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New Motor Bike Safety Moves
Queensland Road Safety Council is investigating new safety precautions for motor cyclists. A council officer said yesterday that a special committee was considering ways of cutting down motor cycle casualties.
He said the moves being considered were in line with those suggested by the Associate Professor of Social and Tropical Medicines, Brisbane (Professor E. S. Meyers) in a letter to The Courier-Mail.
Professor Meyers advocated that: All motor cycles have sidecards attached to aid stability; motor cyclists wear crash helmets; pillion riding be prohibited.
The officer said he would confer with the professor to see if he had any suggestions that could be placed before the committee.
However, police officers said that steps such as Professor Meyers suggested would be unnecessary if motor cyclists adhered closely to the traffic laws.
“Where there is a motor cycle accident, we generally find traffic regulations have been broken,” said