Motorcycle and bicycle safety : report, May 1978 / House of Representatives Standing Committee on Road Safety

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Australia. Parliament. House of Representatives. Standing Committee on Road Safety
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MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE SAFETY House of Representatives Standing Committee on Road Safety Report May 1978 1
MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE SAFETY REPORT FROM THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY 3
TABLE OF CONTENTS 7
REPORT FROM COMMITTEE 11
MOTORCYCLE AND BICYCLE SAFETY SUB-COMMITTEE REPORT TO THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES STANDING COMMITTEE ON ROAD SAFETY 13
RECOMMENDATIONS 15
ABBREVIATIONS 23
CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 25
CHAPTER 2 THE NATURE AND MAGNITUDE OF THE PROBLEM 29
CHAPTER 3 MOTORCYCLE SAFETY 55
CHAPTER 4 BICYCLE SAFETY 103
CHAPTER 5 MOPEDS 129
APPENDIX 1 Page 1 LIST OF WITNESSES 139
APPENDIX 2 Page 1 EXHIBITS AND SUBMISSIONS 146
APPENDIX 3 MOTORCYCLES ON REGISTER AT 31 DECEMBER AUSTRALIA, 1960 - 1975 (' 000) 160
APPENDIX 4 Page 1 TABLE 1 SUMMARY OF SEX AND AGE CHARACTERISTICS OF MOTORCYCLISTS 161
APPENDIX 5 Page 1 TABLE 1 MOTORCYCLIST DEATHS AND YEARS OF EXPERIENCE IN MEW SOUTH WALES IN 1970 AND 1971 163
APPENDIX 6 TABLE 1 NUMBER OF MOTORCYCLE CRASHES INVOLVED AND NUMBER REGISTERED BY CAPACITY IN TASMANIA, 1974-75 165
APPENDIX 7 TRAFFIC CRASHES IN THE NEW SOUTH WALES LEVEL TWO STUDY OF MOTORCYCLE CRASHES, BY THE TIME OF DAY AND DAY OF WEEK OF THE CRASH OCCURRENCE 166
TABLE 1 OCCURRENCE OF MOTORCYCLE ACCIDENT TYPES, APPENDIX 8 Page 1 MARYLAND, USA, 1971 167
APPENDIX 9 SUMMARY OF TYPES OF REPORTED CASUALTIES IN MOTORCYCLE CRASHES 172
TABLE 1 NUMBER AND TYPE OF COLLISIONS INVOLVING APPENDIX 10 Page 1 PEDAL CYCLES, AUSTRALIA, 1963 TO 1976 173
APPENDIX 10 Page 2 TABLE 2 NUMBER OF PEDAL CYCLISTS KILLED OR INJURED IN ROAD TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS, AUSTRALIA, 1963 TO 1976 174
APPENDIX 11 Page 1 DRAFT REGULATIONS AND AUSTRALIAN DESIGN RULES 176
APPENDIX 12 Page 1 MOTORCYCLE TRAINING COURSES IN AUSTRALIA 180
APPENDIX 13 Page 1 RECOMMENDATIONS APPLICABLE TO RIDERS OF MOTORCYCLES 184
APPENDIX 14 Page 1 COMPARISON OF PERFORMANCE REQUIREMENTS FOR MOTORCYCLE HELMET STANDARDS 188
APPENDIX 15 Page 1 AUSTRALIAN MOTOR VEHICLE STANDARDS COMMITTEE DRAFT REGULATIONS CHAPTER III - EQUIPMENT REQUIREMENTS - PEDAL CYCLES 191
APPENDIX 16 Page 1 PHYSICAL IMPROVEMENTS AND FACILITIES NEEDED BY CYCLISTS 193
APPENDIX 17 Page 1 TABLE 1 HOPED REGULATIONS IN EUROPE 199

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