Issued 6th June 2006   Crash Barriers - FEMA calls for revised standard

FEMA was invited to give a presentation on Crash Barriers and Motorcyclists in a meeting organized by ERF (European road federation) with the cooperation of the CEN (European committee for standardisation) on Passive Safety and road safety barriers on the 30th of May.

Many stakeholders were present but most importantly there were many people from CEN. The presentation made by FEMA Campaigns Officer Filippo Marino was really successful and received great feedback, but the most important thing to note is that the Policy Manager of the CEN Working Group 1 –WG Road infrastructure standardization– declared publicly after the presentation that he will raise the issue in a meeting with the Commission that WG1 will have at the beginning of this month and that he will try to insert it in the agenda of the next WG1 meeting.

Finally FEMA’s agenda is under the spotlight and we wish that it can finally lead to a CEN standard for crash barriers also taking into account the needs of motorcyclists. Our needs as road users are often neglected when it comes to road infrastructure design and maintenance.

Issued by

Christina Gesios

 

FEMA - Federation of European Motorcyclists Associations
Rue des Champs 62, 1040 Brussels, Belgium
Tel: +32 (0)2 736 9047 / Fax: +32 (0)2 736 9401
www.fema.ridersrights.org