What’s It All About?
What are we doing?
The Motorcycle Action Group, the British Motorcyclists Federation and the Motor Cycle Industry Association, and as of February 2010 we welcome the support of the ACU, are running a campaign to encourage riders to vote in the forthcoming General Election and to discuss issues with potential MPs. 2010 appears to be a year where there could be big changes in parliament and this could be the best chance in decades to really influence opinions so that we can get what riders want!
But before we do that, we need your ideas on the issues that we all should be campaigning on – below are a few suggestions to get you started…
What do you want?
Better Roads – tired of potholes all over the place or roads designed for the benefit of car drivers? Perhaps you are annoyed about not being able to use your local bus lanes? Can’t find anywhere to park when popping into town?
Infrastructure is just one of the areas where motorcyclists need to make their voice heard.
A better deal for learner riders
Big changes to rider training and testing have been made and more are
proposed due to EU directives but these have been and will be made worse
due to government mismanagement. Do you think learner riders have to
jump through too many expensive hoops to get a licence?
Incentives to get on yer bike
Government has spent millions of taxpayer’s money to encourage car buyers to upgrade their old cars and nothing on getting people out of dirty,
congesting cars and onto motorcycles. Do you think government should do
something to encourage more people to ride motorcycles? Are you fed up
with motorcycling being constantly ignored in the Government’s transport
policy?
Incentives to get on a greener bike
Government will be spending millions on promoting greener cars and the
development of technology to make cars greener. At the same time, they have not done anything to promote greener motorcycles and still tax bikes by engine capacity. Do you think that government should do more to encourage greener motorcycles? Do you feel that the car ’scrappage’ scheme, that gets car drivers discounts on new cars, should be extended to motorcycle buyers as well?
…and justice for all
Tired of press reports about riders being harassed by some police forces? Or
does the idea that motorcyclists committing the same crime as a car driver
seem to get a much harsher sentence raise your hackles?
Let us know!
We don’t know if you don’t tell us – please contact us and tell us what you want.
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