Motorbike guidance to make roads safer?
Motorbike guidance to make roads safer?
Guidance on how road safety, design, maintenance and policy should take motorbikes into consideration is set to go online via a new website.
The Institute of Highway Incorporated Engineers Guidelines for Motorcycling are being put online through a website which his being launched by road safety Minister Jim Fitzpatrick, motorcycle insurance customers may be interested to read.
Mr Fitzpatrick stated that the guidelines would be available to a wide audience via the internet.
"Projects like this show the real benefits of the government's motorcycling strategy, which has brought together a range of expert groups all working towards making motorcyclists safer," he added.
Meanwhile, acting director of the RAC Foundation Sheila Rainger - which is helping support the portal - said that the website could help generate a safer environment for bikers on the roads.
Government findings suggest that motorcycling fatalities fell by three per cent from 2004 to 2005.