Motorcycle Friendly Crash Barrier Standards – The Mystery of EN1317-8 On Thursday, June 16, the CEN (European Committee for Standardization) technical committee on road equipment (TC226) held its annual meeting in Stockholm. The draft standard for a road restraint protection system for motorcycles (EN1317-8) was on the agenda. At the meeting, the committee chose to […]
French Bikers Protest
19th June 2011
UK France Bikers.com reports that yesterday’s – 18th June 2011 – French riders protests organised by the FFMC – the Fédération Française des Motards en Colère (The French Federation of Angry Bikers) against their governments plans to introduce a raft of “ridiculous” road safety policies and law enforcement legislation attracted approximately 100,000 riders across France […]
Angry In France
16th June 2011
FFMC – the Fédération Française des Motards en Colère (The French Federation of Angry Bikers) are getting hot under the collar, in fact they are getting very angry. The reason is that their government is planning to introduce a raft of legislation in the name of safety that will not only affect motorcyclists in France, […]
ETRA Regulation Dealers Interest
11th June 2011
The European Twowheel Retailers’ Association (ETRA) reports that it finds the review of motorcycle type-approval, the Draft Report presented to the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) Committee of the European Parliament, is not fully in line with dealers’ interests yet. ETRA is also concerned that some of the proposals could be interpreted by public […]
Brainwashed In Brussels
30th May 2011
About a year and a half ago the European Commission (DG Enterprise and Industry) declared that they intended to simplify regulations for motorcycles, scooters and mopeds, (these regulations will only apply to new vehicles). Entitled, “EU Regulation on the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles”, the Commission presented their proposals […]
FEMA On Draft Report
30th May 2011
The Federation of European Motorcyclelists Associations (FEMA) report on the the Committee on the Internal Market and Consumer Protection (IMCO) meeting which was held on the 24th May 2011. Type approval of motorcycles goes into next round in EU Parliament Yesterday MEP Wim van de Camp presented his Draft Report on the future approval of […]
IMCO’s Daft Report
23rd May 2011
Tomorrow – Tuesday the 24th May at 9 a.m., MEP Win van de Camp presents to the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) in Europe his daft legislative report concerning the European Commission’s (EC) proposals for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. Motorcyclists have been saying all along […]
Regulation A New Dimension
19th May 2011
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) has upped the ante or tried to increase the stakes by tying in the proposed framework regulations for motorcycles – stricter anti-tampering regulations amongst others – with the affect of European harmonisation, new legislation faced by French riders from their government and demos in England, mass day of action […]
Regulations Sense And Sensibility
13th May 2011
Right To Ride has received a response from Malcolm Harbour MEP who chairs the Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) which is looking at and leading discussions on the EU Regulation proposal for the approval and market surveillance of two- or three-wheel vehicles and quadricycles. Malcolm has written to all the stakeholders regarding the […]
The Green Revulsion
10th May 2011
The Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations (FEMA), which is now promoting itself as a “consumer’s association”, reports that the 14th MEP Ride held on May 5th led more than a hundred participants from Brussels (Belgium) to Circuit Zolder, the famous racetrack in Flanders. FEMA annually organizes this motorcycle ride for Members of the European Parliament […]
