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| Junior teen motorbike permit 'will cut road toll'; -The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia | |
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| Topic Started: Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:46 pm (21 Views) | |
| Post #1 Sat Mar 15, 2008 5:46 pm | obxbiker |
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Junior teen motorbike permit 'will cut road toll' The Age - Melbourne,Victoria,Australia FOURTEEN-YEAR-OLDS should be eligible for junior motorcycle licences that would give them four years to practise on private land and in state parks before they hit the road, the State Government has been advised. The call follows an alarming surge in motorcycle fatalities: 15 motorcyclists have been killed on the state's roads in the past 10 weeks ¡ª twice as many as at the same time last year. And with motorcycle registrations increasing at almost four times the rate of car registrations, authorities fear that the surge in fatalities will increase. By comparison, no cyclists have been killed this year, despite an increase of workers cycling to the city each day. The Transport Accident Commission says motorcyclists are 34 times more likely to suffer a serious injury than car occupants. However, soaring petrol costs, increased traffic congestion and the growing popularity of scooters have fuelled the popularity of motorcycles. And, according to the Motorcycle Riders Association of Australia, the trend will continue. "To wait up to an hour to get to work is just nonsense, when you can jump on a scooter and be there in 25 minutes," association president Dale Maggs said. He said the best way to save young riders would be to give them as much practice as possible before they faced traffic. During a meeting with Roads Minister Tim Pallas last week, Mr Maggs called for a new junior licence that would allow 14-year-olds to ride motorcycles on private land and in state parks while accompanied by a fully licensed rider on a separate bike. In 2001, the age for obtaining a motorcycle learner's permit increased from 17 years and nine months to 18 years. Mr Maggs said early experience could help save lives by giving teenagers "a stepping stone on to a motorcycle in a familiar place with their parent". TAC general manager road safety David Healy warned that the growth in motorcycle and cycling put pressure on the aim of reducing Victoria's road toll by 30% by 2017. Opposition transport spokesman Terry Mulder said the current licensing system for motorcyclists had to be improved before there was any discussion of teenage motorcycle licences. He told State Parliament in December that he had obtained a motorcycle rider's learner permit last year with just six hours' experience. "I passed a riding test and was ready to be sent out on the road to mix it with the traffic. Was I ready? No," he said. "Compare this to the provisions for learner drivers in relation to compulsory behind-the-wheel experience and you get an indication that there is a glaring anomaly with this system." Mr Pallas was not enthused by the junior licence idea. Danger on roads [/font][/big] Edited by obxbiker, Sat May 31, 2008 11:43 am.
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