Be careful out there over Christmas

[Murray]

Interesting article

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-ple...ectid=11373248

Good percentage caused by others then alcohol then speed.

16% not wearing helmets?????

Actually be careful out there all times.

[jim.cox]

16% not wearing helmets?????

Farmworkers

[Murray]

Farmworkers

My thoughts as well and figures probably include quads as well.

[DamianW]

With the influx of tourists to our shores that add to the volume of road users, the title should read 'be bloody careful out there over summer...'

[bluninja]

It could also read "Bikers keep away from the Bays; you are 4 times more likely to end up in hospital than riding anywhere else"

[Gremlin]

I tend to ride a lot less over Christmas. Tourists and cops everywhere, the roads aren't that enjoyable.

Last Christmas was more driving (like to Rotorua) and then mountain biking... that was good fun...

[James Deuce]

Farmworkers

A"fuck_you_ACC"men.

[Swoop]

Farmworkers

Tends to be a few scooter "operators" around the holiday hotspots who like to travel locally ("it's only a scooter, forget the helmet thingy!") down to the beach/dairy/bottleshop.

[caseye]

Good thing we wont be in that neck of the woods then aye Murray!
2 weeks mate.

[98tls]

All the facts n figures mean little really theres motorcyclists with no helmets/boaties with no life jackets etc etc dumb is what dumb does,timeless.

[Voltaire]

"Almost a third of motorcycle accidents were due to driver error of oncoming cars," said Ms O'Leary.

Does that mean the other 66% is not the fault of the car drivers?

I did that loop last weekend, roads seemed much the same as anywhere else.

[BlackSheepLogic]

Farmworkers

IS there a reason farmworkers don't wear helmets?

[haydes55]

IS there a reason farmworkers don't wear helmets?

It's illegal to wear a proper helmet. They have to wear an ag hat thing. I knew a guy who was wearing an ag hat, riding a farm bike, woke up in the mud beside his bike. He doesn't wear ag hats anymore, he uses an old mx helmet around the farm.

[insomnia01]

Interesting article

http://www.nzherald.co.nz/bay-of-ple...ectid=11373248

Good percentage caused by others then alcohol then speed.

16% not wearing helmets?????

Actually be careful out there all times.

I work through Xmas to get around this & save it for Feb/March best time to head down sth isld as well roads are generally quiet & all road works are normally completed or well worn in. Merry Xmas to LOR & to you & Trina Muzz

[Mike.Gayner]

So much bullshit in that article.

Nationally motorcyclists were 16 times more likely to be involved in an accident compared with other road users.

That's patently NOT TRUE. Motorcyclists were 16 times more like to be involved in a REPORTED accident, because there is much more likely to be police/ambulance called when a motorcyclist is involved. Seeing as the vast majority of car accidents go unreported, I doubt whether there's much difference at all in accident rates between cars and motorcycles.

The causes of their accidents were given as:

15 - vehicles pulling across path of motorcycle
10 - alcohol related
9 - excessive speed
7 - hit an object
4 - road conditions
4 - lost traction
1 - medical condition

What the fuck is this? "Alcohol related" is not a "cause", it's a factor. Debatably the same with "excessive speed" and "road conditions". We don't know what caused many of these accidents because of these idiotic classifications.