Behind every fatality and serious injury statistic there are thousands of stories. Around 1600 people die on Australian roads each year and another 140 people are seriously injured each day, requiring ongoing care. Thousands more are affected by road trauma through their work in the emergency services, legal professions and disability sector.
Unfortunately, we probably all know someone who has been affected by road trauma. Sandra Cook knows all too well - her father was killed in a freak traffic accident in 2004.
Together with Kerry Sunderland, the Adelaide-based producer and film-maker has created an online social network community called Journey Beyond Road Trauma.
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Two award-winning road safety organisations have joined forces in a bid to save lives on Australian roads.
Fatality Free Friday, Australia’s only community-based national road safety campaign and MATES - Motorcycle Awareness Training Education Safety - will jointly promote this year’s Fatality Free Friday events.
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Welcome to the Bike Safe Newsletter 3/2009.
I would like to thank all those that attended the Australian Motorcycle Expo and came and had a chat. Over the three days I would estimate that we had several thousand people visit and ask a variety of questions. 90% of people were very receptive with the other 10% hopefully leaving with a better understanding of the QPS and its policing.
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Another midweek run and with Mt Glorious as the destination and the anticipation of a great ride was definitely filling the air.
A smaller than expected crew (Action, Barree, Marika and Tojo) and the normal variety of cruisers and sports bikes got an earlier start from Mudgeeraba at 7.30am (earlier for us anyway) and headed west along the normal route to Beaudesert.
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In January I participated in the TeamMoto Advanced Rider Training Course. I went into the course with a very basic knowledge and skill set when it came to emergency braking and cornering.
During the emergency braking session with Rob and Mike I received valuable and encouraging feedback on my technique, and was quite amazed at just how fast I ended up being able to stop.
Cornering helped with my head and body positions and Johnny used comic visual analogies to make the concepts simple to grasp.
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