Regulation Consultation DfT

The Department for Transport (DfT) in the UK has launched a consultation on the proposed new European regulation on the type approval process for motorcycles, three wheeled vehicles and quadricycles. The aim of the consultation is to help refine the UK’s impact assessment on the Commission’s proposal and provide an opportunity to receive comments based […]

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Doomed or Marooned?

On Tuesday 30th August 2011 the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee met for a second debate on the proposed regulation and the hundreds of amendments, 304 at the last count, regarding the approval and market surveillance of mopeds, motorcycles, trikes and quads. What did we learn from this session in the European Parliament? […]

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Compulsion Hi Viz

The Hi Viz Debate Rumbles On The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme)/UEM (Continental Union for Europe) has just published its latest Public Policy Newsletter. The newsletter reports on subject such as the airbag jacket, Italian schools programme, Crete – helmet campaign update, UN Decade of Action for Road Safety events, FIM Experienced Rider Training Symposium […]

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RiDE – EU Horrors

In its latest edition – September 2011 – RiDE magazine has featured an article about the framework regulations on amongst other things, emissions and the safety of motorcycles. The article by James Clark (which is expanded online in RiDE’s blog site “The RiDE Diaries”) attempts to get an overall grip on the issues of legislation […]

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Amateur Bike Build – Brussels Style

On Tuesday 12th July 2011 the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) committee met to consider 298 amendments tabled by MEPs on the European Commission’s proposal – Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. The 15 minute session could not realistically wade through all the amendments therefore the MEP Wim […]

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ACEM News

ACEM (Association des Constructeurs Européens de Motocycles), the Motorcycle Industry in Europe has just released its latest newsletter (July 2011) which not surprisingly, looks at the issues that affect the motorcycle industry, but also those that affect European motorcyclists. It includes comments about the French government’s proposals which led to mass demonstrations across France in […]

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The Mystery of EN1317-8

Motorcycle Friendly Crash Barrier Standards – The Mystery of EN1317-8 On Thursday, June 16, the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) technical committee on road equipment (TC226) held its annual meeting in Stockholm.  The draft standard for a road restraint protection system for motorcycles (EN1317-8) was on the agenda. At the meeting, the committee chose to […]

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French Bikers Protest

UK France Bikers.com reports that yesterday’s – 18th June 2011 – French riders protests organised by the FFMC – the Fédération Française des Motards en Colère (The French Federation of Angry Bikers) against their governments plans to introduce a raft of “ridiculous” road safety policies and law enforcement legislation attracted approximately 100,000 riders across France […]

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Angry In France

FFMC – the Fédération Française des Motards en Colère (The French Federation of Angry Bikers) are getting hot under the collar, in fact they are getting very angry. The reason is that their government is planning to introduce a raft of legislation in the name of safety that will not only affect motorcyclists in France, […]

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Attracting The Opposite Sex – 2BeSafe

A European Commission funded motorcycle project 2BeSafe www.2besafe.eu , initiated over two years ago which focuses on “Two Wheeler Behaviour and Safety”, has broken the surface with the launch of a survey. As reported by the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) the survey is designed “to better understand the needs of riders in terms […]

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