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</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Hi Craig (and all)</font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Thank you for your reply and continued concern about the
e-bike information and questions in the 2019 VCE Product Design and Technology
exam (Section A, Questions 7 – 9). </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">I appreciate that your concerns centre around the safety of
students and others as potential users of the bikes, along with questioning the
legal requirements for e-bikes in relation to the specifications in the
introductory information about the Nireeka described on page 8 of the exam. </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">In my opinion, your concerns are well grounded and your
statements correct. I would also question why a product with significant
mechanical and electronic components was included in the examination. Products
with significant mechanical and electronic components are the focus of VCE
Systems Engineering. VCE Product Design and Technology students are not
expected to know about these systems, but may have been inclined to include
reference to the systems aspects in their responses, particularly for Question
8d. (two areas of legal responsibility) and to a lesser extent, Question 8e.
(research to develop a typical end-user profile). </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">In addition to the VicRoads website and The Guardian article
I mentioned in my earlier emails, I’ve done some more searching for relevant
information. </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">In the Motor Comparison section of the Indiegogo.com website
cited in the exam (Nireeka, The Most Affordable Smart eBike) the following
statement is provided. </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt;text-indent:36pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><strong>‘Please refer to your country
rules and regulations regarding using 250+W motors.’ </strong></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">Craig - you provided the link to the Australian Vehicle
Standards in your latest email. One could reasonably expect that the writers and
those who complete the various checks of the examination would have referred to
the Australian/Victorian rules and regulations. There would be no problem if an
e-bike with a 250 W electric motor and top speed of 25kp/h was used in the
examination (although, in my opinion, it is still inappropriate as it
incorporates significant systems components). </font></p><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3"><br></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">I found an article<b> ‘</b></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">Fake
e-bike unmasked in pedestrian death’ on Bicycle Network</font><b><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></b><font color="#000000" size="3">at:</font></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2019/01/31/fake-e-bike-unmasked-in-pedestrian-death/"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">https://www.bicyclenetwork.com.au/newsroom/2019/01/31/fake-e-bike-unmasked-in-pedestrian-death/</font></a></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">This article includes a link to the Victorian Coroner’s
Report following the death of an elderly man, Albert Dean May in Rye, Victoria
in August 2015. (I have downloaded and attached this report.) Albert May died five
weeks after a so-called e-bike hit him as he exited a shop. The e-bike was
travelling at speed along the shopfront footpath. According to the <i>Herald Sun/Mornington Peninsula Leader</i></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">,
August 18, 2017, the rider/driver of the e-bike was sentenced to two years
jail. </font></font><a href="https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/electric-scooter-driver-who-killed-86yearold-on-a-footpath-in-rye-is-sentenced-to-two-years-behind-bars/news-story/90d978f720cdb1a13297f135234e940b"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">https://www.heraldsun.com.au/leader/south-east/electric-scooter-driver-who-killed-86yearold-on-a-footpath-in-rye-is-sentenced-to-two-years-behind-bars/news-story/90d978f720cdb1a13297f135234e940b</font></a></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,51,96)"><font face="Calibri" size="3">The
Victorian Coroner</font></span><a href="https://www.coronerscourt.vic.gov.au/sites/default/files/2018-12/AlbertDeanMay_423715.pdf"><span style="color:rgb(51,72,98);text-decoration:none"><font face="Calibri" size="3"> recommended changes to the laws</font></span></a><font face="Calibri"><span style="color:rgb(0,51,96)"><font size="3"> that apply to electrically
assisted bicycles.</font></span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font><span style="color:rgb(0,51,96)"><font size="3">On
page 16 of the report ‘Finding into Death Without Inquest’ (Coronial
Investigation into the death of Albert Dean May, Court Reference COR 2015 4237,
dated 29 November 2018) the Victorian Coroner found that ‘the motor power
output greatly exceeded power-assisted pedal-cycle specification and it was in
fact an electric motorcycle that should have been registered and operated by a licensed
rider’. </font></span></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><span style="color:rgb(0,51,96)"><font face="Calibri" size="3">Point
17 under the heading of ‘Classification of the vehicle which struck Albert May’
says that the Coronial Brief included seven dynamometer tests on the vehicle
which revealed it output an average maximum power of 586 watts from the motor
which means that it is a motor vehicle. </font></span></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">The death of Albert Dean is not an isolated incident as
reported in the Daily Mail 15 September 2018, updated on 18 September. This
article is titled <i>The new silent killer
in our streets: Electric bikes may be green and trendy, but last week they
claimed their first British victim and experts fear there will be many more</i></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">.</font></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><a href="https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6171963/Electric-bikes-green-trendy-week-claimed-British-victim.html"><font color="#0000ff" face="Calibri" size="3">https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-6171963/Electric-bikes-green-trendy-week-claimed-British-victim.html</font></a></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">It reported on the death of Sakine Cihan, 56, after an
e-bike crashed into her in East London. The article reports on the danger to
pedestrians caused by the weight of the machines (battery, motor and frame)
which can cause significant damage. The e-bikes can accelerate quickly, they
are silent, and simple to fit kits for ‘turbo-charging’ e-bikes are widely available
via the internet. Plug in attachments can trick the computerised speed sensor
and over-ride the software that restricts speed down to the 25 kp/h (15.5mp/h)
laid down in the law in most countries. </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">The Nireeka as described on page 8 of the examination is
actually classified as a motor vehicle because it is powered by a 500W motor
