The obligation for motorcyclists in Romania to carry a fire extinguisher, reflective triangles and a first aid kit is cancelled.

In Romania the highway code does not distinguish between cars and motorcycles. As a result, a motorcycle must carry a fire extinguisher, a first aid kit and two reflective triangles. We wrote about this issue earlier this year (click here).

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Romanian motorcyclists’ organisation MotoADN – a member of FEMA – played a significant role in the political process to end this obligation. MotoADN launched a petition requesting the Romanian Parliament, the Ministry of Transport and the Ministry of the Interior to exclude motorcycles and mopeds from the obligation to carry have a fire extinguisher, reflective triangles and a first aid kit. The petition gathered more than 8,000 signatures in just a few days.

The end result is that a draft law that provides for the elimination of the obligation for motorcyclists to have a fire extinguisher, reflective triangles and a first aid kit was recently approved by the Senate, with 117 votes in favour, no votes against and one abstention.

The group of initiators to change the law is represented by Senator Cristinel Gabriel Berea, a member of the Romanian motorcycle community.

Source MotoADN

Top photograph courtesy of MotoADN

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