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The Inside Line MRA ACT Newsletter August 2012 The Inside Line EXECUTIVE President’s Report I attended the ACT Government Motorcycle Users Group (MUG) last week PRESIDENT as did Peter Major. It was a good meeting with a complete roll up of Jennifer Woods delegates from Roads ACT, ACT Police, Industry representative, NRMA Road [email protected] User Services, and Stay Upright. 0418 215 336 Discussions evolved around standardisation with the other states and territories of the LAMS bikes – maximum of 660cc. This is under discussion Snr VICE PRESIDENT currently. MRA ACT will write to express our views. Confusion is currently Kathleen Parsons caused with cross jurisdiction travel as well as the transient nature of many [email protected] Canberra residents. Helmets – dissatisfaction all around as riders do not understand what is VICE PRESIDENT legal, the retailers can be liable for selling a non-compliant helmet but Major Events Coordinator struggle without clear guidelines, and the Police find it difficult to easily Trish Holdsworth differentiate between a compliant and non-compliant helmet. The helmet [email protected] issue was a continuation of the discussion from the previous MUG meeting. The treatment for registration label / no rego label is still unclear with no SECRETARY decision from ACT Government yet. Public Officer The MRA ACT introduced and expressed support for limited use of cycle Nicky Hussey lanes for other two wheel track vehicles, allowing filtering and the [email protected] introduction of filter boxes at lights. Needless to say, this generated discussion but it will be an ongoing campaign. TREASURER Demerit points for traffic offences are now transferring between states Membership Secretary and territories so do be aware of that. Sylvia Sinfield Motorcycle Awareness Week will be supported with a road safety [email protected] campaign supporting Share the Road / no tailgating. I raised the issue of Committee Reports 1 - 2 tailgating and ACT Police said it can be difficult to police although they do pull drivers over and can issue a ticket.Page 3 Motorcycle Awareness 3 Thanks to a grant from the ACT NRMA Road Safety Trust, the MASTERS Week will be starting again in October. If you are a returning rider, this is the course designed to refresh your skills. Cost of the course is subsidised by Social Ride Report 4 MRA ACT. Please contact Stay Upright to make a booking on 1300 366 640 Lane Splitting / Filtering 5 or www.stayupright.com.au . The MRA ACT will be collating the feedback Questions for Candidates 6 forms after riders have completed the course and analysing the results. Page 9 Nicky Hussey, MRA ACT Secretary will be representing MRA ACT at the Open Letter to Candidates 7 Australian Motorcycle Council Conference at the end of this month. Tips for Safer Roads 8 And last but not least, the MRA ACT Annual General Meeting is being held MASTERS 9 at the September Meeting– a nomination form is included in this newsletter, please consider nominating for a position on this committee. All positions Social Night 10 will be declared vacant and some of the current committee are not renomi- Wall to Wall Ride 11 nating, so we need you. MRA Calendar 12 Ride safe - Jen Woods Events of Interest 13 0418 215 336 Page 1 ExecutiveCommittee Committee Reports Reports PROJECT Snr Vice President’s Report MANAGERS We’ve survived the Canberra winter and now we’re looking forward to the new Peter Major ride season. Already the calendar is starting to fill up with a plethora of city-wide Black Spot motorcycling events. Besides the flurry of activities in al the individual clubs, and Discovery rides the national events like Moto GP at Phillip Island and the3 Snowy Ride that many Roads and Traffic people are planning toward, locally we have Motorcycle Awareness Week (MAW). Each of the states and territories hold a week or month long series of activities to raise awareness of motorcycling and motorcyclist within their Robyn Major community. MRA ACT is no exception. Page 3 Ride n Thrive This years events include the launch of MAW with a Remembrance Ride led by Jen Woods Joe Rider, followed by a BBQ; a motorcycle gear fashion parade and trivia night, Bikers Breakfast, Ride to Work Day, and a Moto GP afternoon at the club. Details Masters courses of all the events will be out soon. Communications MRA ACT will be looking for volunteers to be out and about displaying their Trish Holdsworth courteous manner during MAW as Joe Rider. If you’d like to be involved, please Webmaster contact [email protected] or Jen (0418 215 336) or Leen (0409 984 008) to express your interest. David Ault Quarter Master Leen Parsons Life is a road; ride it! David Ault Triathlon support Vice President’s Report Leen Parsons Editor