Quad Bike Safety: Consultation Regulation Impact Statement

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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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1. The ACCC has proposed five options. Which is your preferred option and why do you prefer it to the others?
I don't think all quad bike owners should be forced to fit roll over bars as common sense is what is needed to ride a quad bike. What was the rider doing to roll a quad. Was he inexperienced, taking the quad where he was not meant to go or showing off. Driven correctly they are not dangerous. I am a older person and never rode a quad until I was over 60 years old. The younger people do not see the danger in operation these vehicles.

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

If you are a quad bike user, what would be the impact of the proposed options?
using them in some situations with roll bar fitted would make them more dangerous with low branches .

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

4. What effect will each of the proposed options have in saving lives and reducing deaths?
if these rules saved lives why is there still too many lives lost on the public roads. No amount of regulations will make accident preventable. People will still do things the way they want too.

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)

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)
Sounds like a good idea but will the operators read them

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

6. Provide comment on the current model of the safety star rating system
Not sure if this will help

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?

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?
No

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.

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.
will it help prevent deaths

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?

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?
do not have sports or youth Quads. We have a Kawaski Mule which is well set up and includes seat belts, a roof and is very stable

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

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

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

11. Provide any additional information or data that you think may be useful to informing the ACCC’s recommendation to the minister.
Suspension needs to be rigid to be more stable against independent suspension