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Dangerous – USA Reports

10th April 2010

The Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) information bulletin and the ‘Go For A Ride’ (Go FAR) magazine in the USA have both carried Right To Ride’s – “Europe Brands Motorcycles As Dangerous” article in their latest issues. Our original article referred to the inflammatory text regarding motorcyclists on the European Commission’s website – EUROPA – dedicated […]

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Road Safety Consultation – What’s In It For Motorcycling

19th March 2010

The Department of the Environment’s (DOE) Minister, Edwin Poots has launched the DOE’s consultation paper to prepare a new road safety strategy for Northern Ireland which will cover the years 2010 to 2020. The Minister said: “Improvement is also necessary to reduce injuries to older pedestrians and motorcyclists and to deal with the increased risks […]

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Named Riders Campaign – THINK!

27th February 2010

The Department for Transport (DfT) in Great Britain have launched a “bold” new THINK! campaign to cut motorcyclist deaths. The new £3.5 million campaign marks a radical departure for THINK! after research showed drivers are more likely to notice motorcyclists on the roads if they personally know them. The THINK! adverts put motorcyclists at the […]

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Safety Ratings From SHARP

3rd December 2009

New safety ratings for motorcycle helmets were published today (26/11/2009) by Road Safety Minister Paul Clark. An extra 25 motorcycle helmets have been rated by SHARP – the Department for Transport’s Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme – taking the total number of ratings published to 175. Paul Clark said: “If all riders wore the […]

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Lack of Coordinated Safety – Rant

2nd December 2009

Interactive and Videos – Lack of Coordinated Safety View videos and interactive websites from GB and Australia including probably the best motorcycle safety video made, GB’s “The Perfect Day”. But where are specific training and safety messages for Northern Ireland riders? There was a limited TV advert running up to and after the North West […]

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Global Motorcycling – Global Safety

27th November 2009

The First Global Ministerial Conference on Road Safety – Time for Action – took place in Moscow, on the 19th – 20th November supported by the World Health Organisation (WHO), the World Bank Global Road Safety Facility and the FIA Foundation. Welcoming participants to the conference the Interior Minister of Russian Federation, General of the […]

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Risk and Motorcycles

16th November 2009

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

20th October 2009

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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We Are Not Bugs!

9th September 2009

A new “safety” video produced by the Norsk Motorcykkel Union (NMCU) in Norway. The video has a comedy slant on the serious issue of car drivers that never see a motorcycle. In Norway, 8 out of ten collisions are caused by drivers that never see the motorcycle, similar to the issue that we face here! […]

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Bike Safety Down Under

7th September 2009

The Australian state of Victoria has launched a new strategic action plan for Victorian motorcycle and scooter riders. Launched on the 31st August 2009 by the Minister for Roads and Ports, Tim Pallas, the new plan, Victoria’s Road Safety and Transport Strategic Action Plan for Powered Two Wheelers 2009-2013 integrates both road safety and transport […]

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