Global: Globally 1.25 million CRASH cards in the UK – including Northern Ireland, Europe and USA as RAF Lakenheath has become the first US Air Force (USAF) base in the UK to join the award winning CRASH card programme. Wings met wheels at a recent Suffolk motorbike safety day which showcased award-winning rider cards. RAF […]
Between The Lanes
31st August 2014
Australia: Australian Capital Territory – Filtering Trial The Australian Capital Territory (ACT) will trial motorcycle lane filtering from February next year, allowing riders to move between stationary or slow moving vehicles in the same lane. Here in the UK filtering (riding slowly between stationary or slow moving vehicles) on a motorcycle/scooter/moped is an accepted and […]
National Motorcycle Museum Theft
29th August 2014
England: National Motorcycle Museum hit by theft of 100 trophies Original Source – BBC News More than 100 trophies worth tens of thousands of pounds have been stolen from the National Motorcycle Museum. Most of the museum’s trophies were taken in the break-in at the site at Bickenhill, Solihull, at about 23:00 BST on Wednesday, […]
A11 Riders Action Group
26th August 2014
England – The new ‘A11 Riders Action Group’ has been formed to challenge the use of the Steel Wire Rope crash barriers installed on a new 10 mile stretch of the A11 between Thetford and the Barton Mills (five ways) Roundabout in Norfolk England. At Right To Ride we have major issues with these Vehicle […]
Playing With Fire
13th August 2014
Riding Without A Helmet Is Like Playing With Fire is from a series of “Playing with Fire” posters from the European Youth Forum for Road Safety. If like us at Right To Ride you are the wrong side of your 21st birthday the European Youth Forum for Road Safety Facebook page is worth checking out, […]
Driverless Cars Competition
31st July 2014
At Right To Ride we are not adverse to technology and like to keep abreast with on-going developments in the motorcycle and transport world. ITS (Intelligent Transport Systems) have been developed more and more and the concept of driverless cars has been mooted for years. However this form of transport has come one step closer […]
BMF Technical Specialist
23rd July 2014
The BMF (British Motorcyclists Federation) have announced on their Facebook page that they have been joined by Mr Edward Foreman as their Technical Specialist. Graeme Hay the BMFs Government Relations Executive said, “I had the great pleasure of meeting with Mr Edward Foreman on Tuesday, at Bourton-on-the-water. Ted, as he prefers to be known has […]
ACEM 20th Anniversary
10th July 2014
ACEM the European Association of Motorcycle Manufacturers celebrated part of this years 20th Anniversary celebrations with a cocktail reception held on the 24th June at the BMW Brand Store in Brussels. “The event provided an opportunity for former Secretary General Jacques Compagne to say farewell to ACEM members and key EU stakeholders, as he is […]
French Rider Awareness
4th July 2014
We picked up this motorcycle awareness campaign from the French motorcycle magazine Moto mag.com which shows a motorcyclist in the rearview mirror of a motorist. The awareness campaign which will last for six months consists of a large poster displayed on the back of 30 lorries in Essonne, a French department in the region of […]
USA Motorcycle Lobby
3rd July 2014
Last year we published an article entitled the – Strong Global Lobby! This started with the statement – Do you know that outside of Europe, motorcycle lobbying, along with Riders Rights, is alive and kicking…….……………. This is certainly true in the USA state of Washington at the Senate Transportation Committee. At the public hearing the […]
