The Australian state of Tasmania instituted its Towards Zero Action Plan 2020-2024 in order to develop sound road safety initiatives. By identifying the state’s high-risk areas, officials hope to greatly reduce both serious injuries and deaths on the roadways. Unfortunately, one of those high-risk activities is motorcycling, and authorities are asking the riding public to help shape new policies.
Despite Tasmania enhancing its graduated motorcyclist licensing system with additional training and assessment requirements, motorcyclists were still involved in a third of the state’s serious crashes in 2021. To get to the root of the issue, policymakers are focusing on learner and provisional license holders. In the last decade, novice motorcyclists were involved in deadly crashes ten times more often than fully licensed riders.
