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FOOTNOTES TO CHAPTER 2

  1. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Survey of Motor Vehicle Usage Australia, Catalogue No. 9208.0, Canberra, 1989, p. 11.

  2. VicRoads, data provided to the Committee.

  3. Victoria changed to a combined licence in 1990 so that it is now difficult to determine how many people are licensed to ride motorcycles.

  4. VicRoads, Submission to the Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, March 1991, p. 45.

  5. Ibid., p. 44.

  6. Ms M. Watts, Minutes of Evidence, 22 May 1991, p. 12.

  7. Mr G. Roff, Minutes of Evidence, 22May 1991, p.40.

  8. J. Lechmus, Report: Motorcycle Conspicuity Study prepared for Road Traffic Authority by Precision Research, Melbourne 1989, Appendix 3.

  9. Federal Office of Road Safety, Submission to the Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, May 1991 p. 1.

  10. Australian Bureau of Statistics, op. cit.

  11. Ibid.

  12. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motor Vehicle Registrations: Australia 1989-90, Catalogue No. 9304.0, Canberra, 1991, p. 21.

  13. Ibid, p. 19.

  14. However, these new registrations increased in number in 1988-89 and 1989-90. They declined again in 1990-91.

  15. Accident statistics suggest that the number of unregistered motorcycles is also declining: Vicroads, op. cit., p. 47.

  16. Ms M. Watts, op. cit., p. 12; Mr J. Fabre, Vicroads, personal communication to Committee staff, 16 January 1992.

  17. Ms M. Watts, op. cit., p. 12;

  18. Social Development Committee, Inquiry into Motorcycle Safety in Victoria, First Report: Motorcycle Visibility, March 1992, Appendix D, pp.161-162.

  19. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motor Vehicle Census Australia 30 September 1988, Catalogue No. 9309.0, Canberra, 1989, p. 9.

  20. Social Development Committee, op. cit.

  21. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Motor Vehicle Registrations Australia, op. cit. pp. 15-18.

  22. P. Rogerson, Accident Involvement and Exposure by type of Motorcycle, Vicroads Report GR 91-5, 1991, p. 13.

  23. Australian Bureau of Statistics, Survey of Motor Vehicle Use Australia, op. cit.

  24. J.B. Toomath & W.T. White, "New Zealand Survey of Driver Exposure to Risk of Accidents' , Accident Analysis and Prevention, Vol. 14, 1982, p. 407.

  25. P. Rogerson, op. cit., p. iv, based on 30% response rate; Australian Bureau of Statistics, Survey of Motor Vehicle Use Australia, op. cit; INSTAT, Day-to-Day Travel in Australia1985-86, Federal Office of Road Safety Report No. CR 69, Dept of Transport and Communications, Canberra, 1988.