E.U. Consultation – Mid-term review of the 2011 White Paper on Transport Part of the 2011 White Paper on Transport was towards a ‘zero-vision’ on road safety, with a particular attention which included motorcyclists The specifics of that attention are to: Harmonise and deploy road safety technology – such as driver assistance systems, (smart) speed […]
USA – Vision Zero
12th March 2015
USA – The Motorcycle Riders Foundation – MRF – reports that Congress is looking to develop and implement it’s own version of Vision Zero which the MRF say, “Make no mistake that the full implementation of Vision Zero in America would eliminate motorcycling as its known now.” The MRF full report states – Vision Zero […]
FIM Europe for Road Safety
8th March 2015
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 […]
ACEM – PTW Energy
3rd March 2015
ACEM comments on the European Commission’s Communication on an Energy Union Following the publication of the European Commission’s Communication on “A Framework Strategy for a Resilient Energy Union with a Forward-Looking Climate Change Policy”, the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers, ACEM, welcomes the Commission’s plans to improve the deployment of alternative fuel recharging infrastructure. According […]
Bike Checkpoints – USA
13th February 2015
USA – The American rider organisations the MRF – Motorcycle Rider Foundation and the AMA – American Motorcyclist Association have been fighting against motorcycle-only checkpoints. Motorcycle-only checkpoints first appeared in New York in 2007 and lead to funding for these checkpoints being provided by the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration – NHTSA which included “targeting” […]
Lisbon Opens Bus Lanes
11th February 2015
Lisbon Portugal – It is likely that Lisbon will soon have its bus lanes open to motorcyclists as proposals were approved in a City Council meeting for pilot. The meeting also approved a proposal for advanced stop lines at traffic lights for motorcycles and mopeds. The reasoning behind all of this is to enhance urban […]
Road Traffic Prosecuted Abroad
10th February 2015
You may be reading elsewhere that a “new” EU law that may be passed next week will mean that for this summers holidays driving abroad in Europe – if you come from the UK that for certain driving offences you will be prosecuted and pursued back to the UK to your home address for fines […]
