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DECEMBER 2014/
JANUARY 2015
ISSUE #122
Manufacturers commit to
developing cooperative Intelligent
Transport Systems (ITS) by 2020
CEM, the Brussels based
European Association
of
Motorcycle
Manufacturers, used the
10th annual International
Motorcycle Safety Conference
staged at INTERMOT to unveil
"Safe ride to the future" - its new
road safety strategy to further
improve safety levels for
motorcyclists in Europe.
The conference brought together
policy-makers, industry representatives
and academics who specialise in
transport research. ACEM says that "the
motorcycle industry’s forward-oriented
strategy follows an integrated approach
covering vehicle technology, user
training and infrastructure safety.
"As part of this new strategy, the
motorcycle industry has signed a
Memorandum of Understanding on
cooperative Intelligent Transport
Systems (ITS) - safety systems that allow
for communication between vehicles
and between vehicles and
infrastructure.
"ACEM members commit to have at
least one of their models available for
sale with a cooperative ITS feature by
2020. Moreover, the industry will also
carry out research on an eCall system for
motorcycles - a system that generates
emergency calls from a crashed vehicle
instantly after a collision has occurred”.
With regard to the training of riders,
ACEM and the German Road Safety
Council (DVR) have joined forces to
promote "high quality voluntary postlicense training schemes across the EU
through a DVR-ACEM Quality Seal".The
A
aim is to help European riders to more
easily identify which of the training
schemes on offer to them are of "high
quality".
The European Association of
Motorcycle Manufacturers will also
organise a series of workshops in
different European countries to
"identify and promote measures to
improve road safety at national,
regional and local levels". These
ACEM Secretary General
Antonio Perlot
meetings will "bring together key
stakeholders, including public
authorities and riders’ organisations.
Among others, the areas to be discussed
will include development of more
effective safety policies, design and
maintenance of road infrastructure and
promotion of compliance with traffic
rules.
The "Safe ride to the future" strategy
builds on previous safety initiatives. In
recent years these have included ACEM
members’ commitment to voluntarily fit
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all of their new vehicles with automatic
headlamps-on; the signing of the
European Road Safety Charter and the
decision to fit 75% of street motorcycle
models with an advanced braking
systems (as options or standard fitting)
by 2015, a decision taken voluntarily in
advance of the respective regulatory
requirements for manufacturers to do
so.
Commenting on the publication of
the "Safe ride to the future", ACEM
Secretary General Antonio Perlot said:
“This strategy confirms ACEM
members’ desire to be a leader in road
safety. It highlights our ambition to have
the best possible road safety outcomes
for Europe.
“The number of road fatalities
amongst powered-two wheeler users in
Europe is declining. These results are
encouraging, but much still remains to
be done. The motorcycle industry will
continue to promote and support all
initiatives that help to create a safer
environment on Europe’s roads.
“Road safety is not only about the
vehicle. Road safety policies must look
at vehicles’ safety features, users’
behaviour and the infrastructure in
which they operate.
“As the number of motorcycles and
mopeds on Europe’s roads is expected
to continue to grow, as a reflection of
citizens’ expectations, it is essential to
ensure that they are adequately
integrated into transport policies at all
levels. We look forward to continuing
our cooperation with European and
national policy-makers to achieve our
common goal of saving lives”.
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