Transcript Slide 1

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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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OECD/ITF Workshop: Practical measures
• 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.
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OECD/ITF Workshop: Practical measures
• 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.
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OECD/ITF Workshop: Practical measures
• 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.
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OECD/ITF Workshop: Practical measures
• 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.
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OECD/ITF Workshop: More information
• For more information:
• http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/safet
y/Lillehammer2008/Lillehammer08FinalReport.pdf#
search=“motorcycle safety workshop”
• http://www.internationaltransportforum.org/jtrc/safet
y/Lillehammer2008/Lillehammer08FinalReportAnne
xes.pdf
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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.
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Australian Summit
• Seven workshop topics with facilitators.
• Record of proceedings available on disk.
• Report at:
http://www.infrastructure.gov.au/roads/safety/public
ations/2009/msss_report.aspx
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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’.
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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.
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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)
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Rider protection
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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Current work
• Development of new post-2010 National Road
Safety Strategy.
• Good Gear Guide for Motorcycle and Scooter
Riders.
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