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, [...]
MPs return to Parliament as new government starts to function
Posted in: Campaign History Tags: early day motion, RAV, riders are voters
The first session of Parliament takes place today, Tuesday 18th May, following a week of political deal-making between the major parties.
Also, we now know which ministers we will be talking to about delivering the Riders Are Voters Manifesto.
In years gone by, almost all of the work was funnelled through Civil Servants toward one [...]
