Motor Bikes - Excessive muffler noise and speeding increase serious trauma accidents and fatalities and associated Govt. policing and health care costs
 

The cost of road crashes: A review of key issues - Dr Richard Tooth -  2010

Newspaper Articles re Dangerous Motor Vehicle Driving, particularly Motor Bikes

Associated documents and information

Old Pac Hwy

Letter to the NSW Police Minister, Mick Fuller, dated 3 September 2017

Letter to NSW Roads Minister,  Ms. Melinda Pavey, dated 3 September 2017

2nd Letter to NSW Police Minister, Mick Fuller, dated 22 January 2018

2nd Letter to NSW Roads Minister,  Ms. Melinda Pavey, dated 22 January 2018

Letter to ABC Current Affairs dated 23 January 2018:

Four YouTube's of motor bikers on the Old Pacific Highway (north of Cowan) evidence that police patrols are ineffective in deterring -

*        dangerous motor bike driving; and 

*        some motor bike owners that are breaching exhaust noise emission levels

email to Jake McCallum - Hornsby Advocate 23 Jan 2018

5 Reasons Why Motor Bike Riders Like It Loud  -  June 17, 2022

'Living Hell': Residents call for increased police presence to deter hoons  - 9News Staff  -

Three emails to Environment NSW asking about noise testing regimes to save lives and reduce trauma health costs

Letter from Sherryn Cabardo-Oclarit, Unit Head – Regulatory and Compliance Support Unit, Regulatory Operations Regional - Environment NSW - 23 May 2023

The Science Of Motorcycle Sound - Sounds from motorcycles affect riders in surprising ways - 26 Feb 2020

Categories of Road Death - Monthly - BITRE

67% increase in motor cycle fatalities over last 5 years in NSW (at end June 2024)  - BITRE

Peaceful resident protest concerned over Motor Bike Madness  -  Sat. 21st Oct 2023 (11am to 12:30pm) - southern end of Hawkesbury River Bridge

There's not much better than the roar of a motorcycle exhaust  -  Prue Mottram  BikeBiz  - April 1, 2020

Sydney council to set trap for noisy hoons with new technology - 7News - Jade Credentino / 28.06.2023

Channel 9 News clip re noise detection trial at Brighton le Sands

UK-based company SoundVue noise detectors on streets.  SoundVue is owned by Intelligent Instruments Ltd - SoundVue noise cameras watch and listen

U.S. Cities Deploy Noise Cameras to Fine Loud Vehicles, Sparking Debates  -  WPN  -  Dorene Billings  -  August 10, 2025