20 Apr 2021

Device developed to stop quad bikes from rolling

From Afternoons, 1:25 pm on 20 April 2021

Last year seven people died as a result of quad bike accidents at work... and there were more than 800 active ACC claims for quad bike injuries.

When Lachlan Coleman was a student at St Paul's Collegiate in Hamilton, he began working on a device that could stop quad bikes from rolling. He explains his invention to Jesse.

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