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FEMA Comes Out EU Safety

26th July 2010

The Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) has put out a press release opposing the European Unions (EU) well-intentioned but wrong safety proposals regarding its new Road Safety Action Programme (RSAP) for the upcoming 10 years . Reiterating what we already stated at Right To Ride (European Commission – Carrot and Stick) on the 22nd […]

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No More Wheelies Anymore?

23rd July 2010

In 2009 Right To Ride published, “Motorcycle Safety in Northern Ireland – The Rider’s Perspective”. We highlighted the issue of the motorcycle industry advertising and marketing strategies. We stated that, “Motorcycle manufacturers advertise irresponsible behaviour such as encouraging riders to use the public roads like a race track and promoting stunts.” We argued then, “Perhaps […]

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European Commission – Carrot and Stick

22nd July 2010

The European Commission (EC) has announced it is adopting challenging plans to reduce the number of road deaths on Europe’s roads by half in the next 10 years. The initiatives proposals range from setting higher standards for vehicle safety, to improving the training of road users, and increasing the enforcement of road rules in order […]

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No To Throttle Control – On Facebook – It’s Not All Speed

14th July 2010

Right To Ride reports that EVSC (Electronic Vehicle Speed Control) is back with a vengeance through the re-introduction of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) – or – speed control system in a European Union (EU) Commission funded project called “Saferider”. If the project consortium gets acceptance for the throttle control system – by default – […]

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Brussels – Motorcycling Still Fun!

3rd July 2010

On the 28th and 29th June Right To Ride attended, what was hailed, as the 1st International Motorcyclists Conference in Brussels, organized by FEMA (Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations) in partnership with the Canadian and Australian motorcycling associations and the European Commission. The Conference was also the launch of the European Motorcyclists Forum by the […]

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Safety – The Italian Job

26th June 2010

ANCMA (Associazione Nazionale Ciclo Moto Accessori), the Italian Powered Two Wheeler industry association has launched a motorcycle safety campaign in which car drivers are called upon to watch out for motorcyclists. The campaign “Occhio alla moto” – “Watch Out For Motorcycles” follows the theme of many motorcycle safety campaigns across the world, aiming to raise […]

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Adelaide Insurance Services – Right Direction

25th June 2010

Adelaide Insurance Services and Right To Ride are linking up to advocate and promote the need to improve safety and road skills for motorcyclists. Adelaide has been actively involved in road safety since 1997 when they began working with the Police Service of Northern Ireland to promote BikeSafe, which provides a critical appraisal of motorcyclists’ […]

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Riding Forward – Road Safety

16th June 2010

Right To Ride has responded to the Department of the Environment’s (DOE) consultation paper, “Preparing a ROAD SAFETY STRATEGY for Northern Ireland 2010-20 20/20 Vision: Driving Forward Road Safety”. The consultation seeks to improve not only motorcycle safety but safety for all road users. We generally agree with the positive spirit of the consultation paper, […]

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Speed & Safety – Save Yourselves!

4th June 2010

The PSNI has announced the introduction of a Speed Awareness Scheme.  Road users detected breaking speed limits in Northern Ireland will be offered the one-off opportunity to go back to the classroom and improve their driving skills – rather than picking up a fine and three penalty points on their licence. Those detected speeding and […]

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Headin’ To The NW200?

14th May 2010

The Department for the Environment (DOE) Minister Edwin Poots, continues the motorcycle safety message and encourages motorcyclists to bike safely at the North West 200. At Right To Ride we agree with the constant messages of, “leave the racing to the experts and consider the consequences should you become involved in a collision” – “travelling […]

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