motorcycle and scooter safety speaker: joe motha economy: australia

Motorcycle and Scooter Safety

Speaker: Joe Motha

Economy: Australia

Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the New South Wales Centre for Road Safety, Roads and Traffic Authority, New South Wales, Australia, for permission to use some of their excellent educational material.

Two PTW workshops

• Motorcycle and Scooter Safety Summit: The Road Ahead

– Canberra, Australia, 10-11 April 2008.

• OECD/ITF Workshop on Motorcycling Safety– Lillehammer, Norway, 10-11 June 2008.

OECD/ITF Workshop

• Organised in association with Norwegian Public Roads Administration.

• Objectives: identify problems; discuss practical solutions; propose measures to improve safety.

• About 100 participants from 21 countries, including Australia.

OECD/ITF Workshop: General principles

• Stakeholder cooperation: Improving safety requires continuing dialogue and cooperation.

• Transport and infrastructure policy: Include motorcycles in transport policy and infrastructure policy/management.

• Research and evaluation: Countermeasures must be founded on evidence-based scientific research into driver and rider behaviour and before/after evaluations conducted.

OECD/ITF Workshop: Practical measures

• Training programs for motorcyclists: Countries have different training needs based on vehicle fleet and riding environment

- training should build on existing standards, focus on risk awareness/avoidance and develop understanding of rider/motorcycle capacities and limitations.


• Improved training for general drivers: Include awareness and acceptance of motorcyclists and traffic scanning strategies as component of training.

• Braking systems: Manufacturers to continue to introduce advanced braking systems such as combined braking systems and ABS.

• Safety messages to riders: Develop safety messages in partnership with rider groups. Develop codes of responsible practice eg motorcycling press, rider organisations.


• Integrated awareness campaigns: Regular targeted campaigns for motorcyclists and other road users. “Road safety means road sharing”

• Guidelines for development of road infrastructure and training for road designers: Include measures for accommodating motorcycles in infrastructure guidelines.

• Protective equipment for riders: Promote existing standards or develop if they don’t exist.


• Policy dialogue: Meetings to facilitate communication and build confidence between motorcycle stakeholders and policy makers.

• ITS: Incorporate enhanced motorcycle awareness into all vehicle ITS projects.

• Innovation and pilot schemes: If countermeasures not based on research, test and evaluate in pilot scheme.


• Speed warning systems: Encourage use as technology develops.

• Global technical regulations: Minimum safety performance should be based on Global Technical Regulations.

• Headlamps in daytime: To improve conspicuity, new motorcycles – automatically on; others – switch on when motorcycle is started.

OECD/ITF Workshop: More information

• For more information:• http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/

safety/Lillehammer2008/Lillehammer08FinalReport.pdf#search=“motorcycle safety workshop”

• http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/safety/Lillehammer2008/Lillehammer08FinalReportAnnexes.pdf

http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/safety/Lillehammer2008/Lillehammer08FinalReportAnnexes.pdf



Australian Summit

• First ever national motorcycle and scooter safety summit.

• About 100 participants by invitation only.

• Objectives: Explore key issues; identify scope to improve existing safety measures and develop new measures; provide input to new National Road Safety Strategy based on practical, evidence-based measures.

• International and Australian speakers.

Australian Summit

• Seven workshop topics with facilitators.

• Record of proceedings available on disk.

• Report at: http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2009/msss_report.aspx

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2009/msss_report.aspx

http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/publications/2009/msss_report.aspx

Recommendations

• Seven categories: data and analysis; rider protection; training and licensing; education; risk taking; enforcement; road infrastructure and roadside hazards.

• Recommendations: one key action (first dot point – red text); other recommendations ‘future directions’.

Data and analysis

• Working Group of stakeholders to develop information strategy to define data needs in short, medium and long term.

• PTWs included in all transport planning.• Link separate databases.• Periodic quality audits of databases.• Harmonise data definitions and codes.

Data and analysis

• Real time data – on-line collection.• Use in-depth studies like MAIDS to identify key

factors in crashes• New technology to improve crash investigation eg

GPS data, digital cameras.• Use improved data to evaluate rider training.• Improve analysis of crash stats by vehicle class (eg

trikes, quads, mopeds etc)

Rider protection

• Implement star rating system for protective clothing.• Access to good information on protective clothing.• Seek GST exemption for clothing.• Review helmet standard to align with international

best practice.• Encourage potential funding bodies (insurance

companies, manufacturers etc) to fund data collection and research to establish if any design features are systematically related to particular injuries.

Training and licensing

• Convene expert group to develop criteria for national graduated training and licensing systems.

• Implement post-licence training as continuation of licensing process, particularly for returning riders.

• Incorporate best practice knowledge, attitudes and higher order cognitive skills into rider education programs.

• Incentives for riders to stay on Learner Approved Motorcycle Scheme (LAMS) – lower reg fees/premiums

Education

• Public education strategies for motorcycle and scooter safety should include key messages for riders and other road users.

• Identify jurisdiction-specific safety issues that can be addressed through education and implement appropriate targeted actions.

• Share motorcycle public education strategies nationally where appropriate.

Education

• Establish key partnerships between riders, road safety authorities and other stakeholders (eg insurers) to help in delivery of motorcycle safety messages.

• Explore new ways to communicate messages – viral marketing, national motorcycle awareness day.

• Conduct attitudinal and behavioural research on riders and drivers’ attitudes to riders.

Education

• Establish/maintain effective consultative framework for road safety authorities and rider reps to develop safety messages.

• Evaluate existing messages including engagement, recognition and behaviour change among target audience.

• Provide training for crash scene police to help them identify hazards and issues specific to motorcycle crashes.

Risk taking

• Education campaigns focused on high attention levels, manage risks and take responsibility for themselves/rider groups by not engaging in risky behaviour.

• Research role of fatigue in single-vehicle crashes and in group riding and use results to develop education program.

• Education campaigns addressing speeding and unlicensed, unregistered and intoxicated riders.

Risk taking

• Targeted education campaign with message that motorcycles and alcohol do not mix.

• Share info on fatigue with OH&S agencies and mining industry; examine military responses to fatigue.

• Promote group rides to minimise fatigue.

Enforcement

• Implement community policing campaigns to educate other road users to be mindful of motorcyclists.

• Target enforcement at high-risk behaviour, including offences other than speeding.

• Target drivers and riders commiting life endangering offences, particularly non-licensed riders and non-registered motorcycles.

Enforcement

• Need for both overt and covert enforcement. Mix provides better anywhere, anytime effect.

• Investigate alternative vehicle identification systems such as radio frequency identification devices.

Road infrastructure and roadside hazards

• Develop Australia-wide website for reporting road hazards.

• Scope best practice infrastructure-related motorcycle safety measures and develop national guidelines.

• Scope best practice safety measures for roadside barriers.

Road infrastructure and roadside hazards

• Auditing schemes for roadside hazards take account of specific motorcycle hazards.

• Communicate research and best practice by facilitating professional development education for traffic engineers.

• Review national motorcycle-related black spot funding criteria – treating these will also benefit other vehicles.

Current work

• Development of new post-2010 National Road Safety Strategy.

• Good Gear Guide for Motorcycle and Scooter Riders.

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