From here you can access the Campaigns that we are involved in.
For European Issues – consultations – campaigns – Click Here
View the campaigns we have and are supporting – Click Here
We are also monitoring motorcycle issues and involved at Government Departmental level and lobbying in the background, setting the ground work, for the future.
As motorcyclists we know that we are more susceptible to defective road surfaces.
It’s not rocket science, poor road design and maintenance can contribute to motorcycle crashes, injuries, and fatalities.
All Northern Irish motorcyclists have the right to clean roads!
You can report a road fault to the Roads Services through their website.
The spillage of diesel fuel from heavy commercial vehicles, vans and cars is particularly dangerous for riders.
The result is a very slippery and invisible surface of which the motorcyclist has no warning and it almost inevitably results in the rider and machine parting company, often with serious consequences for the rider.
Don’t Overfill – Stickers
Riders on the NI Bikers Forum have voiced concerns and are warning other riders of the hazard of new joints on the M3 Lagan Bridge in Belfast.
According to Roads Service the bridge joints where replaced during June and August in 2010 to ensure their continued high performance in coping with today’s traffic volumes.
The latest communication that we have received from Roads Service, reiterates that they, the designers and the joint manufacturer are taking this issue very seriously and are actively pursuing this until its conclusion.
The SAFERIDER Project has ended and the “No To Throttle Control” campaign by Right To Ride to have the Consortium withdraw the Force Feedback Throttle was successful.
The Consortium agreed to withdraw the device because it failed to prove to be a worthwhile product (although the pressure from riders and organisations such as FIM, must have influenced their decision).
We reported that if the project consortium gets acceptance for the throttle control system – by default – because there is nobody to protest and nobody to challenge them, then what will stop the proposal of compulsory throttle control in the not too distant future?
No To Throttle Control! – On Facebook – It’s Not All Speed
You can now join us on Facebook to support us against Throttle Control.
The red line for us is clear: We say – “No To Throttle Control”
Elections for the Northern Ireland Assembly and Councils took place on Thursday 5th May 2011.
Our focus was on Road Safety – other vehicle drivers – the Roads Infrastructure (which should not make roads a dangerous place for motorcyclists) – the influence from EU legislation and the European Commission.
Our main message was and still is that the motorcycle community in general is looking after itself and is involved, aware and are taking responsibility for its own safety.
The next elections due are the European Parliamentary elections which are expected to be held in 2014.
In June 2010 Northern Ireland MP Sammy Wilson was at it again, promoting the positive aspects of motorcycling in the UK Parliament.
Sammy who is also a member of the Associate Parliamentary Group for Motorcycling has submitted an Early Day Motion (EDM) to the House of Commons.
Find out how to get your MP to sign the EDM.
21st September 2009
Following on from our successful petrol station campaign we are further raising the issue regarding removing helmets in petrol stations.
What is the actual scale of the problem? Or is it just easy to adopt a policy of helmet removal without consideration of genuine honest law abiding customers who wear a motorcycle helmet.
26th March 2009
We have just had news through that the motorcycle discriminatory signs at the petrol station in Newtownards have been REMOVED!
Before we got started it has all finished and a big thanks must go to Syd for highlighting the problem in the first place and Brian for his letter writing, both from the Lone Wolves Brotherhood.
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