Motorcycle Reconstruction - TAC tv road safety commercial

The latest TAC public education campaign targets two of Victoria's biggest issues in road safety -- motorcycle safety and speed.

The campaign, titled "Reconstruction", features a slow motion replay of a crash involving a motorcyclist and a car. The ad graphically depicts the rider suffering a broken neck as a result of his speeding prior to the collision.

Victoria Police Major Collision Investigator Detective Acting Senior Sergeant Peter Bellion features in the ad and explains how the crash could be avoided had the rider obeyed the speed limit.

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[xbeejx]

Here is another scenario:

Thursday afternoon in a 60 zone, riding at 60km/h.

Rider sees what he thinks could be a speed camera and worries he could be 2km/h over the speed limit and thus fair game for one of the thousands of speed cameras in the state to hit him with a $120 fine.

Rider checks his speedo at an inopportune time - in the one Second it takes him to focus on it, register his speed is ok he travels 16 meters. Looks up to find the idiot in the car above pulling out on him.

[MickyD6T9]

How about the one thing we change is THAT THE DRIVER GIVES WAY! That is actually what the law requires in this situation, whether or not the bike is travelling at 60 or 68 km/h.

[tarekalmaghrabi]

Another scenario: Thursday afternoon in a 60 zone. This 34 year old was on his way home, its our job to find out why he never got there. The rider broke his neck here on impact having crashed into this car that was turning right. By analyzing the impact we know he hit the car at 28km/hr and these marks on the road tell us he skidded for 17 meters having breaked hard here. When he first reacted, he was doing just 60!The car came a second later and killed him because the driver didnt look properly

[mal1198]

A crap ad, if i locked up the back wheel like that i would expect to slide further increasing a chance of a collision. I like to use my front brake in 90% of riding as it provides 75% of my stopping power, only in wet or on a loose surface would I apply more rear brake to guage the level of front grip so i dont fall over. DUH If you really like to speed like me, take it to the track, cheaper than a fine, safer and more fun as no cops or cars :) Now hmm leathers, boots, helmet and gloves :)

[Joseph A Bold]

That is excellent! Well done PSA.

[Geddiz]

I agree that it's unfortunate that drivers can sometimes be less aware of bikers out there, I've had plenty of near-missed myself with cars pulling out in my path.

However, it doesn't matter whether you're in the right or wrong when you're dead, so expect and plan for other people to not see you and sometimes just not care if you have right of way, it's kept me alive on the roads so far.

[STXTZ750]

How about that idiot that parked his car right before the intersection (0:44) ?? How come nobody says anything about him? He and others like him should be held accountable for any accident that may and will happen in situations like these, because neither the car, nor the motorist will see each other until it's too late!

[baird55aus]

The why don't they say that.

if the ad said we know the car driver is wrong but there is no point being "dead right" then we wouldn't find this ad to be as distasteful as it is. It is as silly as saying don't go to the movies in case you get shot - we maybe not quite but you get my drift.

[baird55aus]

They handled this wrong -this ad is inflammatory when it does not need to be. They should have started with something along the lines -"you can right but is it worth being DEAD right" and then gone in to their message. The bike rider is right and the car driver is wrong but it is the bike rider who ends up dead and what the bike rider needs to do to better his survival chance on the road is then the message.

[MrRacky95]

Apart from speed

lets change one small thing

lets make sure the driver gives way for the biker

you decide to obey traffic rules

the physics decides whether you go to jail or not

[marcomvagusta]

Thumbs up of you think it was the guy in the cars fault for not looking before pulling out...

[Jmsimer]

Those who criticize this for its focus on speed make good observations, but miss the point.

When you are on your motorcycle, do YOU control whether the other driver looks carefully at a stop sign, before changing lanes, etc?

You DO control your speed. Keep it reasonable, and you have a better chance of avoiding injury when that idiot creates a hazard. The point is not that it's the rider's FAULT, just if he observed the speed limit, he could have avoided dying due to the driver's stupidity.