Archive for October 2024

It’s Motorcycle Awareness Month, and we’re reminding drivers of the importance of looking out for motorcyclists on our roads. Sadly, motorcycle riders make up about 18% of all road deaths and 22% of serious injuries on NSW roads, despite motorcycles representing just 3.9% of all registered vehicles in NSW. With motorcycles being harder to see…

Did you know that NSW was the first state in Australia to introduce road line markings? They were initially used for pedestrian crossings in Sydney in the 1920s, and in 1928 police hand painted the first central white dividing lines on Sydney roads. Modern day line marking machines were introduced in 1938 to speed up…