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5th August 2005 |
TRAIL RIDERS AND
DRIVERS APPLY VOLUNTARY MORATORIUM
The Trail Riders Fellowship (TRF) and Green Lane
Association (GLASS) have responded positively to a call from the
Land Access and Recreation Association (LARA) to temporarily halt
all claims seeking to confirm their members’ rights to use green
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29th June 2005 |
TRAIL RIDERS
OPPOSE BID TO TRANSFER HIGHWAY AUTHORITY POWERS TO NATIONAL PARKS
Trail Riders
Fellowship (TRF) Chairman, Geoff Wilson, has cautioned Jim Knight
(Minister for Rural Affairs, Landscape and Biodiversity) that
transferring highway authority powers to National Park Authorities (NPA)
would be like giving the fox custody over the chicken run. Were the
bid successful, the power to apply Traffic Regulation Orders (TRO)
on minor highways would enable some belligerent NPA’s to ban all
presently legal recreational vehicles form National Parks against
stated Government policy .
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17th June 2005 |
BRIAN BLESSED
CHARITY MISLEADS COUNTRYSIDE ACCESS DEBATE
Recreational motor
vehicle user groups claim that malicious misrepresentation by
anti-vehicle pressure groups is undermining the Government's
Framework for Action proposals for the use of mechanically propelled
vehicles on rights of way and stifling progress that will benefit
the countryside. |
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1st June 2005 |
GOVERNMENT RESEARCH SUPPORTS USE OF TRAIL BIKES
Government research commissioned by the Department
for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) concludes that: “There is no
evidence of widespread damage to the byway network from motor vehicles.”
1Report of a Research Project on Motor Vehicles on Byways Open to all Traffic
written by consultants Faber Maunsell Ltd is the result of over a year of
intensive field research along the ancient byways of England. Despite the
majority of vehicular use (62%) being heavy farm vehicles and access to
dwellings along byways; most byways were shown to be in good condition and
well able to sustain long-term use by recreational motorcycles. |
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7th April 2005 |
TRAIL RIDERS
CONDEMN 'MORE OF THE SAME' FROM PROTESTORS
Recreational motor vehicle user
groups claim that the continued negative and uncooperative attitude
of some anti-vehicle pressure groups is undermining the Government's
Framework for Action proposals for the use of mechanically propelled
vehicles on rights of way. |
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18th March 2005 |
LEAN GREEN TRAIL
RIDING MACHINE
A new prototype hydrogen-powered motorbike, the ENV (Emissions Neutral
Vehicle), designed by British designers Seymourpowell for energy company
Intelligent Energy; was unveiled at
the Design Museum in London this week. The only emission the hydrogen fuel
cell powered bike produces is water clean enough to drink and it is as quiet
as the low hum of a laptop computer. The TRF welcomes the possibility of noise
free motor vehicles and looks forward to the day when silent motor vehicles
are a practical reality. |
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1st March 2005 |
TRAIL DRIVERS MEND THEIR WAYS
Last weekend teams of recreational motor vehicle enthusiasts abandoned their
wheels for picks, shovels and pry-bars and made tracks for an ancient road
high in the English Lake District.National Green Lane Day is sandwiched
between the frozen ground of winter months and the nesting season of
early spring. National Green Lane Day is an annual event organized
by the Land Access and Recreation Association (LARA) and
recreational motor vehicle user groups. Members volunteer their
labour for green lane maintenance initiatives at many sites across
England and Wales. |
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