A government minister has labelled as shocking, statistics showing one in four people killed on Tasmania's roads are on motorbikes.
The Infrastructure Minister Graeme Sturges has defended a TV advertisement reminding motorcyclists that they are on their own on Tasmania's roads.
He says he is sorry if some motorcyclists find the ads offensive but it is shocking that they represent 25 per cent of road fatalities.
A parliamentary committee scrutinising the Motor Accident Insurance Board has heard the state's car insurance premiums will not be increased for the fourth year in a row.
The MAIB's chief executive Peter Roache says that if it were a commercial operation it would not insure motor cyclists.
He says even though a motorbike premium is more than a car, the MAIB still makes a loss insuring motorcyclists.
Source :http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories
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