Be in to win one of five advanced motorcyclist courses or one of five $50 vouchers.

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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!

I am glad that you changed the inaccurate information that "large bikes" were not allowed in bus lanes to:
Scooters and motorcycles can use council green bus lanes

This is correct, except when clearly marked "no motorbikes", so maybe you should ammend this.

Your information on safe riding is OK but does show in some areas an unwillingness to engage with motorbikes rather than assume that they are the same as cars. Riding within a lane in slow traffic actually puts motorbikes in a vulnreable position to being rearended by cars/hitting the car in front. Whilst your advice is well intended and should be examined carefully there are issues that apply to bikes that you would be better than address on their own terms than ignore or wish away. Lane-splitting between cars in many instances, for example, can be a safer form of riding than acting 'as a car'.

All work in progress and you should be commended for any safety initiative.
However, it is newer riders who need help, and in particualr car drivers than need education to improve motorcylist safety. In particular, it is urban scooter rdiers with no motorbike licences that are the most vulnerable group of all.

If you really want safety you should fund the BRONZ ride right ride safe course and get vulnerabel riders to attend as a start.

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Why not combine the $50- vouchers and just have another rider attending the course?