Riders Rights - Motorcycle Issues as affected by Europe
11th October 2010: “Boa and I took the Newark road for the last hour of daylight. He ambles at forty-five and when roaring his utmost, surpasses the hundred. A skittish motor-bike with a touch of blood in it is better than all the riding animals on earth, because of its logical extension of our faculties, [...]
A couple of months back, we at Right To Ride wrote to José Manuel Barroso, President of the European Commission regarding the European Commission’s proposal – Approval and market surveillance of two – or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. At that time the European Commission’s proposal was being discussed within the IMCO Internal Market and Consumer [...]
The switch for ABS (Advanced Braking Systems) on motorcycles will be optional according to the latest information from the European Commission. At this stage the proposal requires the mandatory fitting of ABS (Antilock Braking Systems and Combined Braking Systems (CBS) to new motorcycles by manufacturers after 2016. After the European Commission Motor Cycle Working Group [...]
ETRA the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association reports on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee of the European Parliament vote on the draft report on the review of the type-approval and market surveillance of two- and three wheelers and quadricycles on the 5th December. ETRA welcomes the IMCO Report that has taken into account [...]
The amendments to the European Commission proposal for a regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- and three wheelers and quadricycles, voted on by the European Parliament’s Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) on the 5th December 2001, have been published. We are currently wading through the document to see [...]
The European Commission’s Motorcycle Working Group (MCWG) met on Thursday the 14th December to discuss further the proposal for a Regulation (co-decision act) of Council and Parliament on type-approval and market surveillance of L-category vehicles. This is the first meeting since the Committee of the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) where MEPs voted on [...]
On the 12th December, FEMA (Federation Of European Motorcyclists Associations) announced the final event of the 2BESAFE European research project to take place in Paris on the 14th December (today) at the Cité internationale universitaire in Paris. 2BESAFE was launched in 2009 and stands for “Two-wheeler Behaviour and Safety”. It aims at a better understanding [...]
ETRA the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association has replied to an European Commission public consultation on reducing CO2 emissions from road vehicles. The results of the consultation will feed into the Commission’s decision-making on EU regulations for cars, vans and heavy duty vehicles. The EU is currently committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80-95% by 2050, [...]
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