Car versus motorcycle: new digital safety features tested FEMA news September 24, 2023September 24, 2023 Digital connectivity between motorcycles, cars and infrastructure is entering a new phase. Recently FEMA joined a test day on the German Lausitzring track. On 14 and 15 September 2023 stakeholders from motorcycle- and car industry, road safety- and research institutions and users’ organisations got the opportunity to see with their own
European licence proposal: different speed limits for cars and motorcycles FEMA news September 13, 2023September 12, 2023 If you thought the current driving licence directive was a monstrosity, wait until you read some of the proposals in the European Parliament rapporteur’s draft report on the proposal by the European Commission to revise the directive. Perhaps the most bizarre proposal: different speed limits for different vehicles… FEMA considers a
Finland: roadside checks to test the technical state of motorcycles Member news September 6, 2023 There is no mandatory periodic inspection of motorcycles and mopeds in Finland, but the authorities have recently started roadside checks to learn more about the technical state of motorcycles and mopeds. In Finland, patrols of the traffic police sector of the Eastern Uusimaa Police and the Finnish Transport and Communications Agency
Hundreds of motorcyclists demonstrate in Berlin Member news September 1, 2023September 1, 2023 Under the motto ‘Riding together, fighting together for our rights’, the German motorcyclists’ organisation Biker Union (a member of FEMA), organises a rally every two years to draw the attention of politicians and the public to the specific problems of powered two-wheelers. This year,on 26 August 2023, the demonstration led from
Motorcyclists’ road safety in Norway is improving Member news August 30, 2023August 30, 2023 So far this year there have been less motorcycle accidents in Norway: 50 percent fewer fatal motorcycle accidents versus 2022, even though the motorcycle population is increasing year by year. The Norwegian motorcycle community joined forces in the National Forum for Motorcycle Safety to try to reduce the number of motorcycle
Testing and improving road friction is crucial for motorcyclists’ safety FEMA news August 7, 2023August 7, 2023 Sufficient grip is crucial for motorcycles, because motorcycles (normally) have just two wheels: lose grip with one and you are already in trouble. Losing grip not only means sliding but also possible loss of balance and a crash. This is why it is important that the skid resistance measurements of
European Commission: End-of-life motorcycles must be handed in FEMA news July 24, 2023July 24, 2023 The European Commission wants to make it mandatory to hand in motorcycles when the have come to 'the end of their life'. FEMA's Wim Taal explains. The European Commission (EC) has recently adopted a Proposal for a Regulation on circularity requirements for vehicle design and on management of end-of-life vehicles (end-of-life
In Romania the ‘urban jungle’ is a real danger to motorcyclists Member news July 5, 2023July 5, 2023 When Romanian motorcyclists’ organisation MotoADN - a member of FEMA - looked into accident data, they found that motorcyclists are far from innocent. The truth hurts sometimes. Oana Radu, MotoADN’s communications manager: “Some of these results probably won't surprise you, others may make you wonder, and that's okay, because that's what
How motorcyclists that visited London get a fine from Uzbekistan FEMA news June 30, 2023July 25, 2023 At the end of 2022, FEMA received signals about penalties that were issued on behalf of Transport for Londen (but also on behalf of toll road operators in Hungary and Portugal) by an Uzbek company named Euro Parking Collection plc (EPC). We wondered how it was possible that a Dutch motorcyclist
‘Vision Zero must include road safety for motorcyclists’ Member news June 29, 2023June 29, 2023 Swedish motorcyclists' organisation SMC: "No one should be injured or die due to deficiencies in the infrastructure". On 26 and 27 June 2023, the Swedish Transport Administration organized the Zero Vision Conference, which was held in Stockholm and was opened by Infrastructure Minister Andreas Carlson. Two days of international knowledge exchange,