Wednesday, May 11, 2011

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: Government Has Had Enough! Gloves Come Off plus 3 more

Bikes in the Fast Lane: France: Government Has Had Enough! Gloves Come Off plus 3 more

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France: Government Has Had Enough! Gloves Come Off

Posted: 11 May 2011 09:00 AM PDT

France Article
France has had several months of increase in road mortality, and the French government held an urgent meeting to address the issue.

Here's what the politicians have decided.

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India: No Helmet ? No Petrol !

Posted: 11 May 2011 05:00 AM PDT

Turban clad biker
A new order in the Northern part of India forces petrol pumps not to sell fuel to bikers on motorcycles without helmets.

But petrol stations are ignoring the order, since they loose a lot of revenue.

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MotoGP Truck Kills Biker, Dangers Of Motorways For Motorcycles

Posted: 11 May 2011 02:00 AM PDT

Truck at Peage
This would not have happened if companies operating the motorways/autoroutes in France would place motorcycle-only toll booths next to the normal toll booths.....

At a toll booth in France, a motorcycle pulled in behind a truck, waiting to pay the toll (motorcycles are only allowed to use the manual/truck toll gate). The truck driver reversed his truck in order to take a shorter/faster toll booth, crushing the biker. The biker died.

To make things worse, the truck belonged to the MotoGP Tech3 Team. The driver has been detained for involuntary manslaughter.

It's rare, but it does happen. This is why we need our own toll booths.

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France: MotoGP 2011 Motorcycle Rest Places

Posted: 10 May 2011 11:00 PM PDT

FFMC logo
MotoGP logo
The French MotoGP motorcycle race is on this weekend, and the French Angry Biker Association (FFMC) has put in place several motorcycle rest stops along the way, where you can tank up, get hot/cold drinks, eat, visors cleaned, mechanics, etc.

Here's a list and map of where they are, and when they are open.

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