The Federation Of European Motorcyclists Federation (FEMA) has published its online Autumn 2012 Newsletter. The Newsletter focuses on the upcoming European Motorcyclists Forum at the international motorcycle fair INTERMOT in Cologne, Germany, on 3rd October. The forum has a dedicated focus on training, licensing and road infrastructure and the RIDERSCAN project, a “European Scanning Tour” […]
Sustainable 2Wheels
ETRA (European Twowheel Retailers’ Association) and ACEM (the Motorcycle Industry in Europe) have organised the ‘Sustainable 2Wheels’ event for Tuesday 18th of September 2012 on the esplanade of the European Parliament in Brussels, from 9 a.m. till 3 p.m. The event is aimed at showing decision-makers and their staff in the European Parliament, Commission, Council […]
Conference Call
During the months of September and October Right To Ride will be travelling from our base in Northern Ireland to attend motorcycle conferences in Germany. In April 2012 Right To Ride’s Elaine Hardy published the “Northern Ireland Motorcycle Fatality Report 2012″ which is an in-depth study of 39 cases relating to 41 motorcycle fatalities in […]
Testing Times
On 13th July, 2012 the European Commission published a proposal for mandatory Road Worthiness Testing (RWT). Included within that proposal the Commission called for European wide roadworthiness testing for motorcycles and scooters. There are eleven countries that do not include these vehicles within their testing regimes, in some other countries, scooters are not included and […]
Finland On RWT
The Finnish riders’ organisation SMOTO is the latest European riders group to come out against the European Commission’s proposal for the mandatory introduction of Road Worthiness Testing (RWT) for motorcycles. On their own website SMOTO comment, “Studies have shown that the driver’s driving skills and driving behaviour explain the majority of motorcycle accidents. Roadworthiness testing […]
BMF Comments on Right To Ride
In the latest BMF (British Motorcyclists Federation) members’ magazine – Motorcycle Rider, Right To Ride is featured in a full page article. The article gives a run down on myself and Elaine and Right To Ride, with mention of our previous background in riders rights and our on-going work at Right To Ride www.righttoride.co.uk The […]
Right To Report – RWT
Riders groups in the UK and the rest of Europe have started to make announcements concerning the European Commission’s proposal for periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers, which includes mandatory Road Worthiness Testing (RWT) for motorcycles. These announcements are in addition to those by the riders groups from Norway (NMCU), Sweden (SMC) […]
Supporting Brussels Protest
On July 13th, 2012 the European Commission announced a proposal for a Regulation Of The European Parliament and Of The Council on periodic roadworthiness tests for motor vehicles and their trailers. As a response to this proposal, riders from three European countries that do not have road worthiness testing (RWT) are up in arms and […]
Shouting or Educating?
Over the weekend my BMF (British Motorcyclists Federation) members’ magazine – Motorcycle Rider – slipped through the letterbox. As soon as it was removed from its plastic wrapper I leafed through to the lobby section to read up on what the BMF’s political bod Chris Hodder was up to as regarding the EU Commission regulation […]
ETRA on PTI
ETRA, the European Twowheel Retailers’ Association clarifies its position on the recently announced European Commission proposal for mandatory periodical technical inspections (roadworthiness testing) for all Powered Two Wheelers. ETRA states that it, “Shares the Commission’s view that accurate and stringent technical inspections can contribute to saving more lives on European roads.” The current EU rules […]