LET’S INNOVATE! L-category vehicles? Today’s smart choice for the future ACEM’s annual conference will take place on 24 September 2015 at the Renaissance Hotel, 19, Rue du Parnasse, Brussels. The conference, which will run from 12:30 to 17:00, will be split in two sessions. The place of L-category vehicles in the European Union The first […]
FIM Europe Strategic Moves
29th May 2015
The FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme) Europe has announced that its Strategic Plan Working Group (SPWG) has met in Italy with the aim of developing FIM Europe strategies for the next five/ten years. Part of those strategies appear to mention the road going rider along with motorcycle sport to strengthen the position of motorcycling in […]
Hi-Viz In France
12th May 2015
Straight from the website of the French Riders Group – FFMC – the end of their government plans for riders to wear hi-viz is finally transposed into law to carry a hi-viz vest on/in their motorcycle and other vehicles – three-wheeled motorized or non bodywork motor quadricycle. The hi-viz should have a CE mark certifying […]
Not A Bike?
4th May 2015
USA – MRF – Motorcycle Riders Foundation – ABATE – A Brotherhood Against Totalitarian Enactments – NHTSA – National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – discuss the Autocycle. The Motorcycle Riders Foundation along with ABATE of Illinois recently met with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) to discuss certain three-wheeled vehicles currently being included in […]
Alcohol Code 69
29th April 2015
Europe – We are falling a bit short on worthwhile European motorcycle news, so here is something from the European Commission on alcohol interlocks and a new EU driving licence code. Here is what the European Commission have to say. To improve road safety the European Commission has just introduced a harmonised EU code on […]
How Safe Are Your Roads?
31st March 2015
The European Commission – Mobility And Transport (DG MOVE) have asked the question – How safe are your roads? – and state that their road safety statistics show that there has been a small improvement for 2014. Following two years of solid decreases in the number of people killed on Europe’s roads, the first reports […]
No Surprise – No Accident
30th March 2015
United Kingdom – “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 […]
