Tuesday, May 24, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: 1000 Pedagogic Radars To Be Installed plus 2 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: 1000 Pedagogic Radars To Be Installed plus 2 more

Link to Bikes in the Fast Lane - Daily Motorcycle News

France: 1000 Pedagogic Radars To Be Installed

Posted: 24 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT

Pedagogic Radar
France Article
The French Minister of Interior, under political pressure, has announced that he's not totally a bad guy. Apart from all the drastic measures, he's installing 1,000 pedagogic radars in France.

These new radars will show you in real-time, how fats you were riding your motorcycle, and if you were speeding, how much your fine would have been, and how many points would have been deducted from your license.

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Spain: Up To €6000 Subsidy For Electric Motorcycle Purchase

Posted: 24 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Electric motorcycle vending machine
Spain will be subsidizing the purchase of electric motorcycles and cars to the tune of 25% of the purchase value (minus the VAT but including the batteries) to a maximum of €6,000.

Now, if only the rest of Europe would follow...

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Maybe Loud Pipes Save Lives, But They Will Cost you

Posted: 23 May 2011 11:00 PM PDT

Noise Snare
Video clip
A guy in Canada, who was fed up with the sound level of some motorcycle in his neighborhood, made a device that records sound levels from vehicles, video tapes them, and can sound out an automatic fine to the owner of the vehicle.

Calgary, Canada is testing out the system for wide use.

Another quick way for governments to get money? France should be very interested in the system...

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