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Dear Ian,
Thank you for contacting me regarding Motorcycles in an EU wide testing regime. I have discussed this issue with my colleague Jacqueline Foster MEP who is the spokesman on Transport & Tourism, her reply is outlined below. “As a Spokesman on Transport & Tourism I have been strongly against setting minimum EU wide testing rules on motorcycles as the testing requirements voted on by the EU are simply too specific, and expensive for what is needed on this vehicle type. Furthermore I have not at all been convinced at the evidence provided by the Commission to have these vehicles included.
Motorcycles were removed from the report during the
Europe and this is around 98% don’t care enough or else don’t think anyone will listen to them. Oh bless! The truth is they don’t deserve rights, they don’t deserve liberties, they don’t deserve motorcycles and they don’t deserve to live in a country like Great Britain. They certainly don’t deserve to enjoy the efforts of an organisation like MAG. A group populated with volunteers of conviction who put so much of their energies into ensuring that the nannies do not win. People determined to go on enjoying these damn dangerous motorsickles for as long as there is a free spirit and an appetite for exuberance. However we do not give up on them any more than we give up on politicians or give up on motorcycling. So get the pdf of this article from me email the
road@mag-uk.org and send it to every rider you know who you think might, just maybe might say “OK I’ll join.” Then get them on line and watch as they join –
www.mag-uk.org
Transport Committee vote on 30th May. Unfortunately the situation changed on the 2nd July in Plenary, as a small majority of MEP’s supported including motorcycles in the final vote. As you know, the UK already performs effective MOT’s for motorcycles, with first checks on vehicles after three years, and then every year thereafter, just like with cars. Following this vote, the report as it currently stands with Parliament sets a minimum testing frequency of first checks being carried out after four years, then two years, and thereafter annually. Following the vote, the report was sent back to the Transport Committee where it will enter discussions with Member States in order to reach a settlement. I estimate the start of these discussions to commence after the summer break. Rest assured that I will be doing all I can, along with my colleagues, to protect British interests and, in particular, our motorcycling friends.”
I can assure you that we will be monitoring the proposals and
scrutinising any further developments. Yours sincerely, Marina Yannakoudakis, MEP for London
NB All references to parties have been edited from this letter as MAG does not wish to convey a party political bias. Members can of course google any names to find out which parties they are members of.
It would be simple-minded to infer too much optimism from this letter. It does however convey evidence that this is an MEP who has familiarised herself with the issue and formed an intelligent view on it which happily reflects MAG’s stance.
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THEY’RE ALL OUT TO FEATHER THEIR OWN NESTS
ALL POLITICIANS ARE IN IT FOR THEMSELVES
I DON’T DO POLITICS
WHAT’S THE
POINT IT WON’T MAKE ANY
DIFFERENCE
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