On Saturday 20th October at 3AM, 21 year-old Daniel Evans was killed when he hit the wire-rope median barrier on State Highway 1 near Papakura. The impact with the barrier caused horrific injuries with his body literally ending up sliced in half. The wire-rope median barrier, colloquially referred to as ‘cheesecutters’, is of a type banned in several European countries and subject to stringent usage conditions in several others precisely as a result of the danger they pose to motorcyclists. When hit by a body, the steel legs of the barrier trap limbs and fling the body around causing terrible injury. The high tension steel cables act as a guillotine, severing and lacerating anything that comes into contact with them.

Transit NZ, with the backing of the government and Land Transport New Zealand, continue to state that these barriers are a safe and cost-effective method of preventing head-on collisions on New Zealand’s roads.

CheeseCutter – the Campaign for Safer Barriers – urges the government and Land Transport New Zealand to place an immediate moratorium on the use of such barriers until a comprehensive review is undertaken into the effectiveness and safety of these barriers to all road users, particularly motorcyclists. We believe that the low cost and ease of building, rather than safety considerations, are the main reasons why wire rope median barriers are becoming so widespread and the preferred form of barrier on a range of roads and highways.

Sign the Petition Here

http://www.cheesecutter.co.nz/index.asp

And Please tell all your biker freinds to sign as well, and lets get rid of these dangerous lane dividers for good. 

Alan Thoresen of Black Thunder racing will be challenging for the land Class world speed record at next months Bonneville salt flats speedweek, the event is from 11th August to 17th August.

We are delighted to announce that Alan has chosen to wear a custom set of QUASiMOTO Leathers in his challenge, we were able to offer Alan a full custom solution to enable him to comply with the stringent rules imposed for his class, for example, no material ie keprotech, no perforated leather , No Speed Hump, these things are hard to find in a standard set of the shelf so we have solved this problem for him.

Alan will also be wearing a QUASiMOTO Back Protector as well as a pair of QUASiMOTO Gloves.

We Wish all the best for Alan and hope he is successful, keep and eye out for the Documentry on his endevours as well as other media as it comes through, for now check out these links

www.blackthunder.co.nz

www.tv3.co.nz