Wordsfromthechair
The Get a Grip! campaign has taken off really well. I’ve been to visit the factory of SSC (Structural Science Composites) who make non-slip manhole covers and it was good to witness first hand how their bosses view MAG as the legitimate voice of the riding community and good to sense their enthusiasm for doing business with us.
The road repairs made early on this year in Cumbria where I live, are failing already after the last cold spell. Sadly we are now back to where we where with the standard of the roads, in fact they are possibly worse. This is definitely an issue that will run and run but at least we don’t have to win an ideological battle here as no-one is lobbying for more potholes. We simply have to be the ones who shout loudest and push our concerns further up the queue for the sadly diminished public purse. Our Campaigns Manager Paddy Tyson will be taking the Get a Grip! stand to many events this year, so if you see the stand, go and have a word. We need local MAG activists to get involved in order to accelerate the growth of this campaign to have non-slip manhole covers fitted all over the country. While the campaign highlights the issue of manhole covers, it also encompasses all aspects of poor road surfaces, including potholes and excessive use of slippery overbanding.
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multitude of facts and figures on PTW accidents that show how a large proportion of accidents involving motorcycles involve riders from outside the county. I am getting Nich Brown to review the document as this is his forte.
Close to home I have been trying to help out my local Whitehaven group lately. Over the last couple of years Police support for the Easter Egg run has dwindled for a number of reasons. I penned an email to the Chief Constable that has been passed to other officers and I am now awaiting a reply from them. Watch this space.
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I’ve been to a CRASH (Collision Reduction and Safer Highways) meeting for West Cumbria, where there was a huge amount of interest in the Get a Grip! Campaign. While there I was handed a paper with a
If we can get members around the country to do the same, then we can have a huge impact on issues on a county by county basis
I am in a unique position as an ex Police Officer with good contacts and through using my position as MAG Chairman I have got involved in this CRASH group. If we can get members around the country to do the same then we can have a huge impact on issues on a county by county basis. It’s easily done; just quote our membership figures, (60,000 including individual and affiliated combined) and emphasise that we have been around for 38 years. You’ll find that many organisations sit up and take notice of us when they hear this.
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I’ve just been to a local MAG group meeting where the material in the last issue of The ROAD provoked discussion on a wide range of subjects. It’s good to see so much enthusiasm for MAG building lately. It was also really great to see such a good turn out, which in the case of this meeting included Mike (Thebe-The Bee) of Stormin’ marshalling fame and also Jude who was just back from a three month round the world trip. Jude was full of fascinating tales and had loads of photos.
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We’re now planning the Annual Group Conference and the Farmyard Party. We need folks to man the MAG tent over the weekend at The Farmyard so please contact MAG Central if you feel competent to do this and we’ll explain the deal.
Tel: 01926 844064
mag-hq@mag-uk.org. While on the subject of rallies, please don’t forget the No1 rally North East MAG’s long running Middlesbrough event. See
www.mag-uk.org for all up to date events.
Paul Turner, Chairman
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