and can travel at speeds of up to 32 km/h. That means it travels at 7 km/h
faster than the limit legally allowed for an e-bike on public roads and bike
paths (note reference to ‘cruising smoothly through your neighbourhood at up to
32km/h’ in the examination).<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">An e-bike
with these specifications can only be used on private property.</font></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Calibri" size="3">The examination was devised by the VCAA, but is now in the
public domain. As such, there is a problem if students think it is ‘endorsed by
Victorian teachers’ (Craig’s words). In addition, it is more than likely that
teachers will want to use this as a practice exam in the future. </font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font></div><p style="margin:0cm 0cm 10pt" dir="ltr"><font face="Calibri"><font size="3"><font color="#000000">Questions should be asked of the VCAA about the
appropriateness of including examination questions about a so-called e-bike,
with similar specifications to those of an electric bike (motor vehicle)
involved in an accident that resulted in a fatality in Victoria just a few years
ago.<span> </span></font></font><font color="#000000" size="3">One can only hope that a
relative/friend of the deceased, or witness to this unfortunate incident in Rye
was not a VCE Product Design and Technology student who sat this examination or
is likely to sit it as a ‘practice exam’ in the future. </font><span><font color="#000000" size="3"> </font></span></font></p><div dir="ltr"><font color="#000000" face="Times New Roman" size="3">
</font><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">In my opinion, the VCAA must be informed of the
issues outlined above (and in Craig’s earlier emails) regarding the Nireeka in
the 2019 examination. It is then up to the VCAA to consider and address our
concerns by taking the appropriate actions.</font></span></div><p><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000"><br></font></span></p><div><span style="line-height:115%;font-family:"Calibri","sans-serif";font-size:11pt"><font color="#000000">Regards, Lorraine Tran.</font></span></div><div dir="ltr"><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div class="gmail_attr" dir="ltr">On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 7:07 PM Craig Abernethy <<a href="mailto:cabernethy@salesian.vic.edu.au">cabernethy@salesian.vic.edu.au</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204);border-left-width:1px;border-left-style:solid">Hi Lorranine and all<br>
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<br>
Thanks for sending this interesting article. So am I right in reading the bike in the exam is twice the 250 watts stated by the Australian Vehicle Standards and travels at 7kms faster than the limit legally allowed on the roads and bike paths?<br>
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The e-bike is defined by Australian Vehicle Standards<<a href="https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00198" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.legislation.gov.au/Details/F2019L00198</a>>. In 2012 the law was updated to bring Australia into line with European standards, which means it is legal to ride e-bikes with an electric motor of 250 watts of maximum continuous power that are activated by pedalling, at a maximum speed of 25km/h.<br>
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I hope my students or any others don't decide to go out and purchase this bike in the exam thinking Victorian teachers endorsed it and as a result do themselves or someone else an injury. With no insurance cover and highly possible a fine from the police.<br>
<br>
Regards Craig<br>
<br>
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From: destech <<a href="mailto:destech-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">destech-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>> on behalf of Lorraine Tran <<a href="mailto:tranlorraine@gmail.com" target="_blank">tranlorraine@gmail.com</a>><br>
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An interesting article to read given the issue raised earlier by Craig.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/06/e-bike-surge-in-popularity-in-australian-cities-but-experts-warn-of-risks" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/2019/nov/06/e-bike-surge-in-popularity-in-australian-cities-but-experts-warn-of-risks</a><br>
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Regards, Lorraine Tran.<br>
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On Thu, 7 Nov. 2019, 1:30 pm Lorraine Tran, <<a href="mailto:tranlorraine@gmail.com" target="_blank">tranlorraine@gmail.com</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:tranlorraine@gmail.com" target="_blank">tranlorraine@gmail.com</a>>> wrote:<br>
Hi Craig<br>
<br>
Relevant info about ebikes is available on the VicRoads website.<br>
<br>
<a href="https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/cyclist-safety/power-assisted-bicycles" target="_blank" rel="noreferrer">https://www.vicroads.vic.gov.au/safety-and-road-rules/cyclist-safety/power-assisted-bicycles</a><br>
<br>
Regards, Lorraine Tran.<br>
<br>
<br>
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On Thu, 7 Nov 2019 at 8:41 am, Craig Abernethy <<a href="mailto:cabernethy@salesian.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">cabernethy@salesian.vic.edu.au</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:cabernethy@salesian.vic.edu.au" target="_blank">cabernethy@salesian.vic.edu.au</a>>> wrote:<br>
Hi All<br>
Does anyone have some feedback to contribute on the 2019 exam?<br>
I noticed the Nireeka E-bike states ‘ You can cruise smoothly through your neighbourhood at up to 32 km/h and with a range of 80km on a single charge’.<br>
<br>
I have an electric bicycle and it is governed by federal law to stop providing power after 25km/h. After that the power from the bike cuts out.<br>
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The bike in the exam therefore, is not street legal in Australia. I don’t think we should be adding information about new technologies in our exams that include products which are illegal in Australia.<br>
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Otherwise I don’t think there was too many surprises and my boys were reasonably happy with the content.<br>
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Thoughts?<br>
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From: destech [mailto:<a href="mailto:destech-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">destech-bounces@edulists.com.au</a><mailto:<a href="mailto:destech-bounces@edulists.com.au" target="_blank">destech-bounces@edulists.com.au</a>>] On Behalf Of Maryann AUGUSTINUS<br>
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Subject: [Design and Technology] Top designs Authentication Record Form<br>
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Hi all<br>
I have been unable to find the Top Designs Authentication Record Form.<br>
There used to be a form teachers filled in . Can anyone send me a link to the Top Designs form required?<br>
regards Maryann Augustinus UHS<br>
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