After more than 20,000 French motorcyclists hit the streets to demand the legalization of filtering between lanes of slow moving or stopped traffic, the government was ready to listen to the bikers. On 20 February 2021, following the end of a filtering experiment, the French motorcyclists' organization FFMC put 20,000 motorcyclists

In an open and positive meeting, the British Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) put the case for motorcycling to Baroness Vere of Norbiton, Parliamentary Undersecretary for State. The Minister offered to help MAG raise the profile of motorcycling. In a statement following the meeting Baroness Vere said: "I thank the representatives of

How do we get more young people to start riding motorcycles? That is the question now that the average age of the Swedish motorcyclists is getting higher and higher. Most people who get a motorcycle licence Sweden are mature adults and not youngsters. This becomes obvious when you look at the

There is no better place to test the performance of motorcycles with ABS on gravel roads than Sweden. One fifth of the Swedish road network are gravel roads, that is 20,200 kilometres. It has become popular to ride on these roads with ‘normal’ bikes, as well as riding them with motorcycles

The Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure accepts that wire rope crash barriers pose a hazard to motorcyclists’ safety. Motorcycle Action Group UK’s Northern Ireland Representative, Martyn Boyd, and MAG UK Director, Ian Churchlow met with officials of the Northern Ireland Department for Infrastructure (DfI) in July 2020 to discuss MAG’s concerns

Iceland’s motorcyclists’ association BLS - member of FEMA – launched a new campaign to increase motorists’ awareness that motorcyclists are part of the traffic mix. The images used for the campaign show the person behind the helmet. We talked with Steinmar Gunnarsson, BLS´s FEMA representative: “Over the years BLS has, along

MAG UK claims that poor road design is partly to blame for the recent rise in motorcyclist fatalities in London. Motorcyclist fatalities in London have risen by more than 40% over the past two years, from 22 in 2018 to 31 in 2019. Provisional figures for 2020 show no decline despite

British motorcyclists' organization MAG has received confirmation that motorcycles are not on the government's list of petrol and diesel vehicles that can not be sold from 2030. In the United Kingdom the government has announced that they will end the sale of petrol and diesel cars and vans by 2030. The

Can the sound of your motorcycle save your life? It’s a question that for years has led to intense discussions among motorcyclists. Romanian motorcyclists have the answer. MotoADN, Romanian motorcyclists’ organization (and member of FEMA), decided to let science answer the question and set up a series of tests to find

Negotiations with the Norwegian government have resulted in a tax plan that includes significant tax reductions for motorcycles. And for snowmobiles; this is Norway after all. A coalition of organizations, with the Norwegian Motorcycle Importers' Association at the forefront, has worked for the proposal for tax reductions on motorcycles and snowmobiles.