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LIZ DE ROME | MEdA
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The George Institute for Global Health | AUSTRALIA
Level 7, 341 George St | Sydney NSW 2000 Australia

Motorcycle Council of NSW release Rider Risk Safety Videos

Motorcycle Council of NSW release Rider Risk Safety Videos

Thursday 20 October 2011
The Motorcycle Council of NSW today announced the release of its "Rider Risk" video series, a ten part series of riding skills videos aimed at improving rider skills and is now available on the MCC of NSW website. www.mccofnsw.org.au

Each video subject is based on the statistical risk of a type of crash.
A motorcycle rider needs certain skills and techniques to manage particular risks and avoid becoming a statistic.

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MOTORCYCLE INDUSTRY REPORTS STRONG GROWTH IN THIRD QUARTER OF 2011

13th October, 2011

Motorcycle sales in Australia continued to grow significantly in the third quarter of 2011, according to figures released today by the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI).

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RTA backs down on e-tags for motorcyclists

06/01/2009 - The Roads and Traffic Authority has all but admitted the failure of e-tags - at least for tolling motorcyclists and scooter riders.

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Motorcycles help keep you young: software expert

04/03/2009 - Riding motorcycles helps keep drivers young by invigorating their brains, the scientist behind popular "Brain Training" computer software said Wednesday, citing a new scientific study.

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[22/10] Pyrmont Bridge Display

2005 Pyrmont Bridge Display

Motorcycle Awareness Week was kicked off with the Pyrmont Bridge Display on Saturday 22nd October 2005.

The Pyrmont Bridge Display day went extremely well and with plenty of general public walking over Pyrmont Bridge we had lots of people obtaining motorcycle awareness.

Riders were seen as just ordinary people, not something strange, several magazine photographers cruised quietly through and the MCC did two radio interviews from the Bridge.

Thank you to Oroadsports for organising the details and thank you to those clubs who attended and put on a display. A BIG thankyou also to all the volunteers from the Christian Motorcyclists Association who made setup and running of the day so smooth.

Clubs and corporates in attendances in alphabetical order included:
Ambassadors
Annandale Leichhardt Motorcycle Club Limited
Australia Post
Bikers Anon
Bikers Australia
BMWTC NSW
Christian Motorcyclists Association NSW Inc
Clubman Tourers MC Club
Dual Sport Motorcycle Riders Association (DSMRA) Parramatta
Ducati Owners Club
Dykes on Bikes
Girls Ride Out
Kings X Bikers
Liverpool HOG
Motorcycle Council of NSW
Oroadsports
PITS Social MC Club
Post Classic Racing Association
St Johns Ambulance
Ulysses
WIMA

We had an impressive display of bikes from Liverpool HOGS who had a major turnout of their club members as well as Australia Post who had a massive umbrella, brand new postie bikes, complete with posties and a huge poster featuring '8 ways to protect your postie' on display.

The prize-winning safety message displays were from Bikers Anon (best presented safety message), there was an excellent display from Ducati Owners Club on tyres (most impressive safety message) and the quirky interactive display from Dykes on Bikes (most interactive safety message). The DOB display involved sitting on a pink bicycle with your head inside the display boards to bring the images up close and personal and was a really innovative idea - definitely a winner! It made you laugh and take it seriously at the same time.

DOB Interactive Display

Special mentions go to: MotorCycle Accessories Supermarket (individual award vouchers & Rate & Win Survey voucher), Coles Myer (Rate & Win Survey vouchers) & Australia Post LPO Business Operations (Rate & Win 1.5L Bottle of Red Wine)