2021 MRAWA Annual General Meeting
Dear MRAWA Member, The MRAWA Committee provides 42 day notice to all MRAWA members to hold our Annual General Meeting 2021 The meeting will be held upstairs at the Victoria Park Hotel, 605 Albany Highway in Victoria Park on the 16th November at 7.30pm Finger food will be provided by the MRAWA, after the General meeting and before […]
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2021 MRAWA Constitution For member Voting
Dear MRAWA Member, The MRAWA Committee provides 21 day notice to all MRAWA members to hold a General Meeting / proposed Special Resolution. The meeting will be held upstairs at the Victoria Park Hotel, 605 Albany Highway in Victoria Park on the 19th October at 7.30pm. Notice of Business A Special Resolution is proposed to adopt […]
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MotoCap (Motorcycle Protective Clothing) – Jackets, Pants, Gloves
There is misinformation circulating in social media at present, that behind the MotoCap Safety Ratings, there is an agenda to enforce compulsory wearing of protective clothing. Simply not true. An excerpt from Dave Wright Motorcycle Consulting statement on this: MotoCap has been developed over the past 10 years and with some of the best protocols […]
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Lane Filtering ‘Freeway’ Exclusion Removed
Actual ‘Good News’ that the ‘Freeway Lane Filtering Exclusion’ has been removed officially in the new legislation filed today 29th March (see the diagram of the deletion of the term ‘freeway). All the emails that were sent by riders to the Road Safety Commission and the Minister letting them know our thoughts on this matter […]
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Update Regarding Lane Filtering (Media Release)
– (addressing some comments and grievances) When the MRAWA announced the upcoming lane filtering laws, many were upset, as were the MRAWA committee and members about ‘Freeways’ being excluded. As far as the ban on lane filtering on freeways is concerned, we were totally blindsided and shocked by this clause. Our stance was like many, […]
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MOTORCYCLE LANE FILTERING REGULATION March 29
MRA has been the driving force in lobbying for legal ‘lane filtering’ here in WA since 2011. After many years of sometimes frustrating lobbying, going back to our initial meeting on this issue in 2011 when Troy Buswell was the Minister for Transport, we have finally received news on this issue. Lane filtering was discussed at […]
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7 Motorcycle Riders killed in January 2021
Hi, my name is David Wright, and I’m a longtime motorcycle rider. I’ve come to talk to you today about the terrible start we’ve had to 2021. So far this year, we’ve lost 23 people on our roads. Of those 23 people 30% of the motorcyclists. So that’s seven motorcycles dead since the start of […]
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Bus Lane Use for MC Riders Trial Deemed Illegal – Challenged by MRAWA
The Road Safety Commission advised us via email on Wednesday, 24 June 2020 9:56 AM on the decision to ban the sharing of motorcycles to share certain bus lanes. They further advised us that Main Roads WA will be removing signs from five metro bus lanes that permit motorcycles to share the lanes. This follows […]
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New Road Safety Commissioner for WA appointed
Adrian Warner has been appointed as Road Safety Commissioner for Western Australia for a five-year term. Mr Warner has more than 30 years’ experience in senior leadership roles Commonwealth and West Australian public sectors, as well as the private sector, and boasts strong credentials in policy and strategy development. As an avid recreational cyclist, Mr […]
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Statement regarding the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2020
Source: https://www.motogp.com.au/fan-zone/news/australian-motorcycle-grand-prix-2020-cancelled The Australian Grand Prix Corporation (AGPC) in conjunction with Dorna Sports today announced the Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2020 is cancelled due to restrictions relating to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. The Australian Motorcycle Grand Prix 2020 was due to be held at the Phillip Island Grand Prix Circuit from 23-25 October. Full refunds […]
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Free Motorcycle Rider Road Craft Course
ENROLE NOW – see attached forms Where – Mirrabooka Library, 21 Sudbury Road. Mirrabooka. Date – 21st October Time – 9:30am to 1:30pm Contact – Dave Wright of Motorcycle Consulting 0418 954 424 Ride Right registration Oct. 2018 Mirrabooka Ride Right flier Mirrabooka Oct 2018
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PRESS RELEASE – Motorcycle Safety Week 23rd to 29th April 2017
The Motorcycle Riders Association of WA Inc. has made a plea to motorcycle and scooter riders to accept that we are a group of vulnerable road users and as such we need to understand that the road environment, speed, our behaviour and other road user mistakes can all add to the chance that we will […]
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