Road racing & public consultation

[aisgsimon]

http://www.visordown.com/motorcycle-new ... 24605.html

Direct link to the petition:
https://www.gov.uk/government/consultat ... blic-roads

Share this with bike enthusiasts far and wide chaps and chapettes

[sneezey]

I can see it now, Aberdeenshires version of the Isle of Man TT.

Teuchters Trophy...

Fingers crossed for this to be passed.

[Yarek]

I can see it now, Aberdeenshires version of the Isle of Man TT.

Teuchters Trophy...

Fingers crossed for this to be passed.

It'd have to be called The Pothole Trophy. Mind you, maybe Ian Wood's a biking fan and would stump up to fix the roads

[aisgsimon]

I can see it now, Aberdeenshires version of the Isle of Man TT.

Teuchters Trophy...

Fingers crossed for this to be passed.

It'd have to be called The Pothole Trophy. Mind you, maybe Ian Wood's a biking fan and would stump up to fix the roads

I wouldn't put any money on that one. I like the sounds of the teuchter trophy though

[missile]

This is the e mail I sent ............... you may want to copy it

To: msc@culture.gsi.gov.uk
Subject: Motor Sport Consultation
Date: Wed, 5 Mar 2014 07:59:21 +0000


Q1. Do you agree with the proposal to give local authorities the 'Danger' Powers to allow motor sport events on public roads subject to the local consultation? If you disagree please give reasons.
Answer:
Yes I agree. The UK leads the world in terms of motor sport with the UK motor sport industry generating an estimated £9bn for the UK annually and employing 41,000 people in 4,300 companies. Yet the UK lags behind much of the rest of the world, including the Channel Islands, the Isle of Man and Northern Ireland, in not allowing motor sport events to take place on closed public roads. Allowing motor sport events to be held on closed public roads will provide an economic boost to host communities; support the growth of UK motor sport and the associated industry; allow engaging events to be created; and create a valuable platform for taking road safety messaging to the wider public.
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Q2. Do you agree that local authorities should be able to close roads for motor sport events? If you disagree please give reasons.
Answer:
Yes I agree. Empowering local authorities to be able to close roads for motor sport events would represent a positive devolution of power. It will mean that local people, rather than politicians in Westminster, will be able to determine what happens on the roads in their region and will ensure that Parliament does not need to spend its valuable time debating whether or not to close a road somewhere in the country. It is an important principle that no organisation other than the Local Authority should be granted 'Danger' Powers to close the roads, as this ensures that no event can be forced upon a region against the will of the locally elected
Authority.

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Q3. Do you agree that local authorities should have the power under certain circumstances to suspend the speed limit and applicable road traffic regulations? If there are any traffic regulations you would prefer not to see suspended, please give reasons.
Answer:
Yes, I agree that local authorities should have the power under certain circumstances to suspend the speed limit and applicable road traffic regulations. This is on the understanding that the road traffic regulations are replaced by established and robust sporting regulations, as laid down by the MSA and ACU, to ensure that all events are well organised, properly regulated and fully insured.
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Q4. Do you agree that the Motor Sports Association and the Auto Cycle Union should be the “Authorising
Authority” for any motor sport events on public roads?
Answer:
Yes I agree. The Motor Sports Association (MSA) and the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) both have many decades of experience of governing four- and two-wheel motor sport in the UK. The MSA is recognised by motor sport’s world governing body, the Fédération Internationale de l'Automobile (FIA), as the sole national sporting authority for four-wheel motor sport in the UK. The ACU is similarly recognised by the Fédération Internationale de Motocyclisme (FIM) as the national sporting authority for two-wheel motor sport in the British Isles. They are the only organisations with the experience, knowledge and resources necessary to act as the Authorising Authority for any motor sport events on public roads.
With the MSA and ACU as Authorising Authorities, only drivers and riders who have been formally licensed for competition by the governing bodies would be eligible to take part in motor sport events on closed public roads. The MSA and ACU licencing structures are suitably robust and rigorously enforced to ensure that licensed competitors are suitably competent to take part in the motor sport events they enter.
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Q5. Do you agree that the Sports Ground Safety Authority could provide valuable expertise and guidance to ensure motor sport events on roads can be delivered safely?
Answer:
No, I doubt that the SGSA would be able to add value in this environment. Both the Motor Sports Association (MSA) and the Auto-Cycle Union (ACU) operate comprehensive, long-established and successful risk management programmes for four- and two-wheel motor sport respectively.
Motor sport is a unique and complex sporting activity and requires specific experience and expertise to deal with this type of event, with this type of venue and with the particular requirements of managing the risks associated with vehicles travelling at speed. It seems unlikely that the SGSA would be able to offer anything valuable in this context over and above the experts from the MSA and ACU, other than perhaps the facilitation of a forum for liaison with the necessary statutory bodies. Furthermore, the involvement of another body simply introduces an additional layer of bureaucracy that inevitably adds costs to organisers
and competitors alike.

The ACU is the internationally recognised National Governing Body for motorcycle sport in the British Isles (less Northern Ireland). Formed in
1903, the ACU has a long tradition in the world of motorcycle sport being a founder member of the World Governing Body, the Federation
Internationale Motocyclisme (FIM). The ACU has a major role in furthering the interests of motorcycle sport on a global basis.
Link to consultation: http://bit.ly/1mHgBq3
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