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Front number plates, says watchdog
Victoria's road safety camera boss has put front identification for motorcycles back on the agenda in his yearly report to state parliamentAccording to a report in the Herald-Sun newspaper, Victoria’s recently appointed road safety camera commissioner wants to see front identification brought in for motorcycles and scooters – and make it retrospective, too.
In his annual report tabled in state parliament today, commissioner Gordon Lewis, a former county court judge, said that 60 percent of powered two-wheelers escaped fines because they could not be identified when detected by speeding cameras.
"Motorcycles and motor scooters should be required to be equipped with the means to enable road safety cameras to identify the registered number of a motorcycle from a front perspective, thus bringing motorcycles and motor scooters into line with all other registered motor vehicles,'' Mr Lewis said in his annual report.
"There is considerable opposition to motorcycle front number plates from motorcycle lobby groups and I received a lengthy written response from the Victorian Motorcycle Council. The logic of this submission was elusive and it did not persuade me that my concern was ill founded.
"Increased speed limit enforcement of motorcycles would be achieved by mandatory front identification. Increased speed limit enforcement of motorcycles would reduce motorcycle speeds.
"A reduction in average motorcycle speeds would reduce motorcycle casualties both in number and severity.''
Mr Lewis became Australia's first independent road safety camera commissioner in February, 2012.
What do you think? Does Mr Lewis’ case have some merit, or is it just another punitive measure against vulnerable road users?
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