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Saw this on the mrasa.asn.au website, anyone in Melbourne heard anymore ?
A motorcycle rider was pulled over by Police on Bourke Road Camberwell Melbourne on 12th December 2013. He was booked for having a GoPro mounted on his helmet. You can see the footage on youtube which includes police comments. Guy Stanford, the Chairman of the AMC Helmet Subcommittee has made the following statement.
"This Go-Pro stuff is myth, misunderstanding and poor policing. Think of it this way, there's no ADR for roof-racks. Carrying a load on a car roof using roof-racks may affect safety in vehicle roll-over, or pedestrian collision. The ADR system does not recognise a roof-rack, hence it is non-compliant with any ADR. Same as Go-Pro on a helmet, or a clip-on Bluetooth communicator. The car passes though the ADR system, the customer adds a roof-rack. Helmets pass through the Standards compliance process, the customer adds the Go-Pro, etc."
"No law has been broken. The copper who booked a bloke in Victoria is mistaken and the ticket can be successfully fought. A vehicle driver may be booked for an 'unsecured load', but not for simply using a roof rack to carry a load. Whether it is a part of caution to not attach a Go-Pro is a completely separate issue, like wearing good boots or thongs."
South Australian Police were asked by Mr Phil Creer of the MRASA via Facebook to clarify what law had been broken. SAPOL responded with the following.
"There is no reference in the Australian Road Rules. The information you are searching for is found via the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission website. The ACCC regulates Australian product standards." Please make reference to "Consumer Protection Notice No.9 of 1990 which outlines the mandatory requirements for motorcycle helmets."
Guy Stanford interprets this response as "there is no offence. Besides which, the SA road rule for helmets is impossible to comply with anyway, due to impossible requirements for stickers."
A motorcycle rider was pulled over by Police on Bourke Road Camberwell Melbourne on 12th December 2013. He was booked for having a GoPro mounted on his helmet. You can see the footage on youtube which includes police comments. Guy Stanford, the Chairman of the AMC Helmet Subcommittee has made the following statement.
"This Go-Pro stuff is myth, misunderstanding and poor policing. Think of it this way, there's no ADR for roof-racks. Carrying a load on a car roof using roof-racks may affect safety in vehicle roll-over, or pedestrian collision. The ADR system does not recognise a roof-rack, hence it is non-compliant with any ADR. Same as Go-Pro on a helmet, or a clip-on Bluetooth communicator. The car passes though the ADR system, the customer adds a roof-rack. Helmets pass through the Standards compliance process, the customer adds the Go-Pro, etc."
"No law has been broken. The copper who booked a bloke in Victoria is mistaken and the ticket can be successfully fought. A vehicle driver may be booked for an 'unsecured load', but not for simply using a roof rack to carry a load. Whether it is a part of caution to not attach a Go-Pro is a completely separate issue, like wearing good boots or thongs."
South Australian Police were asked by Mr Phil Creer of the MRASA via Facebook to clarify what law had been broken. SAPOL responded with the following.
"There is no reference in the Australian Road Rules. The information you are searching for is found via the Australian Competition & Consumer Commission website. The ACCC regulates Australian product standards." Please make reference to "Consumer Protection Notice No.9 of 1990 which outlines the mandatory requirements for motorcycle helmets."
Guy Stanford interprets this response as "there is no offence. Besides which, the SA road rule for helmets is impossible to comply with anyway, due to impossible requirements for stickers."
