There are quite a lot of myths, untruths, misconceptions, call them what you will about motorcycling. And they tend to hang around, even after they should have been ‘fact-checked’ into oblivion. Why is that? What underlies the persistence of these myths? Click on the link to read the full article. Ride Forever (an ACC initiative)
E-scooter company Lime has made a formal proposal to operate in Rotorua, with planning under way for a six-month trial of 250 scooters. The proposal comes seven months after Lime’s e-scooters were banned from Auckland amid safety fears. In a report to a Rotorua Lakes Council committee meeting on Thursday, council chief executive Geoff Williams […]
During lockdown for COVID-19 many of us haven’t been able to get to the gym, play team sports or exercise with people outside our bubbles. We know many of you will have kept your activity levels pumping at home, but perhaps not as much as before lockdown. And that will mean you aren’t as match-fit […]
There was a huge drop in injury claims involving cars and motorcycles during Level 4 of the lockdown. As the roads emptied, claims from car crashes fell by 80% and for motorcycles by 76%. You don’t need to be a pessimist to predict much of that drop in accidents will reverse when New Zealand moves […]
The woman who ran out of Pak ‘n Save without paying, pushing a shopping trolley filled with plastic food wrap, yelling a promise to “sort it out later”. The look of shock on the faces of first responders, especially the younger ones, and their stoicism. The sight of ambulance officers comforting a young boy, separated […]
An official report estimates allowing cycling on footpaths could lead to one death and 17 serious injuries a year but still have a $10 million upside. But opponents say the cost-benefit analysis is flawed and ignores the benefit of people being able to walk around safely. The government is proposing to let bikes, e-bikes and […]
She’s a mountain bike certified coach and her business card, which probably hasn’t had wide distribution yet, also identifies Paula Pietersma as a mountain biking addict. Perhaps she needs to be, because just as Pietersma’s coaching service was starting to wind up — after months of preparation and gaining compliance — Covid-19 lockdown meant she […]
Road crash reports collected by NZ Police have often been used as a basis for guiding various road safety and crash prevention campaigns. A novel collaborative study published in the Journal of Road Safety (May 2020) involving the Midland Trauma System and NZTA suggests that in the case of on-road motorcycle crashes, police reports may […]
Driver fatigue and unsafe vehicles are just two of the concerns police have as travel restrictions ease, allowing people to move freely around the country once again. New Zealand moved to alert level 2 on Thursday, meaning inter-regional travel is once again allowed after close to eight weeks without it. Before hitting the road Waikato […]
Crashes have doubled in the Waikato as more people leave their homes and head back to work under alert level 3. For the week ending April 29, which consisted of just two days under alert level 3, there were 47 crashes and 194 driving complaints, Waikato road policing manager Inspector Jeff Penno said. That was a jump from 20 […]
What are the biggest myths in biking, and why?
There are quite a lot of myths, untruths, misconceptions, call them what you will about motorcycling...
New trauma patient system expected to save lives
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