On 28 February MEP Wim van de Camp, as Rapporteur, presented his report to The Internal Market and Consumer Protection Committee (IMCO) and representatives of the European Commission regarding the EU Commission's proposal for a regulation on type approval and market surveillance of L (motorcycles) - category vehicles. The committee meeting was broadcast live on the internet and, unlike the previous meeting which was chaired by UK MEP Malcolm Harbour, it did not probe into the issues and some committee members admitted they were standing in for colleagues, that they were not experts and had written statements to read in response to the report.

In fact the meeting was running late and one question that was asked at the end was refused a reply by the chair with the dismissive, "we are too busy - move onto the next item". The whole affair for those passionate and concerned with the future of motorcycling was nothing short of bland. Instead of being interspersed with searching questions and relevant comments, it was a grey suited affair of safety and environmental rhetoric. To view this article on Right To Ride EU including our full response visit - http://www.righttoride.eu/?p=6722