On Saturday morning MATES was invited to participate in the Logan Road Safety Strategy Launch held in the IKEA forecourt at Springwood. This road safety program is a partnership between Logan City Council, Queensland Police, Department of Transport & Main Roads, RACQ and Queensland Health.
The primary aim of this program is to reduce the number of lives lost and injuries sustained from road crashes in the Logan City Council/Logan area.
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On Friday 15th October, Steve McDowall and Ron Barry presented to the Queensland Road Safety Awards Community Engagement Workshop on the success of MATES.
The workshop was run by CARRS-Q, the Centre for Accident Research and Road Safety - Queensland, and attended by delegates from government, road safety groups and major corporations who are actively involved in road safety.
Since its inception, MATES has actively worked with the motorcycling community to reduce the number of fatalities from motorcycle crashes.
In 2007, 19 motorcyclists were killed in fatal traffic crashes on Gold Coast roads. Those crashes contributed to over 44% of all fatal crashes on the Gold Coast and represented twice the percentage of motorcycle riders killed on all Queensland roads.
And in addition to those who lost their lives, countless hundreds, possibly thousands, were seriously injured, some permanently.
In the face of horrifying statistics, government agencies realised that something different needed to be done. It was clear that the strategies they had in place were not working.
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Motorcycle riders will know that weather conditions and nature’s elements can play havoc when riding a motorcycle. Rain and wind make riding conditions treacherous. Riding in dusty conditions is not very comfortable or healthy. Night or evening riding can coat the rider (and bike) in bugs. So what about riding in zero temperatures and/or snow conditions?
During a recent trip to Europe (in the freezing winter) I saw some motorcycles parked up, with some covered in thick snow. I also saw other motorcycles on the roads, modified for the cold climatic conditions. Below are a few photos showing some motorcycles designed to beat the weather conditions and nature’s elements faced by motorcycle riders.
On Sat 2 October 2010 MATES had a sausage sizzle at Supercheap Auto, Kortum Drive, West Burleigh. Despite the inclement weather and the football game (in Melbourne), MATES had a successful first sausage sizzle and generated funds to put towards projects to make motorcycling safer.
A BIG THANK YOU to the MATES who cooked, served, setup, cleaned up and discussed MATES information and a BIG THANK YOU to Supercheap Auto and the staff at the West Burleigh store.
The sausage sizzle provided MATES with great exposure and the feedback from the MATES brochures and other information was very positive. Check out our photos.
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