Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP International Motorcyclists Conference Brussels, 29 june 2010
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Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP
International Motorcyclists Conference
Brussels, 29 june 2010
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For the motorcyclist
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Policy Makers
• What should policy makers do?
• Europe & The Netherlands
• Priorities and Perspectives
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Europe & The Netherlands
• The car is used as a standard
• Governments blame the motorcyclist in a disproportionate way
• Awareness
• Lobbying
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Priorities
• From car to motorcycle: both are important
• Balance: safety by motorcyclist, and safety for motorcyclist
• Ability to ride
• Creativity
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Perspectives (1)
• Rules and understanding
• Policy makers should ride motorcycles themselves
• Bottom up instead of top down
• Keep it simple : not to many rules
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Perspectives (2)
• Road design: keep it simple
• Single EU Regulation: keep it simple
• European Driving License
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Examples
• Testing standards
• European Directive : exams for each categorie
• legal regulation to promote lane-splitting
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Best practices
• In the Netherlands: Crash rails are tested with motorcycles
• Cable barriers are removed and no longer installed
• CN Committee and testing standards
• Still not an obligation / law
• It is an on going process
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Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP
International Motorcyclists Conference
Brussels, 29 june 2010