TT – ‘Don’t Bin It’

TweetbeatIOM to support TT road safety campaign The Isle of Man Constabulary – that’s the police to you and me – has announced that its social media channels will play a key role in efforts to promote road safety during this year’s TT Festival. @TweetbeatIOM will help to keep Twitter followers up to date with […]

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MAG Ireland – ICE

Our friends at MAG Ireland – The Irish Motorcyclists’ Association – have launched their new membership card to include an ICE number. Their new plastic credit card style membership card includes all pertinent membership information plus a unique and simple addition – An ICE (In Case of Emergency) number. The ICE Number programme enables first responders such […]

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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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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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FIM Europe for Road Safety

Road Safety on top of the agenda The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) Europe’s – John Chatterton-Ross, Director of Public Affairs, was recently interviewed by RACC – the Royal Automobile Club of Catalunya on the themes of Road Safety. FIM Europe comments that since its foundation, “the themes of road incidentality, of industry responses and […]

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Speed Limit Bill

20 MPH Speed Limits At The Northern Ireland Assembly Previously we have reported on a Private Members’ Bill – Road Traffic (Speed Limits) Bill – being introduced at the Northern Ireland Assembly. On Tuesday of this week this bill when through its second stage to go forward to Committee Stage due on the 15th April […]

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Bikesafe Dates 2015

Bikesafe – What’s It About Bikesafe recognises that rider’s are a passionate breed, and care deeply about  bikes and the enjoyment derived from them. The Bikesafe initiative is based on professional riding techniques and is designed to enhance the skills of riders who have already passed their test. Topics covered include how to control your […]

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Riders In The EU Parliament

Ireland – MAG Ireland was at the heart of the debate during two days of presentations and discussions at the European Motorcyclists’ Forum with other motorcycle rider organisations, motorcycle experts, policy-makers and stakeholders in Brussels. The forum, organised by the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA), presented the outcome of the 3 year RIDERSCAN project […]

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Wales At A Junction

Wales: A competition for a project the ‘Innovation in Reducing Motorcyclist Casualties in Wales’ is a new national competition launched by the Welsh Government to drive forward Wales’ innovation agenda. The competition is funded by the Welsh Government and Innovate UK, and jointly run with RoSPA – Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents – […]

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Commissioning Safety!

The Belfast Telegraph reports that Mark Durkin, Minister for the Department Of the Environment (DOE), has commissioned a new motorcycle safety campaign.  Quoting the minister as stating that “as motorcycle deaths have shown a particular rise, and, statistically, riding a motorcycle carries the highest risk of any road use.” Recently RTR was interviewed by the […]

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