A good friend of the Guidelines Craig Carey-Clinch is currently undertaking a memorial charity ride to Africa. The aim is to raise awareness for healthcare...
Hi All Your thoughts or have you heard of this "Road Ramp" and how it would affect a motorcycle travelling over it. Has it been tested on motorcycles. Of to...
I would ,Personally, be very surprised if a large number of the quoted `200 .local authorities' who have allegedly expressed an interest turn into any real...
Thanks Tony Our colleagues in MAG Netherlands had a system a few years back on their roads, although not the same design or purpose. (picture attached) The one...
All After some enquires I was able to speak to the "inventor" John Hughes and he replied to questions explaining why motorcyclists should not be concerned. ...
The website for the ramp is back online. See http://www.hughesresearch.co.uk/Multimedia.htm for video clips. Cheers Trevor Baird Director Of Public Affairs...
Source - http://www.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,5360490-117780,00.html [is there research based on a bwetter range of PTWs?] Motorbikes '16 times worse than...
... Yes there is. the Californian group that did the measurements for the MOBILE 6 US standrad emission model dd th esame tests (not the ones defiend in wht...
Have to Question the vadility of the Guardian report, Two Stroke emissions are Know to be notoriously higher than four strokes. As the test appear to have...
Have to Question the vadility of the Guardian report, Two Stroke emissions are Know to be notoriously higher than four strokes. As the test appear to have...
I'm Sure that Nich Brown @ MCIA will be able to help us with such figuers when he returns after the festive break. Tony sharp IHIE Vice President ... strokes. ...
I would say first that anyone reading this report should be VERY careful about quoting it, especially in a UK context. The paper suggests that the machines...
Hi every one, sorry for the instances of SPAM that the site has suffered recently but such is the problem with an 'open access' site. The DfT has just...
I have just read in Surveyor (18/05/06 page 11 that there are trials into the use of rubber road surfacing. There is a mention of cars being tested on them,...
Can anyone recommend a good method of treating existing manhole covers to make them less of a hazard to riders? We have recently put a calcined bauxite...
Hi This may help. Cheers Trevor Baird Director Of Public Affairs (MAG UK) Bristol pioneers revolutionary new kind of manhole cover Release Date:12-May-2006 ...
Ben, Existing covers no but Saint Gobain (Stainton Metals) have been working on treatment for covers and have just delivered about 100 to Bristol City Council...
Ben, Area 6 have just installed such a cover on the taper to a layby following a Road Safety Audit report. See attached message for details and contact. Stuart...
Have just seen the new TfL video http://www.tfl.gov.uk/streets/roadsafety-p2w-video.shtml Operating within the context that they do I think TfL have done a...
Hi Tony MAG UK will have a press release out on this shortly which will basically say we do not like this video. Trevor Baird Director Of Public Affairs (MAG...
I saw this on the TV the other night and agree that it is good to remind bikers that streets they ride everyday need to be treated as carefully as any other....
Sorry, I can't agree that TfL have done anything to be proud of - quite the opposite... According to their press release, the advert 'aims to alert people to ...
Tony, The Positives It's encouraging that another motorcycle safety message has been produced on a topic that I have not previously seen addressed. As part of...
I have to agree with Brian that we need to get riders talking to other riders about safety, but I think the TfL video shows very clearly that it is content...
Tony, I have shown the film to a range of colleagues and received several comments. It would seem our reactions are mixed. I have experienced a very similar...
MAG UK certainly exist to promote motorcycling as I would assume all here do. I would agree wholeheartly with Nichs previous comments on the TfL video. This...