Whitehall rejects speed limiters for motorcycles

20 June 2007
 
The Government has rejected calls to reduce the maximum power and speed of motorcycles, arguing that such measures ‘are not justified from an environmental perspective’.
Responding to the transport select committee’s recent report on the Government’s motorcycling strategy, it objected to the committee’s claim that motorcycles over 500cc emitted more carbon dioxide than average passenger cars. ‘While the Government’s motorcycling strategy did comment that “larger motorcycles can emit more carbon dioxide than cars”, this was not linked to any engine size,’ it said. The report cited figures showing CO2 emissions of motorcycles were largely independent of engine size above 600cc, and that even for the largest machines, emissions appeared to be around 14% lower than the new car average.
The select committee also recommended in its March report that the Government worked much more with industry to reduce motorcycle emissions.
However, the Government believes the current arrangements ‘will deliver significant improvements in reducing emissions from new motorcycles’, which will yield further reductions when newer, cleaner models replace older ones.
It agreed with the select committee that motorcycle accident rates were too high, but ruled out introducing speed limiter trials, as suggested in the TSC report. Limiting more powerful motorcycles to a top speed of 70mph would not address speeding in areas with lower limits, such as 30mph urban areas, the Government said.

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