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Second European Motorcyclists' Forum a success
The first contribution was made by Aline Delhaye, General Secretary of FEMA, who presented the RIDERSCAN project and the associated launch of a large scale motorcyclists' survey. Dr. Liz de Rome came all the way from Australia to present her findings on Australian accident research.
Claes Tingvall, Director of Traffic Safety Swedish Transport Administration, gave an introduction to Vision Zero, the Swedish safety approach aiming at reducing motorcycle fatalities to zero. Robbert Verweij, Senior Advisor at the Dutch Ministry of Transport, closed the morning session underlining the importance of including riders into safety policies at the earliest stage possible.
The afternoon opened with the user forum of the
SIM2CO research project on rider training simulator development, followed
by a lively panel discussion on training
and licensing requirements led by FIM Director John Chatterton Ross. The panel
featured prominent personalities Michael Pfeiffer, Editor in Chief of MOTORRAD,
Castro Benitez Lopez whose unit at the European Commission is responsible for
the implementation of the 3rd Driving Licence Directive, and Kaarsten
Nikolaisen, Senior Adviser at the
Norwegian Public Roads Administration.
A second panel discussion on
motorcyclist-friendly infrastructure was introduced by Maurice Anderson, FEMA
Board Member, who presented a newly developed website allowing road authorities
to search for motorcycle friendly guardrails as well as the publication of
guidelines on the use and implementation of motorcycle protection systems.
(Source: FEMA)
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