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ACEM Workshop Regulation

27th April 2012

ACEM Workshop on type-approval regulation New legislation’s entry into force from 1 January 2014 prompted manufacturers to invite European Council representatives to delve into details of technical aspects On the 10th of April ACEM, the European Motorcycle Industry Association, invited officials from all European Ministries of Transport for an informal exchange of views on the […]

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Titanic Motorcycle Challenge

27th April 2012

Titanic Motorcycle Challenge  – Guinness World Record Attempt – Friday 22 June 2012 The most different makes of motorcycles in a parade. Current record is 138 at an event organised by the Killspills Campaign (UK) at Donington Park Race Circuit, Leicestershire, uk, on 26 may 2007. The 22 June 2012 falls within “Motorcycle Safety Week”‘. […]

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SMART RRS Project

26th April 2012

SMART Road Restraint Systems Project Final Event – Safe Roadside Barriers for Motorcyclists, an urgent need in Europe “How to efectively protect vulnerable road users improving the EU standard for roadside barriers” The SMART RRS Project Final Event took place from Monday 23rd to Wednesday 25th of April, 2012 at the European Parliament in Brussels, […]

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Hullabaloo

24th April 2012

A few weeks on from the reporting in Motor Cycle News, 100% Biker and Back Street Heroes, and on social networks, the claim of the banning of long forks and chopper style motorcycles across the EU seems to have waned. All the “Hullabaloo” started when a presentation by the European Commission (EC) to the Working […]

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Reducing Injuries Consultation EU

24th April 2012

Right To Ride has responded to a Road Safety public consultation on an European Union (EU) strategy to reduce injuries resulting from road traffic accidents. The consultation, a survey from the European Commission’s (EC) Energy and Transport states that “Road safety strategies traditionally focus on reducing fatalities. Injuries, however, are overlooked and have become a […]

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BMF Briefs In Brussels

17th April 2012

On the 13th April the British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF) published an article regarding the currently proposed motorcycle-specific EU Type Approval regulations. At Right To Ride we welcome this article based on good basic lobbying, easily laid out to read and understand. The article also links to their full briefing and position on Type Approval. The […]

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First Aid for Riders – Booking A Course

12th April 2012

First Aid For Riders can now offer the chance for riders, in association with St John Ambulance (NI), to attend a First Aid Course in various locations across the province. Locations for these courses are: Belfast Ballymena Coleraine Londonderry Omagh Enniskillen The cost of these courses will be a minimum of £63 per person – […]

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Swedish Barrier Effort

12th April 2012

MC-friendly crash barriers will be tested in Sweden! – Good news from the Minister of Infrastructure The Swedish Motorcyclists Association, SMC, has worked for a long time to get more MC friendly crash barriers fitted on Sweden’s roads. The work has paid off with the announcement that barriers with Motorcycle Protection Systems, MPS, will be […]

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NI Motorcycle Fatality Report 2012

12th April 2012

Right To Ride has today published the “Northern Ireland Motorcycle Fatality Report 2012” an indepth study of 39 cases relating to motorcycle fatalities in Northern Ireland (UK) between 2004 and 2010. The study, supported by the British Motorcyclists Federation Foundation, was carried out by Dr Elaine Hardy of Right To Ride with the collaboration of […]

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Over The Rainbow!

9th April 2012

In a recent Right To Ride article we reported that Siim Kallas the Vice-President of the European Commission (EC), intends to specifically target fatalities on motorcycles in 2012, because according to Mr Kallas, “Motorbikes remain a problem.” Mr Kallas had also stated, “that he would be writing to ministers in all Member States to ask […]

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