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Lucky
13: ACEM, the motorcycle industry in Europe,
in partnership with FEMA, introduces Lucky 13
the cartoon rider. Follow him on the road and
in 9 european languages for 13 useful tips on
how to avoid accidents caused by infrastructure.
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Safety:
FEMA responds to the publication of a report
on powered two-wheelers by the European Road Safety
Observatory (ERSO), concerned by the report's
bias against motorcyclists.
ERSO's
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Framework
Regulation: EC proposal for new regulation
on type-approval of two- and three- wheel motor
vehicles and quadricycles. The proposal has three
pillars: simplification of the legislation (better
regulation), new emission standards and new safety
measures.
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Consultation webpage >>
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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
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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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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| 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.
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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.
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| 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.
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Preliminary talks continue on new type-approval rules for motorcycles
On Monday June 29th, representatives of FEMA answered the invitation of the European Commission to discuss a package of new environmental and safety measures for powered two-wheelers. The Motorcycle Working Group (MCWG), which last met on February 27th, offers an opportunity for all organisations to monitor the early stages of draft directives and regulations affecting motorcycles and mopeds. This week's MCWG meeting focused on the new EU framework regulation, proposed by the European Commission to clean up a complicated legislation, replacing a bundle of more than 20 base directives and over 100 amending directives governing motorcycle type-approval.
Posted on 30 Jun 2009 by hugo
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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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