As per our media release, Look twice and save lives as police mark Motorcycle Awareness Month, please see below vision to support any stories you may be working on.
Vision includes interview grabs with Road Policing Group Chief Superintendent Mark Wheeler, Inspector Gareth Bosley, and supporting b-roll.
Motorcycle Awareness Month media vision: https://r2.mypolice.qld.gov.au/uploads/2025/10/01/001912_motorcycle-awareness-month-media-vision.mp4
TIME CODES
Road Policing Group Chief Superintendent Mark Wheeler
0:00 - 0:37: "Motorcycle Awareness Month is a really important time for our road users, particularly our motorcyclists and people using bikes, e-scooters and the like. They are particularly vulnerable, and what we're asking motorists to do is certainly abide by the road rules, but also doing simple things like changing lanes, looking once or twice to make sure that they're not encroaching on a motorcycle rider. We'd also ask motorcycle riders and people using those types of modes of transport to ensure that you ride and operate that within your limits. So, don't exceed your own capacity.
0:38 - 0:56: "Motorcycle riders can help protect themselves by using quality safety equipment, but also riding to their own abilities, and making sure that when they use our roadways and carriageways, that they're very alert as to some of the dangers on the roads, which unfortunately are there regularly.
0:57 - 1:19:"Certainly our road users have got options and depending on the way you drive, you can save a life or take a life, and I think everyone getting in a vehicle, whether it be a motorcycle or a car or a truck, needs to be really mindful of that – particularly their own passengers, themselves, the broader community and other road users.
1:20 - 1:44: "This is every day of the week, every month of the year, throughout the year. We can't relax on this. We know that the road toll, our lives lost - behind every statistic is a person, behind every statistic is a family grieving a loved one, and the cost to the community is enormous. So, we can't afford to relax, and we can't afford to forget.
1:45 - 1:55: "That's everyone's responsibility and, depending on the way you drive, you can either save a life, or take a life, and every road users needs to be mindful of that.
1:55 - 2:03: "This Motorcycle Awareness Month, we're reminding everyone that the choices you make can either save a life or take a life.
Road Policing Group Inspector Gareth Bosley
2:04 - 2:15: As a motorcyclist, there's nothing better than getting out on the bike for a ride. But, as a vulnerable road user, we're at far greater risk of injury, or death, when something goes wrong.
2:16 - 2:40: "Like other vulnerable road users, such as pedestrians, PMD users, we need to make our safety the first priority. Over my 25 years, I've seen far too many vulnerable road users die on our roads, and this carnage has to stop. Wear bright protective clothing, ride to the conditions, expect the unexpected, and make good choices.
2:41 - 2:46: "And as a car driver, remember, motorcyclists are on the road too, so look twice.
2:47 -2:54: "A momentary lapse in concentration or a poor decision can take a life. So look twice. Stay safe.
B-roll footage:
2:55 - 3:03: On board footage of Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, pulling out of a carpark, facing the officer.
3:04 - 3:14: On board footage of Queensland police officer riding a motorcycle, facing the curving roads of Mount Glorious.
3:15 - 3:22: On board footage of Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, driving along the forested, curving roads of Mount Glorious, facing the officer.
3:23 - 3:39: On board footage of Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, driving along the forested, curving roads of Mount Glorious, over the officer's shoulder.
3:40 - 3:47: On board footage of Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, leaning into sharp turns on curving, forested road, facing the officer.
3:46 - 3:53: On board footage of Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, driving along the forested, curving roads of Mount Glorious, facing the road.
3:54 - 4:15: On board footage of Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, driving along the forested, curving roads of Mount Glorious, over the officer's shoulder.
4:16 - 4:44: Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, driving along the forested, curving roads of Mount Glorious, facing the officer
4:45 - 5:01: Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, driving along the forested, curving roads of Mount Glorious, behind the officer
5:02 - 5:47: Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, pulling up to a line of police cars including an unmarked police car, Highway Patrol car, and Forensic Crash Unit car
5:48 - 6:07 - Various angles of Queensland police officer putting on motorcycle helmet
6:08 - 6:38 - Various angles Queensland police officer starting motorcycle and pulling off
6:39 - 6:44: Third person view of Queensland police officer driving curving roads of Mount Glorious
6:45 - 6:51: Queensland police officer entering Highway Patrol car
6:52 - 7:10: Profile shot ofQueensland police officer riding a motorcycle
7:11 - 7:30: Overhead shot of car pulling out from a stop sign and cutting off Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, causing a hard brake
7:31 - 7:38: Overhead shot of car pulling out from the side of the road and cutting off Queensland police officer on a motorcycle, causing a hard brake
7:39 - 7:53: Overhead shot of Queensland police officer riding a motorcycle on winding streets
The Queensland Police Service is committed to reducing the number of lives lost on our roads.
Data shows that serious crashes can be significantly reduced when drivers recognise and avoid the 'Fatal Five' behaviours: speeding, drink and drug driving, not wearing seatbelts, fatigue and distraction.
Road safety is everyone's responsibility. Learn more about staying safe on Queensland roads: https://www.police.qld.gov.au/initiatives/fatal-five-staying-safe-roads
