FEMA

SAFERIDER survey: The SAFERIDER project aims to develop devices to improve the comfort and safety of riders through technology such as warning devices to alert the rider of a potential crash or provide information about black spots or traffic. FEMA needs your views.

20th Anniversary: In 2008, FEMA celebrates 20 years of active representation in Brussels, promoting and defending motorcycling in Europe: A look at the past to better face new challenges

Periodical inspection : The need for a motorcycle to be in good condition and to comply with relevant technical regulations, so that it can be safely used on public roads, is not questioned. However, the need of adopting an EU harmonised inspection policy for motorcycles remains disputed. FEMA believes that the decision to implement periodical inspections for motorcycles should remain at national level to adapt to the specific needs of the different fleets.

Urban Mobility: Motorcycles have a role to play in urban mobility. The Green Paper on Urban Transport currently being discussed in EUrope should include motorcycles in their strategic reflexions.

Directive on Infrastructure: Infrastructure is the primary or a contributing factor in many Powered Two Wheelers accidents. For this reason, FEMA welcomes the Commission Directive Proposal on infrastructure safety management that seeks to take into accounts the needs of all road users, including the more vulnerable ones such as motorcyclists.

Daytime Running Lights: Because of the very different situations and conditions in the member states, with no existing viable alternative for motorcycle conspicuity, the recognized environmental cost, FEMA currently opposes the harmonization of DRL at EU level. DRL should be left to the appreciation of National governments, in accordance with motorcyclists and other Vulnerable Road Users' associations.

European Driving Licences: FEMA believes that motorcycle access provisions are unreasonable. The compromise reached between Member States and the Parliament aims to introduce a range of measures that will restrict access to motorcycling without offering any road safety benefits. The proposed motorcycle access regime is illogical and unjustified.

FEMA acknowledges the mid-term review of the EC Road Safety Action Programme (RSAP) and in principle supports the objective of reducing by 50% the number of fatalities on the road by 2010 as road safety is a basic right of all road users. FEMA believes road safety should be improved through shared responsibility, also taking into account the needs of motorcyclists.

Within its effort to represent the views of motorcyclists at the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe, FEMA and other international riders' organisations have submitted an informal document on roadside noise enforcement.

The European Agenda for Motorcycle Safety gives legislators and decision makers a brief summary of riders' analyses of why motorcycle accidents happen and recommendations on how to improve motorcycle safety.

The FEMAX scheme aims to help individual members of FEMA organisations get the MAXIMUM benefit from their membership of the world's greatest bikers' rights organisation.

FEMA 20th Anniversary: 1st MEP ride through Brussels!

On 25 June 2008, FEMA celebrated its 20th Anniversary with a special MEP Motorcycle Ride organised in Brussels. More than 150 people showed interest in participating in the various activities set up for the occasion, among which a beautiful ride through Brussels city centre, the heart of Europe.

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Posted on 01 Jul 2008 by virginie

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In June 1988, national road riding motorcyclists' rights organisations from France, Germany, UK, Austria, Greece, Italy and Luxembourg gathered in Strasbourg to protest against unfair European motorcycle legislation. Out of this meeting came the decision to form a European organisation to defend and promote the interests of riders, and the Federation of European Motorcyclists (FEM) was born.

On 1st January 1998, FEM and EMA (the European Motorcyclists Association) merged to form the Federation of European Motorcyclists’ Associations (FEMA). FEMA is the only European riders’ rights organisation with a permanent presence in Brussels, concentrating its efforts on motorcycle and rider-related matters.

Affiliated to FEMA today are 24 national riders' rights organisations from 19 European countries.


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