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BMF Welcomes New Motorcycle Road Safety Guidelines UK
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Apr 15, 2005, 16:46

THE ROAD TO SAFER MOTORCYCLING


- BMF Welcomes New Guidelines


A long term campaigner on road safety issues, the British Motorcyclists Federation, the UK’s largest rider organisation, has today welcomed the publication of the Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers (IHIE) Engineering Guidelines For Motorcycling.

Part funded by the BMF Foundation, the guidelines, the first in UK, will give highway engineers practical advice on how the different characteristics of motorcycles can be recognised and addressed in highway design and traffic management.

The BMF see this as an essential factor in making the road environment safer and more welcoming for motorcyclists by better integration of motorcycles into the road and transport infrastructure. The IHIE Guidelines follow up and compliment the Government’s Motorcycling Strategy, to which the BMF also contributed, which is aimed at “mainstreaming” motorcycling.

The guidelines will provide highway engineers with essential information, but from a motorcycling perspective, on: 

- the design of roads and traffic calming with motorcycles in mind


- the integration of motorcycling into local transport plans


- convenient, clear and safe motorcycle parking


- the way motorcycles are ridden and react


- improving road maintenance methods and procedures


- access to bus lanes and the Advanced Stop Lines facility currently used by cyclists

Dr Leon Mannings, Chairman of the 140,000 strong British Motorcyclists Federation said:

“We welcome these guidelines and are pleased to have contributed to their development.  Motorcycling has an increasingly valuable role to play in the transport infrastructure and this initiative by the IHIE is most timely.  Motorcyclists are vulnerable, but hopefully they will now be less so”.

For the IHIE, Tony Sharpe Vice President of IHIE, said:

“As a motorcyclist myself I was obviously keen to get this project off the ground and was delighted when the BMF Foundation agreed to help to fund it. Not only that, but their input and experience was invaluable to the steering group and has resulted in the production of what we consider a real-world guide for all highway engineers.”

Copies of the IHIE Guidelines for Motorcycling are available from IHIE, 58 Russell Square, London WC1B 4HS or secretary@ihie.org.uk


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