Presidents Report 2019
17 July 2019
Presidents Report 2019
Appointment of Officers to Tasmanian Motorcycle Council Inc, for 2018 - 2019
President Paul Bullock
Vice President Simon Hrycyszyn
Treasurer John Wallander
Secretary Mick Boyd
Public Officer Norman Targett
Executive Committee Julie Penny, Danny Penny, Gary Long, Henk Van Zetten
31st December 2018, 18,824 motorcycles registered in Tasmania.
Lane Filtering. Became legal in Tasmania in 2018. RSAC was requested to do an advertising campaign as there have been complaints about bikes filtering. This has now been completed,
Ride to Survive Road-skill courses for upskilling of motorcyclist to be pursued.
AJL thank you for being the TMC’s major sponsor
TMT thank you for being a sponsor of the TMC
RHD thank you for being a sponsor of the TMC
Anti-Bikie Laws TMC attended meetings and made representation to no avails. Laws were passed but have not come into effect yet 27 May 2019.
A motorcycle safety audit of the Lake Leake Road
With Safe System Solutions, Tasmania Police, and motorcycling stakeholders
The following day stakeholders attended a Safe System workshop in Launceston to discuss the findings of the safety audit and to identify potential countermeasures to address motorcyclist safety on the Lake Leake Road. Recommendations to improve motorcyclist safety on the Lake Leake Road will be presented to RSAC in a future paper.
Tasmania Police 27th November 2018 trial Unmarked Motorcycle, The motorcycle is a Triumph Tiger 800 XRx (black). The motorcycle is fitted with lights (covert), siren and speed detection radar. Riders will be fitted with helmet-mounted video cameras – the first such use by road police in Tasmania. Use of a helmet-mounted camera will:
- Enable evidence of the offence to be captured on video – this will significantly reduce the number of appeals, and
- Enable the rider to choose not to intercept (e.g. too dangerous, unacceptable disruption to commuters) but still capture evidence of the offence.
After the first 3 months it exceeded expectations and has now been expanded to the North and North West of Tasmania.
Motorcycle Training
Since the introduction of the new training of motorcyclists there has been a marked reduction in MAIB claims, as you can see by the figures below.
|
2018 |
2017 |
2016 |
2015 |
|
|
Novice L |
37 |
63 |
71 |
70 |
|
Novice P1 |
21 |
35 |
28 |
29 |
|
Novice P2 |
23 |
26 |
25 |
34 |
|
Novice Total |
81 |
124 |
124 |
133 |
With these figures showing the decrease of claims, the TMC has requested the government raise the speed which novice motorcycle riders can do to the same as applies to novice car drivers. Which would also increase novice rider safety?
May 2019 State Growth asked the TMC to do an audit on the Great Eastern Drive for some motorcycle infrastructure improvements to be identified. Completed and handed to state growth.
We have a new minister for Infrastructure Hon Michael Ferguson, we have arranged a meeting with the minister in September.
Paul Bullock
President
Tasmanian Motorcycle Council Inc
0427 889 074
