somehow I get the feeling that this is a good idea by a single team, and that the Auckland City Council is actually fairly anti-motorcycle.

Here's a question for you: What is the council doing to make Auckland safer for motorcyclists, beyond offering five training courses and burying a list of hints for safer driving in a deep sub-directory of the council website that - let's face it - almost nobody will read.

Roam wasnt built in a day....

**Str8 Jacket** · 4th March 2008, 10:17

Originally Posted by Mcduck5n

Roam wasnt built in a day....

The internet access or the City?

**Nagash** · 4th March 2008, 10:19

How 'bout a big Huzzah! for the council?!

**Steam** · 4th March 2008, 10:23

Originally Posted by Mcduck5n

Roam wasnt built in a day....

Sure, they're trying. Good on them.
I'm just saying they're not trying very hard.

**Katman** · 4th March 2008, 10:30

Well I applaud any initiative to improve the standard of motorcycling and the safety of motorcyclists. (But then - you all knew I would.

)

And to those of you who just want to pick fault in what has been written in that link, perhaps you should seriously question your own agendas.

**magicfairy** · 4th March 2008, 10:47

4. If you ride faster or slower that the flow of traffic you become a hazard

Unless you are a learner on the open road, forced to go 70k, it would seem. Then you are safer ???