Ducati Sporting Club UK > General > Idle Chat > Post your petition as per MCN this am

[BIG-G]

http://campaign.publicaffairsbriefin...e-c66c9022f9b0

[guest1]

Sorry big-g, I might as well have been on the moon for the past few weeks, but what is contained in:
3rd European Driving Licence Directive
that makes it worth petitioning against? Nothing on that website explains it.
Cheers

[rockhopper]

I'm not sure that what the petition saying is actually true though.

"We take exception that the directive has not addressed the major cause of motorcycle fatalities which are collisions caused by car drivers".

My understanding was that the majority of bike accidents these days are single vehicle types, eg running wide on a corner. This might include hitting an oncomming car but its hardly the car drivers fault. DAS can't be a good thing, allowing a rider with perhaps 5 days experience to go out and legally ride an R1 is madness.

I'm inclined to think that a stepped licence with extra training will be a good thing.

[rockhopper]

It took a bit of hunting for me as well!

http://www.mag-uk.org/index2.html

[Mark]

I don't see the point either.

[BIG-G]

Sad person that Iam, I'm also a BMF member and have been following this for some time. Go to www.motorcyclenews.com or look at the BMF site and see how our future generation of bikers are under severe pressure
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[ariel]

There is far too much interference into motorcycling already. I believe a novice rider is a lot safer on an R1 on today's roads than he would be "putting" along in the gutter on a low powered strangulated EU designed travesty. This is what the bureaucrats would force us to ride if they had their way. Very few of them have had any experience of riding bikes.

[rockhopper]

The facts are though that single vehicle bike accidents are on the increase.