the right line provides you with tips for riding your motorcycle safely and how to be a better rider.

It provides advice on:

• how to stay out of trouble by observing, anticipating and responding to hazards
• riding curves to maximise your safety
• dealing with intersections
• keeping your ‘survival space’
• riding in different conditions
• how to stay alert on the road.
• Crash statistics show that motorcycle and scooter riders have a higher risk of death or injury compared to other vehicle occupants. That’s nearly 900 killed or seriously injured each year in Victoria - or about 14 per cent of the road toll.

From motorcycle and scooter crashes that have been reported to police we know that the majority of injury crashes occur in dry weather. This is most likely because this is when more people ride. Not surprisingly more than half of all crashes take place in metropolitan areas where traffic is heaviest. We also know that:

• half involve a motorcycle or scooter only with no other vehicle reported
• half involve crashes with other vehicles – sometimes the fault of other drivers
• around half of all crashes happen on curves
• over a third happen at intersections where other vehicle drivers often do not see the motorcycle or scooter.

Regardless of who is at fault, as a motorcycle or scooter rider you are about 30 times more likely to be involved in a crash resulting in death or serious injury than a car occupant.

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