MAG asks NI election candidates: “Will your party take motorcyclists’ safety seriously?”
Ahead of the potential Northern Ireland Assembly election in December 2022, MAG is asking all candidates if their party will take motorcyclists’ safety seriously. MAG NI Rep, Martyn Boyd, is angry that the draft NI Road Safety Strategy contains proposals to improve safety for virtually every road user group except motorcyclists. The Motorcycle Action Group, the largest riders’ representative body in the UK, was the key consulting stakeholder for motorcyclists during the consultation process. Martyn Boyd said: “Our perspective is very often ignored, despite us being one of the most vulnerable road user groups. We comprise 2.5% of vehicles on NI roads: virtually the same number as HGVs, who don’t get ignored. But we have been almost completely disregarded.” The draft NI Road Safety Strategy was published on 24th October. It admits that one of the challenges is to tackle “Concerns surrounding the risk to vulnerab...