One of those 12 was my friend David Hull. He was doing around 50 km/h on a left hand corner He had been riding for decades and was taken out by an out of control van on a corner. The van came on to his side of the road and t-boned him into the guard rail and over a 30 metre cliff. The van seriously injured another friend Joey.
I wish they were more honest with the statistics.
I'm all for safer riding and think everyone should do the course.