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Steve Farrell says:

Motorway demo over restrictive EU rules

A Motorcycle lobby group is planning to bring disruption to motorways across the country in protest over restrictive new legislation from Europe for bikes. The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) wants bikers to meet at service stations all over the UK before holding up traffic in 45mph motorway rides on September 25. The group is opposing a raft of European Commission proposals including...

Posted 2 years ago (06 September 2011 11:57)

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ir0nage says:

EuroNanny = AusNanny = GlobalNanny

The larger problem here is that the EuroNannies are spreading their anti-risk, anti-choice doctrine throughout the world. Everything that happens in Europe find its way out into the world and some do-gooding, cardigan wearing, mouth breathing, low fat biscuit sucker decides its a way to the top of his or her shitpile. A few thousand years ago, these creatures would have been food or pushed out of the cave into the wild to shape up or die. If the insidious removal of choice matters so little to you, then you never deserved it in the first place.

Here in Australia we're facing the same problems; cameras everywhere, coppers that think they're enforcing when they should be policing, bureaucrats who've have fogotten they're public servants and think they're public watchdogs and worst of all apathy. Bart Simpson called the French 'cheese eating surrender monkeys' and we all laughed, but right now we need to stand up wherever we live and wherever we ride and say enough's enough, or the last laugh we hear will be the apologist titter of some beige bastard in Brussels.

Posted 2 years ago (07 September 2011 04:44)

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sammycw50 says:

Whats the time.

What time will people be meeting at service stations, I will be going to the Newark on the A46. Want them to try and see them fit a throttle control to my ancient townmate 6v electrics, Ha Ha Ha.

Posted 2 years ago (07 September 2011 07:46)

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hairyMuppet says:

On one point...

...I kinda like the new proposals. Retraining after a 5 year break? Sounds good to me as skills do go rusty and the highway code (or equivalent) does change. Of course, I'd like to see that applied to ALL classes of vehicles.

The rest of the proposals? Horse hockey and if I've got my bike back I'll be joining the demo.

As for the message getting lost...more press releases, more bikers talking to non-bikers about why etc.

Posted 2 years ago (07 September 2011 08:07)

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hairyMuppet says:

Hmm...

Chris Hodder (BMF, via Twitter, BMF_Chris) "Just got out of good meeting with DfT about the new EU regs. We may disagree on minor details, but Govt position seems sensible."

It's good to see that the DfT is actually speaking to people and I am sure that Mr. Hodder has more access to the actual meat of the proposals than the rest of us, but I am curious about the details. Is the UK government going to interpret the EU rules in a sensible fashion? (Always a first time I guees)
Or are the EU rules being simply over-blown to create some news/PR?
Or is the BMF caving in? (/conspiracy-blog)

I guess the only course of action is to read the proposals for myself rather than rely on any reporting and make my own mind up.
Maybe I won't be joining the demo after all.....

Posted 2 years ago (07 September 2011 09:24)

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hairyMuppet says:

Link?

Anyone got a link to the actual EU proposals?

Posted 2 years ago (07 September 2011 09:25)

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hairyMuppet says:

Read for yourself...

...and make you own mind up.

http://www.dft.gov.uk/consultations/dft-2011-26

I can't find the actual proposals linked on the EU, MAG, BMF or anywhere else. Which is a bit of a shame really - or maybe my search-fu has deserted me this morning?

Posted 2 years ago (07 September 2011 09:44)

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tris123 says:

New bikes

Another way that would put a lot more pressure on the EU would be if people stopped buying new vehicles. The manufacturers would put so much pressure on the EU that they would have to stop acting like little bitches straight away. The last thing needed during a global recession is this kind of stupidity. Plus you got all the aftermarket manufactures, independent tuners/garages that would all go out of business. They really haven’t thought this through properly.