Your treatment of the subject was great… and I agree that we should just all remember that that there is a person!

…

carbon foot print is the buzz word of the century and it drives me up the wall! :P

and to the others here who keep thinking spped cameras save lives and lowers speeds save lives….well your wrong! all it does is turn the place into a police state where you are watching your speedo more than the road…

imo (and that of many others – NOT the vic governmnet though) is that DRIVER EDUCATION saves lives…none of these draconian laws which are blatant attempts at raising revenue….

consider this scenario:
your driving along a freeway doing 110 in a 100 zone (so ur 10 ks over), soon after you get snapped by a speed camera, then about 1 minute after you merge into the next lane and collect another motorist…how does a speed camera save ur life their? all it does is send your grieving family a speeding ticket for the day of your death…hardly life saving

after that if i drive i look out for scooters or motorbikes and give alot of space.

max speed on moped scooters is pretty low at about 50kmh so if u think the scooter is slow they are problably maxed out. and the engine is screaming. but it actually feels like doing 100-110kmh in a car. very scary. dont forget u need to look out for potholes and small stones and maybe banana skins which is kind of hard when u need to watch out for cars front rear left and right. even cross winds can blow u left or right.

how the hell does a fast car SAVE lives. do you morons post on here and actually listen to what you say?

i have purchased a motor cycle a number of months ago and since then i have actually kept an eye out for bikes…. WHY might you ask? because cars more often than not cause the accidents!

they swerve without checking blind spots, pull out without looking, etc etc etc, you could go on all day about this.

anyway all im saying is that motorists have to be aware of motorcycles on the road. im sure none of you would feel very happy if you killed a motorcyclist in a crash regardless of whose fault it was.

I see your subtlety in the closing paragraph.

I hope you were not implying that I was a café a racer in your reply. I too commute on two wheels, although only ~480km per weeks, and I have been riding for 23 years. I also ride in all weather conditions. The most exciting time was Phillip Island @ 250kmh on Pilot Power Race tyres, this is very good way to learn about the feel of the bike below you. Although not recommended for inexperienced riders. I have attended some 25 trackdays up and the down the East Coast. I believe trackdays are best way for motorcyclist to improve the skills, but unfortunately they do not cater for scooters!

The article is simply reflecting a point of view popular in the media which I thought to be ‘news worthy’ and was placed on the site accordingly.

Two wheeled motor transport should be encouraged. Scooters and motor cycles have a smaller carbon foot print, reduce traffic congestion, reduce parking problems and reduce road degradation.
AAMI needs to be far more open-minded about all forms of legalised modes of transport. I am in the process of cancelling all my AAMI insurance policies. I advise all other two wheeled commuters to do the same.

I wish everyone was as good a driver as Benjie in fast cars there would be no such thing as a road toll & no accidents either.

A custom xr6 turbo can run 400m in less then 11 seconds.
a custom xr8 can do the same in less then that (but with a bit more cash required)

My current car runs 15 seconds stock, and 13 now. I run my car at WSID every Wednesday, and have done so for over 15 months, the same amount of time that I have had my red P’s, im only 18.

So far I have been caught for the following offenses
.
.
.
.
.

Wow, that was a long list. As you can see, I am a rev head! I love speed, I love attention, I love my cars, I love driving. But I see no need to prove myself to others on the road. If some douche bag wants to “take me” on the lights, I tell them to pull over and give them a coupon from WSID for a free run. 50% they show up, and become a regular. The other half end up dead, trying to show off on the road.

Moral: Just because I am on my red p’s =/= hoon on the road. If you are a hoon, meet me at WSID on Wednesday, see how tuff you are around real cars

I’m not saying there aren’t bad motorcyclists out there, but there are an increasing number of scooter riders are lacking a lot of common sense.

If I come off my bike at 30kph it is going to hurt. Will it hurt less on a scoot?

Where are most accidents around the city or highways with the trucks ? Would be interested to know .

Also I read resently that since NT cancelled their no speed limit policy on the open road the road toll has gone up ! Interesting !

The only reason you think dropping the speed from 100 to 80 on the Westgate is good, is because everyone else will be going the same speed as you in the right hand lane…which people like you continuously hog under the speed limit.

Fast cars save lives. Slow and inept drivers – much like yourself – don’t.

50cc scooters are a hazard on the road, as they are simply too slow and struggle to keep up with the traffic flow, particularly up hills. I don’t have a problem with motorbikes or scooters otherwise.

With regards to your attack on modified cars – I’m not sure if you’ve realised this, but it’s actually a lot cheaper to modify a cheaper car than to buy a Ferrari! Maybe it’s just me, but I definitely can’t afford one, so if I was looking for a fast car (which I’m not) I would have to use mods to get it up to speed.

Let me guess, you’re one of those conservative types who thinks that everyone should drive a Prius and hug trees? and that cars should be speed limited to 100km/h and all cars should have no more than 50kW.

Take Germany for example, Autobahns must be the safest roads on the planet, despite having very reasonable speed limits and unlimited speed limits in certain areas.

Fast cars can save lives…narrow minded people like you create legislation that doesn’t save lives!

What if anything,do either of you do to proactively avoid being too close when things might go wrong?
Rely on your fantastic driving skills?

We should ban all moron motorcylists who insist on lane splitting at speed and hogging the first row at the lights, only to find out they’re too slow to take off!