MEP biker Bernd Lange (Germany) – raising the awareness of dangers faced by his fellow riders – around 50% of accidents are caused by the fact that there is not enough recognition by car drivers – who need to be educated to have better cooperation with motorbikes. Malcolm Harbour MEP (UK) – regarding key causes […]
Supporting the AMIANI
15th October 2010
Right To Ride supports the recently launched Approved Motorcycle Instructors Association (N.I.) – AMIANI. The AMIANI represent their members who are motorcycle instructors within Northern Ireland with the aim to provide rider training to a professional standard with safety, courtesy and patience in mind at all times. As an organisation the AMIANI express their members’ […]
FIM – Not Just Sporting Matters
28th September 2010
You may be aware of the FIM (Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme), which was founded in 1904 and is the world governing body for motorcycle sport. Among its 49 FIM World Championships, the main events covered are MotoGP, Superbike, Endurance, Motocross, Supercross, Trial, Enduro and Speedway. The FIM is an independent association formed by 101 National […]
No To Throttle Control – Campaign
28th September 2010
Right To Ride says that you can now support us against the “Throttle Control” of motorcycles on Facebook. As previously reported, “EVSC (Electronic Vehicle Speed Control) is back with a vengeance through the re-introduction of the Intelligent Speed Adaptation (ISA) – or – speed control system in a European Union (EU) Commission funded project called […]
Periodic Technical Inspections for NI?
24th September 2010
Right To Ride has responded to the European Commission’s (EU) consultation relating to Periodic Technical Inspections (PTI) for motor vehicles and their trailers by submitting separate comments to the Commission’s online questionnaire. The purpose of the EU consultation was to seek views on possible new policies regarding present arrangements on PTI and Roadside inspections which […]
PTI – What We Face
10th September 2010
AUTOFORE – Study on the Future Options for Roadworthiness Enforcement in the European Union – 2007 – pdf 901kb – Click Here The Study is also available to view on a website with links to annexes and data – Click Here The study was carried out by an international consortium led by CITA and made up […]
Periodic Technical Inspections
9th September 2010
Right To Ride is preparing a response to the European Commission internet consultation relating to Periodic Technical Inspections (PTI) for motor vehicles and their trailers. The purpose of this EU Commission consultation is to seek views on possible new policies in this area and to gather relevant information from both the public as road users […]
