New road safety campaign encouraging road users to watch for two-wheelers in the Netherlands
On 17 March a new motorcycle safety campaign based on the theme ‘Good to see you!’ (Graag Gezien!) was launched in the Netherlands by the Dutch organisation ‘Motoplatform’.
The safety campaign focuses on encouraging drivers to look for motorcyclists on the road to reduce the number of collisions caused by car drivers noticing very late or completely overlooking riders.
The campaign will feature online videos that will be distributed through social media channels as well as radio spots at peak audience hours.
All the materials of the campaign can be downloaded at www.motorplatform.nl
The campaign ‘Good to see you!’ is one of the measures foreseen in an Action Plan to improve motorcycle safety, recently adopted by the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment.
Note for editors
‘Motorplatform’ is a body that brings together governmental bodies, interest groups and road safety organizations to further improve motorcycle safety in the Netherlands.
Members include RAI Vereniging (the Dutch trade association representing the Bicycle and Automotive Industries), the Dutch Ministry of Infrastructure and Environment, the Royal Dutch Motorcyclists Association (KNMV) and the Dutch Institute for Road Safety Research (SWOV)
Further information
Do you have any questions about this campaign? Please contact Arnout van der Leij, +31 (0) 611 25 45 74,
Materials available to download
i_HeERO launches online survey to understand riders’ expectations of eCall devices
The members of the i_HeERO project have launched an online survey to gain a better understanding of riders’ expectations of eCall devices for powered-two wheelers and the nature of accident scenarios across Europe.
The i_HeERO survey will run until end of May 2016. Its results will help researchers to gain insights into what motorcycle and scooter riders understand by a potential eCall solution for powered-two wheelers, as well as to understand certain factors about powered-two wheeler users’ accident experiences.
No personal data will be collected in the process and all of the answers will be kept confidential.
The survey is available at http://iheero.hreconnect.eu/s/A3C01/
What are eCall devices?
eCall technology allows for an emergency call to be made, either automatically or manually, from a crashed vehicle immediately after a road collision has occurred.
A recently published European Regulation (Regulation 2015/758) makes eCall devices mandatory in cars in Europe as of April 2018.
About the i_HeERO research project
The i_HeERO project is the 3rd large-scale project in the series supported by the European Commission.
The HeERO projects are to lead to the implementation of an emergency call solution to improve road safety in Europe. To learn more about IHEERO please click here.
Should you be interested in receving additional information about the i_HeERO project or the survey, please contact Shaddy Riaz (Honda Motorcycles Europe, Senior Project Researcher) at
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The German Institute for Motorcycle Safety calls for papers on scooter and motorcycle safety
The German Institute for Motorcycle Safety (Institut für Zweiradsicherheit e.V., ) has announced a call for papers on scooter and motorcycle safety. The deadline for abstract submissions is 17 March 2016.
The selected papers will be presented during the 11th International Motorcycle Conference, which will take place in Cologne, Germany, on 3 and 4 October 2016. The event will give scientists, researchers and practitioners the opportunity to exchange views and discuss state-of-the-art research on powered-two and powered-three wheeler safety.
More information on this event can be found at the IfZ website at www.ifz.de
A full description of the call for papers is available here.