Tuesday, 31 October 2023

 Sonja TERPSTRA (North-Eastern Metropolitan) (13:19): Improving the safety of Victorian motorcyclists is a key priority of the Allan Labor government’s road safety strategy to have road deaths and serious injuries significantly reduced by 2030 and to set the state on a path to zero road deaths by 2050. That is why last week I was very pleased to be able to visit the Australian Automotive Research Centre in Wensleydale to witness motorcycle-detecting autonomous emergency braking systems in my role as chair of the Motorcycling Community Engagement Panel. Having more vehicles on the road fitted with car-to-motorcycle detection and avoidance technology will help reduce road deaths and serious injuries on roads in Victoria. From the start of this year, vehicles tested by the Australasian New Car Assessment Program, otherwise known as ANCAP, are assessed for their ability to detect and respond to motorcycles. This, together with the Australasian New Car Assessment Program’s European counterpart the Euro New Car Assessment Programme, is and will be a world first.