Last month I witnessed a fellow rider have a serious ‘off’ in wet conditions. His bike appears to have slid on the white line, and mounted the footpath causing Submissions for the next him to high side, coming to rest a good 8 feet from his bike…. The visor was torn edition sent to: off his helmet, and the helmet was sheared on the right hand side. His back pack only survived with one strap and the top layer of his jacket and pants were [email protected] ripped. As he was being tended to by the paramedics, I said to him that he was or a testament to the fact that he was wearing good protective gear. It could have been much worse. [email protected] by A timely reminder for all of us… Tips for Safer Roads on page 8 Monday 3 Sept 2012 Trish Holdsworth Never rider faster than your angel can fly! Page 2 Page 3 Social Ride Report - 15 July 2012 by Trish Ride to Batemans Bay The sky was clear and the ground still damp when we met up at the BP Waston for the social ride to Batemans Bay for fish ‘n chips. Four bikes headed out along Macs Reef Road to the Park and Wallace Café in Braidwood to thaw out in front of the fire and sip on a delightful tasting, warm coffee. By this time the temperature had gone up two degrees, so the group decided it was well worth continuing on down the hill, taking great care through the damp patches still on the road. And we were well rewarded for our enthusiasm and optimism. The sky was Photoshop blue, not a cloud to be seen. A balmy 18 degrees no less. Just magic! The wharf didn’t have swordfish today, but the oysters were nice, as were the other two kinds of fish that we tried. Sated with scrummy seafood, we hit the track and had a smooth trip up the hill, except for a couple of windy sections where it was a case of … hang on to your helmet. Malcolm Stewart Honda ST1300 Mark Everingham Suzuki DL 50 V-Strom Chinmay Pande Honda CBR 250R Gordon & Trish Triumph Tiger 1050 Home for a blood warming libation….. MRA ACT Membership renewals are now due for 2012/2013 financial year. Join and support the organisation that fights for your rights as a rider, promotes motorcycling to the community, and lobbies for better road and safety conditions for all riders. Come along and be involved in the matters that affect you as a rider. www.mraact.org.au Page 4 Lane Splitting 2011 Snowy Ride or as we say - Filtering Australian Motorcycle News (AMCN) article was published by Danielle Mahoney in their July edition to clarify the myths around Filtering or Lane Splitting. Rumours exist that filtering is not illegal, and technically this seems to be true. The term filtering or lane splitting is not mentioned in any of the Australian road rules. However, in every state and territory, the act of filtering or lane splitting contravenes road rules to do with passing on the left of a vehicle, crossing the ‘stop’ line at the lights, not leaving enough room when overtaking, not indicating, and not remaining within the marked lane or line of traffic. Police concerns include the risk of motorcyclists striking the extremities of vehicles that often resulting in assaults or malicious damage and accidents caused by driving being caught off guard with riders moving through traffic in an unexpected manner. Police say, there is no safe way to filter. Last month I included an article on the benefits of filter- ing. MRA ACT continues to represent and advocate for the ACT and the region’s motorcyclists to ACT bureau- crats in an effort to have the practice of filtering legiti- mised and the provision of filtering boxes at traffic lights. Here’s some facts to be aware of, close to home – ACT , NSW and Vic; QLD, SA, Tas, NT and WA are more of the same with the fines and demerit points varying. New South Wales Australian Capital Territory Road Rule 46 – Not give a left change of Victoria Road Rule 46 – Fail to give signal - $167 + direction signal - $165 + 2 demerit points Road Rule 46 – Fail to give signal - $140.84 2 demerit points Road Rule 48 – Not give a right change of + 2 demerit points direction signal - $165 + 2 demerit points Road Rule 56 – Fail to obey a stop line at Road Rule 56 – Fail to obey a stop line at Road Rule 56 – Not stop before stop line traffic lights - $291 + 3 demerit points traffic lights - $352.10 + 3 demerit points at red light - $397 + 3 demerit points Road Rule 132(1) – Fail to keep left of the Road Rule 68 – Not stop at / before stop Road Rule 132(1) – Fail to keep left of the centre of road - $219 + 2 demerit points line / stop sign - $298 + 3 demerit points centre of road - $176.05 + 2 demerit (+ 3 demerit points if double line) Road Rule 140 – Overtake when unsafe - points Road Rule 141(1) – Overtake vehicle on left - $298 + 2 demerit points Road Rule 141(1) – Overtake vehicle on
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