FEMA: the latest news from the European motorcyclists

FEMA's news update This is a news update from FEMA, the Federation of European Motorcyclists' Associations.   FEMA’s mission is to promote riders’ interests, to defend riders’ rights and to protect and preserve motorcycling throughout Europe and globally.   ‘Adaptive cruise control does not always see motorcyclists’ RDW research shows that motorcycles riding at the edge of their lane, will in most cases not be seen by car driver assistance systems like adaptive cruise control. In many tests, action had to be taken by the driver of the car to prevent a collision with the bike. Dolf Willigers, FEMA’s general secretary: “We are very happy that RDW agrees with us that this issue has to be taken seriously and this report shows that our worries about the visibility of motorcyclists by advanced driver assistance systems are justified. The RDW findings prove that we are still a long way from safe, (semi-) automatic driving cars.” Click here to read the full story.   Motorcycle recalls Products placed on the European market are subject to general safety requirements. These requirements are included in the General Product Safety Directive which aims at ensuring that only safe consumer products are sold. The European Commissions’ Rapid Alert System (RAPEX) enables the quick exchange of information between the European countries and the European Commission about dangerous non-food products posing a risk to health and safety of consumers. FEMA publishes all recalls from the RAPEX reports that are of concern to motorcyclists, such as recalled motorcycles or motorcycle clothing. Click here to view all motorcycle recalls >>   FEMA represents motorcyclists in Europe and is fully funded by membership fees and donations. FEMA is completely indepentent and we do not receive any financial support from governments or from Europe.   Does your club or federation want to support FEMA? Go to our website for all the information! Click here for all the information >>