Post by derek on Aug 7, 2013 19:45:28 GMT
Round Up - Down to the Wire
30th June 2013
A bit of a round up on issues and articles put up on the Right To Ride www.righttoride.co.uk and Right To Ride EU www.righttoride.eu/ website and Facebook pages - www.facebook.com/righttorideni - www.facebook.com/righttorideeu
Most important is the issue around the European Commissions Road Worthiness Testing proposal concerning motorcycles.
Our article “Down to the Wire” rounds what has been discussed on the European stage regards this but covers the last few days running up to tomorrow’s, (Monday 1st July 2013) debate and the subsequent scheduled vote on Tuesday in the European Parliaments Plenary session in Strasbourg.
The position adopted by both council and the parliamentary committees, is the deletion of the requirements to introduce mandatory road worthiness testing for motorcycles throughout, which would thus leave this decision to member states to keep testing procedures for motorcycles or to introduce them.
This position was adopted by the European Council (representatives of democratically elected governments), the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) Committee, in charge of the Road Worthiness Proposal, and the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) Committee, both committees of MEPs, democratically elected by European Citizens, that is you and me!
At the eleventh hour ALDE rapporteur and Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion broke ranks and added amendments to re-introduce the inclusion of 2 and 3 three wheeled vehicles. The Green party representatives have included further amendments of a similar nature.
We can only speculate why at this point in time these MEPs have evidently thrown a spanner in the works and whilst using the procedures that are allowed in the European Parliament, because they did not get their way in the democratic procedure through debate and voting, they have now made all the efforts of the TRAN and IMCO Committee and the European Council appear to be futile.
This is effectively sticking two fingers up at the democratic process, to fellow MEPs, to governments and to the rider organisations who have lobbied fair and square and a process in which Mr Bennion took an active part.
We respectfully request that our UK MEPs do not to support any amendments which would reintroduce mandatory road worthiness for motorcycles across Europe and to support the previous position of the Council – TRAN and IMCO Committees in this matter and to encourage their colleagues to do likewise.
View this whole article and our letter to Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion at www.righttoride.eu/?p=11424
Take our short survey on wearing Hi Viz - www.righttoride.eu/?page_id=11371
Hi Viz Thin End
27th June 2013
Whilst we have just reported on the recommendations by France’s National Road Safety Council to the French Government on the carrying of Hi Viz vests for French motorcyclists, MAG Ireland, the Irish Motorcyclists’ Action Group, reports that in Ireland novice riders will have to wear a fluorescent “N” tabard. The announcement has come as the [...]
www.righttoride.eu/?p=11409
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BMF To Brian Simpson
27th June 2013
In April 2013 we published an article entitled “Wrong Proposal At The Wrong Time” which included our reply to UK MEP Brian Simpson’s comments at the end of a discussion about the Road Worthiness Testing (RWT) proposal. Brian Simpson is the Chairman of the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) Committee of the European Parliament, this committee [...]
www.righttoride.eu/?p=11395
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Clancy – Horribly Wrong!
26th June 2013
Geoff Hill’s latest update on – THE CS CLANCY CENTENARY RIDE – Horribly Wrong! Supported by Adelaide Insurance Services and BMW Motorrad. Recreating the first around the world ride 100 years on. In northern California, we tilted east through the foothills of the Sierras, with Mount Shasta in the distance covered in snow even in [...]
www.righttoride.co.uk/2013/06/26/clancy-horribly-wrong/
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ACEM – MEP Ride
25th June 2013
ACEM, the European Motorcycle Industry Association has announced the details of tomorrows MEP ride. The MEP ride will see 100 riders from all over Europe gather in Brussels’ Cinquantenaire for the traditional parade. The MEP ride was originally set up for the Members of the European Parliament by European riders organisations to meet and exchange [...]
www.righttoride.eu/?p=11388
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Issued by
Trevor Baird
30th June 2013
A bit of a round up on issues and articles put up on the Right To Ride www.righttoride.co.uk and Right To Ride EU www.righttoride.eu/ website and Facebook pages - www.facebook.com/righttorideni - www.facebook.com/righttorideeu
Most important is the issue around the European Commissions Road Worthiness Testing proposal concerning motorcycles.
Our article “Down to the Wire” rounds what has been discussed on the European stage regards this but covers the last few days running up to tomorrow’s, (Monday 1st July 2013) debate and the subsequent scheduled vote on Tuesday in the European Parliaments Plenary session in Strasbourg.
The position adopted by both council and the parliamentary committees, is the deletion of the requirements to introduce mandatory road worthiness testing for motorcycles throughout, which would thus leave this decision to member states to keep testing procedures for motorcycles or to introduce them.
This position was adopted by the European Council (representatives of democratically elected governments), the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) Committee, in charge of the Road Worthiness Proposal, and the IMCO (Internal Market and Consumer Protection) Committee, both committees of MEPs, democratically elected by European Citizens, that is you and me!
At the eleventh hour ALDE rapporteur and Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion broke ranks and added amendments to re-introduce the inclusion of 2 and 3 three wheeled vehicles. The Green party representatives have included further amendments of a similar nature.
We can only speculate why at this point in time these MEPs have evidently thrown a spanner in the works and whilst using the procedures that are allowed in the European Parliament, because they did not get their way in the democratic procedure through debate and voting, they have now made all the efforts of the TRAN and IMCO Committee and the European Council appear to be futile.
This is effectively sticking two fingers up at the democratic process, to fellow MEPs, to governments and to the rider organisations who have lobbied fair and square and a process in which Mr Bennion took an active part.
We respectfully request that our UK MEPs do not to support any amendments which would reintroduce mandatory road worthiness for motorcycles across Europe and to support the previous position of the Council – TRAN and IMCO Committees in this matter and to encourage their colleagues to do likewise.
View this whole article and our letter to Lib Dem MEP Phil Bennion at www.righttoride.eu/?p=11424
Take our short survey on wearing Hi Viz - www.righttoride.eu/?page_id=11371
Hi Viz Thin End
27th June 2013
Whilst we have just reported on the recommendations by France’s National Road Safety Council to the French Government on the carrying of Hi Viz vests for French motorcyclists, MAG Ireland, the Irish Motorcyclists’ Action Group, reports that in Ireland novice riders will have to wear a fluorescent “N” tabard. The announcement has come as the [...]
www.righttoride.eu/?p=11409
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BMF To Brian Simpson
27th June 2013
In April 2013 we published an article entitled “Wrong Proposal At The Wrong Time” which included our reply to UK MEP Brian Simpson’s comments at the end of a discussion about the Road Worthiness Testing (RWT) proposal. Brian Simpson is the Chairman of the TRAN (Transport and Tourism) Committee of the European Parliament, this committee [...]
www.righttoride.eu/?p=11395
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Clancy – Horribly Wrong!
26th June 2013
Geoff Hill’s latest update on – THE CS CLANCY CENTENARY RIDE – Horribly Wrong! Supported by Adelaide Insurance Services and BMW Motorrad. Recreating the first around the world ride 100 years on. In northern California, we tilted east through the foothills of the Sierras, with Mount Shasta in the distance covered in snow even in [...]
www.righttoride.co.uk/2013/06/26/clancy-horribly-wrong/
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ACEM – MEP Ride
25th June 2013
ACEM, the European Motorcycle Industry Association has announced the details of tomorrows MEP ride. The MEP ride will see 100 riders from all over Europe gather in Brussels’ Cinquantenaire for the traditional parade. The MEP ride was originally set up for the Members of the European Parliament by European riders organisations to meet and exchange [...]
www.righttoride.eu/?p=11388
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Issued by
Trevor Baird