Canada – Ontario – The province of Ontario in Canada is joining the provinces of Alberta, Manitoba and British Columbia in allowing an exemption from motorcycle helmet wearing for Sikh motorcyclists. The exemption was announced by Premier Doug Ford and Prabmeet Sarkaria, Parliamentary Assistant to the Minister of Community Safety and Correctional Services, that, “Ontario's Government for the People is taking steps to grant the Sikh community an exemption from the requirement to wear a helmet while riding a motorcycle.” "We promised to establish a helmet exemption for … [Read more...]
Safety Event Breaks Cover
Europe – Breaking cover on 12th October, 2018 was the FIM - Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (International Motorcycling Federation) annual reception and policy debate. This year it was entitled ‘Riders & Drivers: Fighting Invisibility Together! According to the FIM, the event gathered the motorcycling community, policymakers, NGO and industry representatives to discuss the key road safety concerns of the PTW sector. This was against the backdrop of recent developments in EU road safety legislation. FIM hosts annual EU policy debate: Riders & Drivers … [Read more...]
Infrastructure – Beat Of The Same Drum
Europe - A safe infrastructure for motorcyclists’ campaign has been launched in the European Parliament by the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA) and the European Union Road Federation (ERF). The campaign ‘Road Infrastructure Safety – The Motorcyclists’ Vision” was launched on Wednesday 26th September during an event in the European Parliament, hosted by motorcycling MEP Wim van de Camp. Based around a previously published joint position paper from FEMA and ERF - ‘Improving infrastructure safety for powered two-wheelers’ both the ERF and FEMA … [Read more...]
Motorcycle Star Clothing Rated
Australia - New South Wales - Motorcycle clothing rated for a safe ride - The motorcycle clothing rating from Australia has been in the pipeline for a while and we reported on its existence previously. Now the first findings have been launched. The Australian Motorcycle Clothing Assessment Program (MotoCAP) is similar to the star rating scheme for motorcycle helmets in the UK SHARP (Safety Helmet Assessment and Rating Programme) where the SHARP scheme aids motorcyclists to make an informed choice when buying a helmet. MotoCAP is run by a consortium of government … [Read more...]
Ethanol Not A Smooth Blend
United States – UK – Europe - Most of the time when writing about an issue, because of our background we have a very workable understanding or lead on the topic. However sometimes we rely on those who have an understanding on the issue which the subject of concern in this case, is Ethanol in petrol. Ethanol is essentially grain alcohol produced from crops, that is mixed with gasoline to produce an ethanol-gasoline blend motor fuel. In 2012 as Right To Ride EU we reported the concerns from riders and their representative organisations in the United States - Ethanol – … [Read more...]
Automated – Include Motorcycles!
United States - Most rider organisations, federations, club groupings and the motorcycle industry have adopted a position or voiced concerns, or are working on how motorcycles and their riders are becoming increasingly affected by the introduction of vehicle assist systems which are leading towards the aim of fully automated vehicles. In February of this year we ran an article entitle Self Driving Cars – The Same Concerns which looked at the Motorcycle Riders Foundation (MRF) from the United States when they raised their concerns with their lawmakers regarding automated … [Read more...]
CCM Spitfire Flying International
CCM - Clews Competition Machines – When somebody reaches out from behind the walls of their HQ, to share their exciting news, then here at Motorcycle Minds it is only not just polite but also interesting to report on their news, especially as they mention that they are setting their sights on overcoming European Whole Vehicle Type Approval. We have heard of CCM, we knew it was a motorcycle company in England that produced motorcycles, but we never had any reason to take notice until now. We knew CCM was an iconic name though not knowing what the CCM initials stood … [Read more...]
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