MPs promote motorcycling for the young
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: RAV, riders are voters, Wheels to Work
Stephen Pound, MP for Ealing North, tabled an Early Day Motion (EDM) in Parliament on Monday 19th July, calling on the Government to provide stable funding to promote the Wheels to Work scheme for young people.
An EDM can lead to a debate in Parliament if enough MPs agree to sign it.
RAV partners have long campaigned [...]
DSA Announce Three Reviews
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: DSA motorcycle reviews, DSA motorcycle testing, RAV, riders are voters
Further to pressure from RAV and the subsequent announcement by Roads Minister Mike Penning that he was going to implement a full review of the current motorcycle testing regime, we have been notified today that 3 working groups are to be established by the DSA.
One will be examining a trainer registration scheme which we have [...]
Riders face expulsion from Bus Lanes – because of parking charges…
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: no to bike parking tax, NTBPT, RAV, riders are voters
Organisations behind the Riders Are Voters campaign have called for sense to prevail amidst growing concern that a pre-emptive decision on the future of motorcycle access to bus-lanes has been, or is about to be, taken.
Broadcasts by BBC television, recently, revealed that London Mayor Boris Johnson may be about to end motorcycle access to bus [...]
RAV Meets New Roads Minister
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: MAG UK Org, motorcycle test centres, RAV, riders are voters
Less than two weeks after the formation of the new government, Mike Penning MP, the new Minister with responsibility for Britain’s roads at the Department for Transport invited ‘Riders Are Voters’ campaign organisers from the Motor Cycle Indusry, British Motorcyclists Federation and the Motorcycle Action Group to a high-level meeting with senior civil servants.
Nich Brown, [...]
