23-01-12, 02:18 AM
Despite the protests last year by 40,000 bikers around the country, the EU Commission has gone ahead with a vote for the proposals to pass its First Stage Committee Reading and, not only that, they have adopted new text mandating compulsory ABS for most bikes and the adoption of "Delegated Acts" restricting, for instance, the sale and use of after-market parts.
The thing is, this vote was carried out *before* the results of an Impact Assessment were available and the Delegated Acts have not even been decided on and which won't be decided until after the regulations are adopted!
If you go to http://www.writetothem.com you can send a letter to your MEPs objecting to the majority of the proposals, however there are some good elements, eg that details of bikes' CO2 emissions should be available before sale and that they will over-turn the earlier decision to introduce power limits for motorcycles (1995), on the basis that no evidence can be found of a correlation between safety and power (which rather contradicts the idea from these proposals that tuning or adding after market parts to change a bike's performance is "dangerous"!)
There's more information on the MAG facebook page here along with a suggested form letter which you can send to your MEP.
I recommend everyone take a copy of this and amend it slightly so it's clear it's not simply a "cut and paste" job, then send it to their MEPs.
The thing is, this vote was carried out *before* the results of an Impact Assessment were available and the Delegated Acts have not even been decided on and which won't be decided until after the regulations are adopted!
If you go to http://www.writetothem.com you can send a letter to your MEPs objecting to the majority of the proposals, however there are some good elements, eg that details of bikes' CO2 emissions should be available before sale and that they will over-turn the earlier decision to introduce power limits for motorcycles (1995), on the basis that no evidence can be found of a correlation between safety and power (which rather contradicts the idea from these proposals that tuning or adding after market parts to change a bike's performance is "dangerous"!)
There's more information on the MAG facebook page here along with a suggested form letter which you can send to your MEP.
I recommend everyone take a copy of this and amend it slightly so it's clear it's not simply a "cut and paste" job, then send it to their MEPs.
![[Image: 151244.png]](http://badges.fuelly.com/images/sig-uk/151244.png)
