Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

International Motorcyclists Conference

Brussels, 29 june 2010

For the motorcyclist

Policy Makers

• What should policy makers do?

• Europe & The Netherlands

• Priorities and Perspectives

Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

Europe & The Netherlands

• The car is used as a standard

• Governments blame the motorcyclist in a disproportionate way

• Awareness

• Lobbying

Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

Priorities

• From car to motorcycle: both are important

• Balance: safety by motorcyclist, and safety for motorcyclist

• Ability to ride

• Creativity

Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

Perspectives (1)

• Rules and understanding

• Policy makers should ride motorcycles themselves

• Bottom up instead of top down

• Keep it simple : not to many rules

Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

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

Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

International Motorcyclists Conference

Brussels, 29 june 2010