Real vs Reel.

[dutchy]

Quick rant. I'm fuckin sick of TAC laying the blame on Motorcyclists. The new ad is unbefarkinleavable. A dickshit in a car pulls in front of a motorcycle and the finger is only pointed at the motorbike.






but then someone pointed this out to me. Nice

[philbo]

i hope TAC get there ass chewed out over this ad!!!
it is the running with the supershit add the other year back. absolutely appalling. Such a good chance to make cagers aware of motorcyclists gone to waste
now if old mate had of pulled out in front of a semi, would the semi still get blamed?

that new one much better

[Jonno]

Vote 1. Dutchy for transport minister, then all us ex Vics might want to come back.

[dilligaf]

Whole thing is dodgy. An R1 at 68kph couldn't stop in 49 metres and was still doing 30k at the end? Did the sums (think TAC have it on their website) and it assumes a 1.5 second reaction time and a 0.7g deceleration, which is what the accident re-constructionists assume for a car in good conditions.
The rider locks the rear, which probably explains the crap braking distance and seems to target fixate. He also rode with a locked rear for 21 metres which is a good effort.
Other points are the car didn't indicate, was slow as shit getting across the road and even when the rider was at the speed limit, still came out.

[smithy5]

I'm sitting on the fence on this one at the moment Nah... not really... it's more Government propaganda....

I think it is a worthwhile add for new or returning bike riders and should be part of a licence course. Cemeteries are full of people who were in the right.
If I ever have an accident (touch wood), despite who was at fault, the first thing I would ask myself is.... what could I have done differently to have avoided it.
I reckon this is the point that the TAC are trying to promote with this, but they missed the mark.

Where I believe it falls over, is that cage drivers will see this as an excuse to justify their actions, people usually look for someone else to blame.
"I might be in the wrong, but if the bike wasn't speeding, blah blah blah"........

I reckon they could have done the same add, without the 8kph speed thrown in. Have a bike doing 60 in a 60 zone and make the point that doing say, 55 in that situation results in a near miss....

I also agree It undoes a lot of good from previous campaigns that have more cages than before.. "looking twice for bikes" etc etc.......

my2cents

[captain slow]

what a crock of steaming runny brown crap . the victorian goverment takes riders money and does nothing to help thier plight with idiot gage drivers ,how about they teach the road rules that for sum reason a heel of alot of drivers dont know

[BarraSpalding]

gt fkd. what bullshit!

[Cojack]

News article on the Age website covering it:

http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/societ ... 1yczr.html

[hoffy]

All this says to me is it's ok to perform an irresponsible right turn across traffic...is that a correct takeout?

[un_majstk]

worst ad ever.

[EDU]

Not to mention that 68km/h on the bike's speedo is actually around 62km/h... so you deserve the blame for doing 2km/h above the limit. Good work TAC.

[stetto]

Thankgod it wasnt a kawasaki

[Gosling1]

its a shitful ad that deserves nothing but contempt.

The subminal message that it is OK for car drivers to make mistakes even if someone else dies, is just all kinds of fucked.

TAC can eat a dick.

[Stereo]

My wife saw that ad, and said "Sure going 10KM an hour slower would have allowed him to stop in time.... but if he was going 10KM faster he would have already been past the driver".

[swearbear9r]

Well said man. It's always our falt