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Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP International Motorcyclists Conference Brussels, 29 june 2010

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

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Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP International Motorcyclists Conference Brussels, 29 june 2010

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  1. Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP International Motorcyclists Conference Brussels, 29 june 2010

  2. For the motorcyclist

  3. Policy Makers • What should policy makers do? • Europe & The Netherlands • Priorities and Perspectives Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

  4. 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

  5. Priorities • Fromcar to motorcycle: both are important • Balance: safety by motorcyclist, and safety formotorcyclist • Ability to ride • Creativity Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

  6. 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

  7. Perspectives (2) • Road design: keep it simple • Single EU Regulation: keep it simple • European Driving License Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

  8. Examples • Testing standards • European Directive : exams for each categorie • legal regulation to promote lane-splitting Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP

  9. 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

  10. Wim VAN DE CAMP, MEP International Motorcyclists Conference Brussels, 29 june 2010

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