ACC Survey

[Will]

I am one of the team that is working with ACC about Motorbike Safety. If you live in Auckland you may have noticed our "Lookout for Motorbikes " Campaign on the motorway off ramps in previous years. Our campaign this year is safety gear.


If you fill in this form, you are in the draw for a MTA Voucher and hi viz vest. But it has to be done by 21 December 2006.


SURVEY QUESTIONS FOR MOTORCYCLISTS (BE IN TO WIN A $50 MTA VOUCHER & HI VIZ VEST – 5 TO BE WON)

1 How long have you been riding a motorbike? Years ………….Months ………….

2 Do you own safety gear? Yes / No
• If so, do you have high visibility gear? Yes / No
• Do you wear it? Yes / No
• If not, would you tell us why?

Would you wear safety gear if you had any? Yes / No
3 How far do you travel on your bike? (in kilometres, approximately)

Per Day…………….. Per Week ……………….Per month…………
4 How often do you ride your bike?

5 Recreation/work use?

6 Have you been involved in a motorcycle crash/near miss?

7 Have you ever done any motorcycle training?

 Which city/district do you reside in: Rodney / North Shore / Waitakere / Auckland City / Manukau / Papakura / Franklin / Other? ………………………..

 Male / Female
 Age: (circle one)
• Under 15 / 16 – 25 / 26 – 35 / 36 – 45 / 46 – 55 / 56 – 65 / 66 & over / not stated

 Your name and contact number for prize draw …………………………………………………….
(Draw to be held 21 December 2006)
Send completed questionnaire to David Peirce, ACC Henderson, Private Bag 93107 or fax to (09) 915 8101 or e mail David Peirce at David.Peirce@acc.co.nz

[Gineen]

And what about a pillions' point of view?

[Gremlin]

emailed off to you

oh, safety gear is a grey area... a helmet, while a requirement, is obviously safety gear... (question 2)

[Clockwork]

Judging frok the prize, I guess you really wanted to be selective about who should respond!.

[ZeroIndex]

is hi-vis gear the 3M on bags and jackets or only those hi-vis vests.. if the question is for hi-vis vests, then my response would be:
• If so, do you have high visibility gear? No
• Do you wear it? No
• If not, would you tell us why? cause Hi-vis vests are ghey

[Pumba]

Working through the survey now and I really think the questions are quite leading and very narrow minded.

In my opinion they (ACC) have already made up there mind what they want to try and impliment or recomend in order to keep, in there opinion, people safe and I dont have an issue with that. What I do take issue to is creating a survey that is geared towards answers that come out at a predefined outcome when there is an opurtunity to gather some useful information that may create some practicle outcomes that people may be happy to go along with.

All my personal opinion

[Pumba]

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[sunhuntin]

2 Do you own safety gear? Yes
• If so, do you have high visibility gear? Yes
• Do you wear it? No
• If not, would you tell us why?
cos its too bloody hard putting it on over top of 2 other jackets, and dont even mention doing it up!

[ajturbo]

2 Do you own safety gear? Yes
• If so, do you have high visibility gear? Yes
• Do you wear it? No
• If not, would you tell us why?
cos its too bloody hard putting it on over top of 2 other jackets, and dont even mention doing it up!

and it will more than likely fall apart at speed anyway

[Ixion]

Mine is certainly good to 170kph.

[Maverick]

Mine is certainly good to 170kph.

Not that any of us law abiding motorcyclists would ever ride that fast

[buellbabe]

I don't wear fluoro safety gear... but must admit that I was watching a bike on the motorway the other day thinking how it really stood out due to the fact that the rider was wearing a reflective yellow vest.
Food for thought...

Buuuuuuut that reminds of a group ride I went on once... we were all in traditional black leather except for this 1 guy that turned up in full fluoro safety gear... it didn't take us long to realise that he needed the gear so that people could keep out of his way cos he was such a SHOCKINGLY bad rider LOL

[Whynot]

Working through the survey know and I really think the questions are quite leading and very narrow minded.

agreed, some of those questions need to be reworded me thinks ....

[thealmightytaco]

I wouldn't wear hi-viz cause I bought one of quasi's orange & black jackets, I'm all for being seen but you've gotta do it with style. And in sunstrike fluoro wont help, black is your friend.

[Whynot]

with respect to hi-vis vests, I used to wear them on the way to and from work. I don't wear them anymore because:

-They typically flap around too much and bunch up so as to not be very effective anyway
-They wear out fairly quickly
-They are a pain in the arse to get on and off

Reflective strips in a jacket seems to me to be a far better solution.