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Spot JOE Rider
[ October 22, 2011 00:00 to October 30, 2011 00:00. ] Our major rider awareness campaign during the Motorcycle Awareness Week (22 October – 30th October) is what is called “JOE Rider”. The campaign is about raising awareness of riders on our roads by other road users. This is to remind all road users that they share the road and must ride having consideration of other vehicles [...] -
BikeFest 30 October 2011
[ October 30, 2011; 09:00 to 15:00. ] This is the big one, the huge one, the one you can’t and mustn’t miss – BikeFest 2011 from 9.00am to 3:00pm at EPIC, entry by gold coin donation. And what a day we’ll have for you! There will be dealer displays, club displays, gymkhana events for certificates and prizes and the Show ‘n’ Shine with trophies [...] -
Protection Against Injury or Just the Weather Tuesday 25 October 6.30pm
[ October 25, 2011; 18:30 to 21:30. ] Liz de Rome is a Research Fellow specialising in motorcycle safety at the George Institute for Global Health, a not-for-profit research centre associated with the University of Sydney. Liz will be presenting her findings from the Gear Study. This study is world leading research into the effectiveness of protective clothing for motorcyclists. Come and listen to Liz [...] -
Motorcycle Awareness Week 22 October 2011
[ October 22, 2011 08:30 to October 30, 2011 15:00. ] Every year the Motorcycle Riders Association of the ACT (MRA ACT) brings together motorcyclists and the general community to raise awareness of motorcyclists on the road and to introduce the broader community to the benefits and fun of motorcycling. Motorcycle Awareness Week reinforces the need for riders to take responsibility for their own survival, by developing [...] -
Launch of UN Decade of Action for Road Safety 2011-2020
WEAR. BELIEVE. ACT. Decade For Action For Road Safety 2011-2020 Most of us know someone who has been affected by a road crash, either by being injured themselves, or through suffering a bereavement or injury to a family member or friend. Every day, around the world, 3,500 people leave home and never return because they have been suddenly, [...] -
Blue Knights supporting the Wall to Wall Ride for Rememberance
Blue Knights supporting the Wall to Wall Ride for Remembrance – Saturday 17 September The Blue Knights Australia ride details are as follows: Meeting : 10.00am for 10.45am departure At : Majura Park, cnr Mustang Ave and Catalina Drive. Meet in the car park diagonally across from MacDonalds/Caltex Fuel Station (click link below for map). Meet in the car [...] -
Change to Pre- Provisional Licence Training Course.
Statement “The MRA ACT is extremely disappointed about the cessation of the ACT government subsidy for the Pre-provisional Course for those motorcyclists who fail the P assessment. While the MRA ACT knows that a review of novice rider training is currently being undertaken, we expected that any cessation of the subsidy would be phased in over many [...] -
MRA-ACT on the Barton Highway
The MRA ACT calls on the ACT and NSW Governments to urgently address the rising road toll on the Barton Highway by duplicating the road to a four lane highway, as has been promised for many years. The increased number of people commuting between Canberra from Yass and surrounding areas as well as the increase in [...] -
MRA-ACT on Point-to-Point cameras
The MRA ACT is disappointed that the ACT Government is persisting in the introduction of point to point cameras. The MRA ACT does not condone any road user breaking the road rules, but does not support the current obsession with speeding as the overriding factor in road crashes. We support Allan Evans, spokesman for peak motoring [...] -
Welcome MR92: Nerriga to Nowra
Only 2.6km of this road is still to be sealed and is expected to be completed very soon. http://www.rta.nsw.gov.au/constructionmaintenance/downloads/southcoast/mr92_email_update_aug2010.pdf The opening ceremony is on October 2nd – NPSA Flyer Looks like its going to be a lovely road RTA Info Site Map
