Archives for March 2015

How Safe Are Your Roads?

The European Commission – Mobility And Transport (DG MOVE) have asked the question – How safe are your roads? – and state that their road safety statistics show that there has been a small improvement for 2014. Following two years of solid decreases in the number of people killed on Europe’s roads, the first reports […]

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GB Capital Emissions

The Mayor of London Boris Johnson has confirmed the introduction of an Ultra Low Emission Zone (ULEZ) in the capital of the UK on the 7th September 2020, all motorcycles over 13 years old will have to pay £12.50 per day to enter the zone, the same charge as other vehicles All cars, motorcycles, vans, minibuses […]

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No Surprise – No Accident

“All accidents are the result of prediction failure. Surprise is Nature’s way of telling us we have experienced such a failure. If there is no surprise, there can be no accident” The aim of the ‘No Surprise: No Accident’ campaign is to reduce the number of motorcycle crashes by shifting the way we think about […]

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Transport Mid Term Review

E.U. Consultation – Mid-term review of the 2011 White Paper on Transport Part of the 2011 White Paper on Transport was towards a ‘zero-vision’ on road safety, with a particular attention which included motorcyclists The specifics of that attention are to: Harmonise and deploy road safety technology – such as driver assistance systems, (smart) speed […]

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New Motorcycle VED Rates

From 1st April 2015 riders of some motorcycles and trikes will see a slight increase in the Vehicle Excise Duty (VED) they will have to pay, the increases were announced in this weeks government’s 2015 spring budget. The increase is £1 for a motorcycle between 401cc to 600cc to £59 and Over 600cc to £81 […]

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Rider’s Perspective Survey

The Rider’s Perspective Survey has now finished and a full report will be published! Many thanks to all those who took part! What’s Your Opinion? At Right To Ride we have put together an online survey to gauge the views of riders about the potential dangers that they face on the roads as well as […]

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MOTOTECH Service & Dyno Centre

Right To Ride Business Supporters – MOTOTECH – announce that they have now opened the First DynojetRT Equipped Dyno in Ireland. MOTOTECH say this will allow them to preform a greater number of faster, more accurate tests on your motorcycle, incorporating the new C3 tuning software. See also details for their special offer on Power […]

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USA – Vision Zero

USA – The Motorcycle Riders Foundation – MRF – reports that Congress is looking to develop and implement it’s own version of Vision Zero which the MRF say, “Make no mistake that the full implementation of Vision Zero in America would eliminate motorcycling as its known now.” The MRF full report states – Vision Zero […]

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Irish Wolfhounds – Crash Cards!

The Irish Wolfhounds MCC is one of the latest motorcycle clubs to request and receive the Biker NI Safety – CRASH – cards. Based in Belfast, Ireland the club members and bikes are made up of all kinds of people and bikes from, sports, tourer’s and cruisers from 1400’s, 1200’s, right down to 125’s. The […]

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Quay Bikers MCC

Right To Ride welcomes as a new club supporter the Quay Bikers MCC. The club was established in December 2014 and is made up of a welcome mix of new and experienced bikers, with some of the current members already actively involved with the local biking scenes for many years. The Quay Bikers Motor Cycle […]

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