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Europe: ABS for all bikes above 51cc?
The proposed new rule recently got the green light from a European parliamentary committee, which also pledged its support for the tightening of emission lawsEurope appears set to adopt even stricter rules for the adoption of ABS on all powered two-wheelers, with one of its influential committees supporting the case for all bikes over 51cc to be fitted with the technology. In fact, the support was emphatic, with 28 parliamentarians giving it the green light, and three abstaining.
Previously, only bikes over 125cc were being targeted under the ABS umbrella, but now that looks like being extended to humble light weight scooters.
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As part of its ‘safer vehicle’ edict, there is also support for new anti-tampering measures on bikes, designed to “make it impossible to increase the speed of the vehicles by tampering with their powertrain, while ensuring that these measures will not prevent bikers from modifying their vehicles in other ways”.
No specific timeline was promulgated for the ABS and anti-tampering laws to take effect – if it gets that far.
But that’s not the case on the emissions front, with the Euro bloc looking at extending the Euro 3 standards to mopeds from January 1, 2016, with the more stringent Euro 4 and Euro 5 standards for heavy motorbikes from 2016 and Euro 6 limits from 2020.
“From today, riding a motorbike has become greener and safer,” said Wim van de Camp, who is steering the legislation through Parliament. “These vehicles will increase urban mobility, use less space, waste less energy and have a reduced level of emissions.”
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