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	BMF say Licence Directive Deferred – but not dead 24 March 2006 The EU Council of Ministers has deferred a decision on the Third Driving Licence Directive, but warns that the threat still remains. The British Motorcyclists Federation has welcomed the news. The BMF has campaigned against the Directive, which is designed to ‘improve the free movement of EU citizens by ensuring and facilitating mutual recognition of all licences. Reducing the possibilities for fraud and increase road safety’. Regardless, it still includes substantial changes to the existing UK motorcycle driving licencing laws. Tags: bmf, driving licence, law, government, alistair darling

	BMF Welcomes Re-Think on Speed Cameras 21 December 2005 The Transport Secretary Alistair Darling says that there is going to be more flexibility over speed camera policy. The (BMF) British Motorcyclists Federation has welcomed the announcement. The BMF say, over-hyped by the over-zealous, speed cameras, sited sensibly, can nevertheless reduce speed-related accidents. But news that cameras will now be seen as only part of local road safety schemes and not treated as the automatic panacea to road casualty reduction, is a welcome change in policy. These so-called ‘safety cameras' are no substitute for proper policing say the BMF. Speed in itself is rarely the primary cause of an accident, but inappropriate speed is. What cameras have done is to allow police road traffic patrols to be reduced, hence the drop in drink-driving and careless driving cases, not because drivers are better, simply that the police are no longer around to see such offences committed. Tags: bmf, dft, alistair darling, cameras, speed …