Quad Bike Safety: Consultation Regulation Impact Statement - Australian Competition and Consumer Commission - Citizen Space

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Questions 1 - 11

1. The ACCC has proposed five policy options. Which is your preferred option and why do you prefer it to the others?

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Policy option 1

Policy option 2

Policy option 3

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Policy option 5

I prefer this option because it is the highest level of safety.

2. If you are a quad bike manufacturer, importer or retailer what impact will these options have on your business? For example, how much will it cost to implement each of the requirements, (design changes and testing), and what is the likely effect on sales and the model range?

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3. If you are a quad bike user, what would be the impact of the proposed options?

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4. What effect will each of the proposed options have in saving lives and reducing deaths?

Each option has a layer of protection in minimising risk from least effective to most effective.

5. The US Standard requires a number of general warning labels to be affixed to the quad bike. The ACCC is proposing additional labels and information in the owners’ manual, alerting the operator to the risk of rollovers and differential selection. Provide comment on these two additional labels (see section 8.6 of the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement)

These two additional labels are an integral part of informing operators of correct use and minimising risk.

6. Provide comment on the current model of the safety star rating system (see Attachment A of the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement).

Accurate measurement can provide accurate level of equipment capabilities.

7. In Option 3, the ACCC has suggested some safety and operational criteria that an Operator Protection Device (OPD), designed to protect the operator in the event of a rollover, could meet. What are your views on the proposed criterion an OPD may be required to meet? Should additional criteria be imposed?

If the minimum requirement is adequate and then allows innovation, I view this as a positive.

8. Provide comment on the minimum performance criteria (see Attachment D in the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement) and the requirement for general-use model quad bikes to be able to have all wheels of the vehicle be able to rotate at different speeds, referred to in Option 4.

This provides accurate measurement and greater stability.

9. Options 3, 4 and 5 do not propose additional design solutions for SSVs and sport and youth quad bikes. If your view is that one or more of these vehicles should be subject to additional design solutions to improve safety, do you have information and data you can provide to the ACCC in support of this view?

All vehicles should include design solutions to improve safety.

10. Provide comment on the transition period for the proposed options (see Section 8.8 in the Consultation Regulation Impact Statement).

Efficient implementation with consideration for industry to adjust is key.

11. Provide any additional information or data that you think may be useful to informing the ACCC’s recommendation to the minister.

This must be addressed effectively.