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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Risk and Motorcycles

Risk and Motorcycles – Dammed If We Do – Dammed If We Don’t! Right To Ride has published a report on “Risk and Motorcycles”, it is a critique of a report published by the Scottish Executive in 2006 entitled “Risk and Motorcyclists in Scotland”. Right To Rides’ Elaine Hardy says, “the authors of the Scottish […]

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Near Miss Riders Survey

Right To Ride publishes the Near Miss Riders Survey report. The findings of the survey have identified situations that appear to be more prevalent for motorcyclists, which are the potential for collisions between motorcycles and other vehicles, followed by problems with the conditions of roads and road infrastructure. Read more      

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Cheaper Road Tax – Why Not?

Motorcyclists could be paying less VED (Vehicle Excise Duty) – Road Tax – if the same CO2 emissions based VED scheme was introduced for motorcycles that is already in place for cars – and from April 2010, for new car purchases. But they won’t unless the motorcycle manufacturers supply CO2 emission information. Read the Right […]

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Near Miss Riders Survey

Thanks to all those who filled in the survey. The next steps are to analyse the data, put together a focus group and then publish the results in a report. Read the published report. Read more        

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Motorcycle Safety In Northern Ireland – The Rider’s Perspective

Right To Ride has published “Motorcycling in Northern Ireland – the Rider’s Perspective”, a document offering the views of motorcyclists as a point of reference for a Motorcycling Strategy in Northern Ireland. At the start of April 2009 we circulated a consultation document to Agencies, Government Departments, Politicians, Interested Parties and Individuals, which covered all […]

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Intelligent Transport Systems – The Motorcycle Factor

High on the European Road Safety agenda is focus on passive and active Intelligent Transport Systems (ITS) to reduce road casualties. Drawing together stakeholders from within Europe: from the Europe Union (EU) Commission through to user organisations, an initiative called e-Safety claims that: “eSafety brings together the European Commission, industry, public authorities and other stakeholders […]

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Near Miss Riders Survey

The objective of this survey is to provide evidence as to why collisions with other road users and road infrastructure occur. The survey began at the end of May 2009 and ran for two months and was published through the Write To Ride website and newsletter, our riders and motorcycle club contact list, News Feed, […]

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