Motorcycle safety forum and skills training weekend comes to Mildura

COMMUNITY Roadsafe Mildura will hold a motorbike safety weekend on Friday and Saturday, October 22 and 23, starting with a free motorcycle forum on the Friday evening at The Alfred Deakin Centre.

The safety weekend offers local riders, from novice to experienced, the chance to access invaluable road safety and riding tips from the Honda Australia Rider Training (HART) team, paramedics, Victoria Police representatives and guest speaker Brian Rix.

Highlighting the importance of safety training for all motorcyclists, HART and Victoria Police presenters will share statistics with the group indicating that motorcyclists are over-represented in statewide crashes.

Although motorbikes make up just 3.8 per cent of all registered vehicles, they make up about 20 per cent of all serious injury incidents.

Locally, 25 per cent of roundabout crashes involve motorcycles and cars colliding and a large majority of off-road crashes.

There will be a qualified paramedic who will show how to respond to a motorcycle crash and guest speaker and author Brian Rix will talk about his world-famous motorcycle experiences.

Roadsafe Mildura executive officer Tressna Martin said that the last event supported a variety of participants – from experienced riders to people who have just obtained their licence.

“We had a wide variety of bikes – from a brand new Bonneville to Harleys to Hondas and Yamahas,” Ms Martin said.

The free forum on Friday at 6pm is followed by a skills training day at Austlink on Saturday at $40.

The safety weekend is funded by VicRoads Community Road Safety Grants, Mildura Council and local sponsors.

For more information contact Community Roadsafe Mildura Motorcycle representatives Sy Nunan on 0409 437 069 or Moose McGowan on 0407 092 687 or book on Eventbrite.