French protest against technical motorcycle inspections Member news November 22, 2022November 22, 2022 The highest administrative court in France has judged that mandatory periodical technical inspections of motorcycles and other powered two-wheelers has to be introduced. French riders' organisation FFMC calls on bikers to show their anger on the weekend of 26 and 27 November 2022. FFMC says: "When France introduced vehicle inspection for
No mandatory motorcycle inspections in France Member news July 27, 2022July 28, 2022 The French decision to impose a mandatory technical inspection for motorcycles on 1 January 2023 is definitely buried, according to French motorcyclists' organisation FFMC. The wait was long, but it is here: the introduction of the periodical technical inspection for motorcycles is repealed. Understand that the decree of August 2021 imposing
New French experiment with ‘noise cameras’ FEMA news January 6, 2022January 6, 2022 France has announced a new experiment with ‘noise cameras’ to tackle excessive noise from moving vehicles. The experiment is aimed at testing the technological possibilities and will also need to set the legal framework necessary to use noise cameras as a legal way to ‘punish’ excessive noise. On 3 January 2022 the
French insurer: motorcycle accidents are not caused by technical failures Member news November 11, 2021December 13, 2021 Out of more than 18,000 insurance claims studied over the 2016-2020 period, less than 0.4% of motorcycles were reported as dangerous in the expert's reports, often because of tyres that had reached the tyre’s tread wear indicator. This makes mandatory technical inspection for motorcycles useless and ineffective, according to French
