New safety laws will backfire says save the quad bike campaigner

Vernon Graham
July 2 2020 - 1:00pm
Save the quad bike from laws that won't reduce farm deaths, says campaigner
Save the quad bike from laws that won't reduce farm deaths, says campaigner
QUAD SQUAD: Darling Downs beef producer, Noel Sorley (pictured left), Mt Callan, Moola, with Save the Quad Bike in Australia founder, Craig Hartley, Dalby. Mr Sorley has four Honda TRX250 quads which he says is the only machine that can traverse the tight scrub in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains.
QUAD SQUAD: Darling Downs beef producer, Noel Sorley (pictured left), Mt Callan, Moola, with Save the Quad Bike in Australia founder, Craig Hartley, Dalby. Mr Sorley has four Honda TRX250 quads which he says is the only machine that can traverse the tight scrub in the foothills of the Bunya Mountains.

New laws aimed at making quad bikes safer will most likely backfire badly and more than triple deaths and accidents in rural Australia.

Vernon Graham

Vernon Graham

National machinery and property writer

Former editor of The Land, former Fairfax Media Agricultural Editor

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