The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has issued a series of updates on recent campaigning activity.
Its first topic is the forthcoming legislation on automated vehicles. MAG responded in-depth to a consultation on the relevant safety principles, recommending a variety of vital principles it says need to be incorporated into future law to protect motorcyclists. Those principles include “anticipatory safety” requiring proactive hazard detection, “dynamic risk management” based on actual conditions rather than speed limit compliance, “consequence-aware decision-making” prioritising vulnerable road user protection and “predictable behaviour” helping other road users safely adjust to vehicle actions.
On a slightly more prosaic front, MAG has renewed its efforts on bus lane access for motorcycles, with a new parliamentary petition aimed at gaining a debate on the subject totaling more than 27,000 signatures, indicating broad support for a default law giving access to bus lanes nationwide.
Finally, MAG has submitted three major policy reports to the Department for Transport and Transport for London. The reports propose solutions for casualty reduction stagnation across all road users. The group says its suggestions present a complete framework for implementing MAG’s “Welcoming Roads” approach, developed through four years of policy work.
MAG director Colin Brown said: “Motorcyclists occupy a unique space in road safety discussions. We understand vulnerability because we live it. But we also understand the realities of motorised transport. This dual perspective has shown us that the biggest safety gains come from systematic approaches. These consider all road users together, rather than policies that fragment by transport mode.
“We’re not claiming to have all the answers, but our position between different road user communities has given us insights that could help break the stagnation. These reports offer practical solutions developed through that distinctive viewpoint.”