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MAG not sure what to make of review findings
The Motorcycle Action Group (MAG) has given a mixed response to the findings of a Transport Select Committee (TSC) review into the government's motorcycling strategy.
While MAG welcomed the TSC's endorsement of government support for motorcycling as an important mode of transport, it was unimpressed by the committee's calls for reviews into whether speed and maximum power output limits should be reduced.
In MAG's opinion, the TSC's argument that shrinking power outputs would also cause casualties to decrease is badly flawed and it vowed to oppose this argument in future debate on behalf of the nation's motorcyclists.
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Campaigns manager David Short commented: "The committee were clearly swayed by ill informed elements of the more strident road safety lobby on casualty rates, curbing power, motorcycle engine sizes and levels of motorcycle engine emissions.
"The recommendation by the committee that government should commission research to, in their words, stimulate a sensible debate, will ensure that we have a proper opportunity to debunk a lot of the myths peddled by some elements of the road safety lobby."
MAG was also aggrieved that the TSC has called for bike manufacturers to work with the government to cut pollution, given that motorcycles are far less affected by congestion than cars.
The committee's findings have drawn a similar reaction from the Motor Cycle Industry (MCI), which also agreed with its approval of government stance, but was disappointed by its attitude to a number of other issues.
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