Current Campaigns

Do your bit to keep biking on the right road

The Motorcycle Action Group(MAG UK) is a lobbying organisation that exists to protect motorcycling from unsympathetic legislation that threatens the pleasure of riders.  Visit MAG-UK

July 1st Demo - No Bike Parking Tax in Westminister

5,000 motorcycle riders are expected to join a 'Mega Objection' against over-charging of bike parking fees by Westminster City Council. The demonstration to be held in London on the evening of 1st July 2009 follows earlier rallies attracting several thousand riders. The Motorcycle Action Group, Britain's leading riders’ organisation, supports the campaign in its efforts to get a better deal for bikers in Westminster and elsewhere. Campaigners are urging every rider to do their bit NOW to secure high quality, free, on-street bike parking for everyone.

Forms for the event can be downloaded from: www.notobikeparkingfees.com/A4ObjectionsFormForDownload.pdf.

 

e-petition against police willingness to close down motorcycle events

The Motorcycle Action Group has launched an e-petition on the 10 Downing St site to challenge over zealous police reaction to alleged risks at motorcycle events.  Deadline for this petition is 16th September 2009.

Full article: http://www.mag-uk.org/en/newsdetail/a6662

On line e-petition: http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/Eventsatrisk/

ON-GOING CAMPAIGNS

From time to time the government may suggest "improvements" and propose "investigations" or just shelf things to bring back down when they hope no one is looking - below are some of these campaigns.

No to Throttle Control - No to Control - Running since March 2007 (second visit of proposal)

A Transport Select Committee recommends, “that the Government commission a companion piece
of research on the viability of introducing speed limiters on motorcycles.”

Read MAGs comments on the "EVSC - ISA Information" page "The Good And The Bad".


EVSC - ISA - No To Throttle Control - No To Control

MAG re launches its 2001 campaign to oppose the compulsory fitment to privately owned vehicles of any device designed to arbitrarily remove control
from the driver to remote operation and asks all vehicle users to sign the Mulhouse Declaration.

MAG President Ian Mutch was emphatic about the issue. "Let's keep this one simple, we don't want it, not today not tomorrow not ever." 

Withdrawing control from the rider is fundamentally what MAG was set up to oppose.

Motorcycling is about fun and freedom and control, your hand on your throttle, your decision.

If people abuse that control and fall foul of the law then that is a different issue but when technology is deployed to directly control motorcycles then a big line is crossed and MAG knows exactly which side of that line it stands on.

Withdrawing control from the rider is fundamentally what MAG was set up to oppose.

This is ultimately a philosophic issue, it’s not just about safety, it’s about what sort of society we want to live in.

MAG says, “We don’t want to live in a society with the level of control which ISA can make possible and we intend to get more votes for our point of view than the safety zealots get for theirs.

MAG’s Director of Public Affairs Trevor Baird recently rode a prototype motorcycle fitted with ISA technology which was developed by the University of Leeds, the Department for Transport and MIRA (Motor Industry Research Association).

You can read the article and further back ground information is available by clicking on “EVSC - ISA Information”

Full article and further campaign links - Full Control