British Voluntary Motorcycle Organisations and the Cosmic Plot - In her book entitled ‘Risk and Blame’, Mary Douglas summarises trust within voluntary organisations and pressure groups and how threats are dealt from within. She argues that “the cosmic plot provides an idiom for bringing hidden hostilities into the open. At one point the threat of being accused controls and at another point it fuels factional discord, allowing the social unit to get rid of elements it cannot contain peacefully. In all these cases, disasters, natural and man made, trigger the enquiries … [Read more...]
Initial Rider Training for Motorcyclists
Initial Rider Training (IRT) is the key element to motorcycling. Recent publications and reviews tell us that wearing an airbag, having a gadget to inform you that there is another vehicle approaching as well as other warning signals and technology may improve your chances of survival. There is also mention of post licence training to hone your skills. But there is almost no reference to initial rider training. In its wisdom (?) the European Union gave member states the option of testing or training for novice riders in order to get their A2 licence when the 3rd Driving … [Read more...]
Flogging a Dead Horse
The ITF report "Monitoring Progress in Urban Road Safety" 2022 update - pdf 4.14mb or..... Flogging a Dead Horse! The ITF authors of this report can spin these fatalities with other factors, so not only billion kilometres travel or population or even how many riders have a licence and how many bikes are registered for use etc, but what is possibly more relevant than these trends or extrapolation of figures, is that they do not explain the reasons behind the collisions that lead to injuries – slight, serious or a fatality, because as we all know, each road traffic … [Read more...]
We Are Still The Boat Rockers and Freedom Fighters!
I discovered a short while ago that I had been accused, although not directly, in the most insidious manner of being bought at different times by the European Union with a corrupting affect and cosying up with them via European rider projects. As an employee, representative to a riders organisation in Europe for nearly ten years, these accusations cover people I have worked with in this role, all those that had gone before whether employed or volunteers and some that are still part of this riders group in Europe. Having been involved with these projects which promoted … [Read more...]
FIM Woman Arabic Countries
The FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) launched on - Friday 20th May 2022 - what it says is a historical and special campaign to give visibility to the women in motorcycling in Arabic countries. The campaign which is based on this year´s International Women´s Day theme “Break the Bias” the FIM Women in Motorcycling Commission (CFM) wants to highlight that women all over the world are riding motorcycles and are being active in motorcycling activities. FIM (Federation Internationale de Motocyclisme) The campaign started from Jordan where local female … [Read more...]
International Report – Light Of Day
Safety Report - We are reading through the - "Riding in a safe system – workshop on safety for powered-two-wheelers - Final report from a workshop held on 9–23 June, 2021" The report was published in December 2021 and as one of us were involved independently in part of the workshops, we presumed that we would have been informed. It appears that this report is intended to not see the light of day. In spite of asking various participants on numerous occasions, the response was silence. Finally, we found out today that it had been published 6 months ago! The final … [Read more...]
CRASH Helmets – MotoCAP
Australia - CRASH helmet ratings are now published on the MotoCAP website CRASH safety ratings are now published on the MotoCAP website, providing safety ratings for motorcycle helmets, including 30 newly released ratings. MotoCAP - the Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program gives clothing separate star ratings for protection and comfort. The protection rating considers performance in abrasion resistance, seam strength and impact protection. The comfort rating is based on how comfortable the clothing is when worn in the Australian climate. Further information … [Read more...]
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