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Hey a freind who works for the government sent me these.
She had shown a college the "motorcyclists beware this isnt eastern creek, take it easy" street sign that Ty posted (http://www.ksrc-au.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=3332)

This guy is currently responding to a 'SA Motorcycle Safety Strategy' draft

here are some of the statistics from that

5-year trend 1999-2004 where 175 riders were either killed or seriously
injured per year in SA. of these:

90% were male
23% of fatalities & 11% of serious injuries showed a blood alcohol level of
.05 or above when tested
52% of serious casualties occurred in the Adelaide Metro area
31% occurred on roads sign-posted 100 km/h or more
4% were not wearing helmets at the time of the crash
37% of serious casualties occurred on Sat or Sun
23% were as a result of 'hit fixed object' type crash
4% held a learners permit
5% held a provisional licence
12% were unliscenced (never held one, liscensed had lapsed or disqualified)
5% of fatalities were pillion
& the presence of a pillion passenger approx doubled the risk of fatality


the last one is a bit of a worry hey?
although a great reason to go out solo on the weekends

The Pillion Stat is the only one that Surprised me in there, Good post Ment. Does that also cover Dirt bikes in the backyard & kids ?.
Cheers Brett

Pontikat wrote:The Pillion Stat is the only one that Surprised me in there, Good post Ment. Does that also cover Dirt bikes in the backyard & kids ?.
Cheers Brett

hmm with a high number of drunks,inexperienced riders,and non helmet wearing riders, id say that the study certainly included fukwits...damn theres sum fools out there...