487,144 motorcycle riders ? what are their names ?
Personally I think there are more than that, why, when I wear my beer goggles I often see eight or even 9 on each bike.
487,144 motorcycle riders ? what are their names ?
Personally I think there are more than that, why, when I wear my beer goggles I often see eight or even 9 on each bike.
Well, I am astonished at the figures.... glad to see you got a quick response and look forward to an age breakdown![]()
Good research mother.
The 400 large figure represents those that have obtained a licence and kept it current, no?
Registrations would be a truer indication of the number of vehicles on the road.
Indexing one against t'other would be interesting too.
I just think the whole thing is interesting. Even looking at statistics on registrations, there seems to be big differences. My first post gives a couple of examples of what is available on line regarding registrations. It is almost like they dont really keep any records properly, and then cobble something together to keep powers that be happy at the end of the year. Mind you I am not so flash on the maths thing so I am probably wrong.
I will be very interested to see if I can get age demographics, and whether the figures I have been given include disqualified licenses.
Would age stats be available... or just year licences were issued...
When life throws you a curve ... Lean into it ...
How the hell can someone prepare stats based on that data?
I reckon there would be at least another 20,000 who are not licensed, ride around farms, forests and the like!
Then another 20,000 that ride up and down roads, drive ways etc learning, again not licensed.
Then another 200,000 that have a bike licence but have no need for it anymore!
Or is it a case of - ACC are responsible for 450,000 and trying to get 122,840 to pay for it all!
L'arte italiana cammina su due rotelle!
45% of all vehicles in Melbourne that commute are bikes
I hear you about unlicensed riders, but there is no way to actually count them. The figures I got are for current licesnses, hence the question about disqualified ones. These numbers are the official licenses held. No distinction as to whether they actually ride. Have at look at the registration figures on the links in the first post. That gives a clearer? idea of the number of bikes legally registered to ride on the road in NZ. I very much doubt there is another 200,000 licensed riders on top of the 487+ reported.
No I'm not meaning 200,000 on top of, it's more like that many that are licenced but will never need / use the bike licence again...
I think it's crazy they cover off in their stat "the maybe" and should look at the actual!
I hear ya though and good on you for doing this, it's something I also find interesting and when reading their last report was concerned at the clever way it was in pointing out figures and percentages, what one needed to realise but missed was the de-creasing numbers.
L'arte italiana cammina su due rotelle!
I think a more accurate figure would be how many motorcycle licence holders are there. Thee will be figure for this somewhere.
Skyryder
Free Scott Watson.
Okay, as one of 450,000 people who hold a valid motorcycle licence (well, 488,000); I'd like to understand why there is so little safety advertising, training, advice care of the government. Further, it would be great to understand why I have so little right on the road (northern motorway would be an example, a bus lane that I get ticketed to use) given the sustainability issues and lack of roading funding - and the fact that despite having one tenth of the footprint of a car, I'm actively discouraged from using a bike.
Moreover, I'd really like to understand, given that there are 450,000 of us legally allowed to ride, why we seem to have so little voice for safety and roading issues, like the cheesecutters debacle?
Thanks Mom,
Mike
Its diametrically opposed to the sanitised existence of the Lemmings around me in the Dilbert Cartoon hell I live in; its life at full volume, perfect colour with high resolution and 10,000 watts of amplification.
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