With only a few days to go to the General Election and MCI calls on motorcyclists to support the Riders are Voters campaign, which is online at www.ridersarevoters.org., to ensure that motorcycling voices are heard by Parliamentary Candidates. This is so that Government policy can be improved for the 1.5 million active riders in the [...]
Entries Tagged as 'riders are voters'
RAV and MCIA last call for election
May 4th, 2010 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle News
Tags: 3rd european driving licence directive·driving standards agency·DSA·riders are voters
Does voting matter to you the motorcyclist?
March 5th, 2010 · No Comments · Joolz says....
This week there has been a lot of talk in the press about Gordon Brown being questionned about the motorcycle driving test centre fiasco – how we’ve barely got any now (test centres that is) and how people taking their motorcycle test has dropped dramatically as a result. The PM saying how important the motorcycle [...]
Tags: motorcycle test centres·motorcycle test fiasco·RAV·riders are voters
Gordon Brown: motorcycle industry important
February 26th, 2010 · No Comments · Motorcycle News
Did you know there is a General Election this year? No, I’m not late catching on, just a bit sceptical about the latest bit of news that has found it’s way to my desktop. The House of Commons heard Gordon Brown announce yesterday “it is important that we have a strong motorcycling industry in this [...]
Tags: MAG·MAG UK·MCI·MCIA·motorcycle industry·riders are voters
Stricter Licensing For Motorcyclists On The Way?
December 22nd, 2009 · No Comments · Motorcycle News, Riders Rights
Focus on the Third EU Driving Licence Directive You may remember a couple of weeks back the launch of the Riders Are Voters campaign in preparation for the General Election next year. The aim being to get feedback from motorcyclists on issues that concern them to build into an action campaign, to get our voices [...]
Tags: mag uk org·motorcycle license·motorcycle testing·riders are voters
Riders Are Voters Video Interview
November 30th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Riders Rights
Riders Are Voters (RAV) was officially launched at the NEC on Press Day 26th November as reported last week – to read the article click here. We managed to get an exclusive interview with Nich Brown (General Secretary) and Paddy Tyson (Campaigns Coordinator) of the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), see below, who explained what Riders [...]
Tags: bike·biker·bikers·campaign·democracy·fight·MAG·motorbike·motorcycle action group·motorcyclist·politics·riders are voters·Riders Rights·voters
Riders Are Voters Joint Initiative For Change
November 25th, 2009 · 1 Comment · Motorcycle News, Riders Rights
Do you wish you could have more say in the policies that affect you as a motorcyclist? Next year there is likely to be political change in the UK as the nation chooses who will govern us for the next 3-5 years. Recognising that motorcyclists want their say on what directly affect them three organisations [...]