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No Chips For Bikers
17 March 2008
The Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency (DVLA) abandons proposals to chip motorcycle number plates. The DVLA have announced that they will not be seeking government approval to fit micro chip Electronic Vehicle Identification, (EVI) to motorcycle number plates. The DVLA had embarked on a feasibility study, including field trials, to determine the effectiveness of EVI as a means of combating motorcycle vehicle excise evasion.
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Motorcycle Action Group - Safeguarding Our Future
04 March 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group safeguards the future of motorcycling with practical recommendations to the Parliamentary Transport Select Committee. The Parliamentary Transport Select Committee, chaired by the Honourable Gwyneth Dunwoody MP, is to hold a review of road safety and has invited interested parties to submit evidence. The review is likely to take place in either March or April and will consider what more can be done between now and 2010 when the current targets end, and what considerations should be made for beyond 2010.
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Riders Get To Grips With Manhole Covers
20 February 2008
Carriageway manhole covers, especially on bends, can present a potentially lethal danger to motorcyclists but this could all change if revisions to the European Standard for them, proposed by the UK, is agreed. It is well known that over time some manhole cover surfaces become smooth and polished and if wet, very slippery, but thanks to the work undertaken by the National Motorcycle Council i.e. The British Motorcyclists Federation (BMF), Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers (IHIE), Motor Cycle Industry Association MCIA, Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) RAC Foundation and Devon County Council, the UK committee working on the revision of European Standard EN124 have agreed unanimously to recommend a minimum ‘polished skid resistance value for manhole covers’.
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Dartford Crossing - Struck by The Barrier
16 February 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) are proud to have helped negotiate free passage for bikers at the Dartford Crossing, an arrangement that has been in place for a number of years now.
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VED Evasion – The True Figures
14 February 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) challenged figures released in a recent Parliamentary Committee of Public Accounts report which suggested that motorcycle VED evasion rates were as high as 40%. This headline grabbing figure was picked up by the national media which portrayed motorcyclists as habitual law breakers and VED duty evaders. MAG challenge the claim which it describes as irresponsible in stereotyping motorcyclists as law breakers.
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London Mayor’s Dithering Puts Road User Lives At Risk!!
04 February 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group, (MAG UK), is very concerned that the safety of vulnerable road users is being put at risk by the procrastination of London’s Mayor Ken Livingstone and the blocking by the Mayor’s office of the publication of the ‘Transport for London PTW in Bus Lane Study’. The report was completed in April 2007 and was first due to be published in October 20007, then January 2008. It has still to be released.
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More Misery, More Costs & More Inconvenience to Bikers
27 January 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) have expressed their serious concerns to the Home Office regarding their proposals to increase, by almost 300%, the statutory charges for the removal, storage and disposal of motorcycles by the police. Under the current arrangements the police can charge £105 for the recovery of a motorcycle considered to be abandoned illegally, dangerously or obstructively parked, or broken down. They can then charge up to £12 a day for storage until the motorcycle is reclaimed by its rightful owner.
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Motorcycle Tax Evasion - Its Not Right
24 January 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) remain sceptical of the claim in a recent report that 40% of bikers evade paying VED. Anecdotal visual studies carried out by the group at motorcycle events do not reflect anything remotely like this level of non compliance. Unfortunately the media has jumped on this unreliable and suspect headline figure to brand motorcyclists as law breakers.
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MAG Prepares to Defend Motorcycling
09 January 2008
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) is preparing to defend motorcycling in the forthcoming Parliamentary scrutiny of Road Safety.
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Europe Questions The Role For Motorcycle ‘toys’ On Our Roads
24 December 2007
A leading EU transport “expert” has questioned whether there is any place for motorcycles on Europe’s roads.
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Isle of Wright MCPT
04 December 2007
The Motorcycle Action Group is co-ordinating a campaign to retain the Isle of Wight motorcycle test centre. Motorcyclists on the Isle of Wight will face a long and expensive journey to the mainland in order to take their motorcycle licence test under plans to abolish the islands only motorcycle test centre. This has come about due to the new motorcycle riding test which comes into force in October 2008 which will require purpose built off road test centres.
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Europe Bins 'Bright' Idea
04 December 2007
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) welcomes the decision by the European Commission (EC) to scrap plans to enforce all vehicles to have their dipped beam headlights on during daytime.
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Bikes Banned From The Park
09 November 2007
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) express grave concerns at the North Wales police proposal to consider banning motorcycles from the National Park.
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Live To Ride - Ride To Live – Think!
13 October 2007
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) says the government’s motorcycle “Think!” campaign for motorcyclists hits the right spot for tips and facts for urban motorcycling. The focus of this latest urban campaign concentrates on motorcyclists perfecting their skills and changing the way they ride with some thought provoking facts and tips that could help riders avoid an accident.
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DfT ‘Think!’ Rural Speed Campaign
04 October 2007
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) supports the new Government ‘Think!’ campaign to raise motorist’s awareness of the dangers of speeding on rural roads. The campaign highlights that in rural areas accidents often involve single vehicles suggesting that drivers are travelling in excess of the speed limit or travelling too fast for conditions. In 2006 325 car drivers were killed on rural roads. As vulnerable road users motorcyclists are often the victims of dangerous, careless and aggressive driving which is exacerbated when that driver behaviour takes place on narrow roads with high hedgerows and limited visibility.
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Revised Highway Code Launched - Read It!
02 October 2007
The first revised Highway Code in eight years has been unveiled by Road Safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick. The updated Code offers the latest road safety rules and advice, as well as promoting greater courtesy and understanding among all road users, particularly those who are most vulnerable.
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European Politicians Are Motorcyclists Too!
12 September 2007
On the 5th September 2007, the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) headed to Europe for the 11th Annual MEP motorcycle ride at the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Organised by the Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations (FEMA), of which MAG is an active member organisation, the annual ride with Members of the European Parliament was a unique opportunity for riders from all over Europe to exchange ideas and discuss motorcycle issues directly with the decision makers and other stakeholders. The MAG “Euro Team” of MAG’s General Secretary Trevor Baird, Nev Chamberlain and ex-Chairman, Ian Moore, joined over a 100 participants at the Ride including 15 Members of the European Parliament from 10 member states.
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Consultation & Motorcycle Prejudice
10 September 2007
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) has been invited by the Department of Transport to comment on the Government's Draft Local Transport Bill. The Local Transport Bill is a key part of the Government's strategy to meet the transport challenges of not only today, but in ten and twenty year’s time. The three key areas of the strategy, addresses public transport, the governance for managing local transport and the issue of road pricing. MAG have worked relentlessly to persuade Government of the advantages and benefits which motorcycling offers to ease traffic congestion, improve the environment as well as enhancing social mobility and the economic prosperity of the nation.
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MAG Heading To Europe
22 August 2007
On the 5th September 2007, the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG UK) will be heading to Europe for the 11th Annual MEP motorcycle ride from the European Parliament in Strasbourg. Organised by the Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations (FEMA), of which MAG is an active member organisation, the annual ride with Members of the European Parliament is a unique opportunity for riders from all over Europe, to exchange ideas and discuss motorcycle issues directly with decision makers.
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Maria Costello To Head Up Lancashire’s RideSafe BackSafe Initiative
10 August 2007
Maria Costello, fastest lady around the Isle of Man TT circuit, is to become an Ambassador for the RideSafe BackSafe initiative in the North West region. The initiative is run by the Lancashire Partnership for Road Safety and Lancashire Constabulary and is also supported by Greater Manchester Police, together with motoring organisations such as IAM, MAG and BMF.
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