The FEMA Committee says goodbye to Dolf Willigers

This weekend, during FEMA's Committee meeting in the Netherlands, the Committee said its official goodbyes to FEMA General Secretary Dolf Willigers, who will start enjoying his retirement on 1 November 2023. This was his last Committee meeting. Members of the Committee, the representatives of FEMA's national member organisations, presented Dolf with

Norwegian motorcyclists left in the cold

The Norwegian government has allocated money to a number of road safety projects, but motorcyclists are completely ignored. Motorcyclists’ organisation NMCU is not amused… In the state budget for 2024, the government ignores road safety work for motorcyclists again. NMCU - a member of FEMA - applied for funds to continue

Do lower speeds lead to less noise?

Emotions seem to play a bigger role than science in the discussions surrounding noise emissions from cars and motorcycles, as Thomas Makropoulos from the Danish motorcyclists’ organisation DMC explains. Due to the noise emissions accompanying cars and motorcycles, we motorcyclists are suffering from discrimination all over Europe. In Germany, motorcyclists are

Car versus motorcycle: new digital safety features tested

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

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

Hundreds of motorcyclists demonstrate in Berlin

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

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

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