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Yamaha win million-dollar law suit
By Tim Skilton on 15/06/2007 10:09:27
Chinese company penalised over misuse of brand identity
YAMAHA MOTOR Co. Japan has been awarded $1 million in damages in a trademark lawsuit in China. Four Chinese companies have to pay the damages for selling scooters carrying Yamaha's brand name. The ruling also requires the companies to issue a
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Stringent new laws for Ireland's learner bikers
By Tim Skilton on 28/09/2007 11:34:49
Plans brought forward to reduce fatality rate
30 km/h (18.6 mph); One manoeuvre avoiding an obstacle at a minimum speed of 50 km/h (31.1 mph); At least two braking exercises, including an emergency brake at a minimum speed of 50 km/h (31.1 mph).
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Oz tightens up bike licensing laws
By Visordown News on 02/09/2010 08:32:03
Increase in bike deaths prompts graduated licence system
.State statistics reveal motorcyclists account for less than four per cent of all vehicles registered but comprise 14 per cent of all deaths and serious injuries.It's expected the details of the new licensing system wil be announced within 12 months.
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Motorcycle law shake up in Northern Ireland
By Visordown News on 25/03/2011 16:00:06
Tough talking legislation on the horizon for bikers
THE British Motorcycle Federation objects to plans to lower speed limits for motorcyclists in a bid to reduce accidents.One of the other proposals was to prevent learner riders from riding unless accompanied by a fully qualified rider but since a CBT has not yet been implemented ...
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Knievel And The Law - It Ain't Over Yet
By Visordown News on 04/12/2007 14:14:50
Former PR guru seeks £50 million for Knievel estate
by the famous bike jumper. Shelly Saltman won more than £7m in damages from Knievel after the star attacked him with a baseball bat in 1977. Knievel was said to be incensed over a book Saltman had written about life on the road with America's favourite
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Hells Angels challenge anti-bike gang law
By Visordown News on 23/07/2010 15:03:28
Biker gang in court over moves to declare them "illegal"
HELLS ANGELS in Australia are to challenge moves to declare the biker club an illegal organisation.The Club believes the law - the Crimes (Criminal Organisations Control) Act - is invalid because it "undermines the constitutional integrity
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Australia considers new anti-biker gang law
By Visordown News on 23/03/2009 07:04:23
Onlookers horrified as man is bludgeoned to death, as gang members brawl at Sydney Airport
AUTHORITIES IN Australia are considering new anti-biker gang legislation after a bike gang member was bludgeoned to death at Sydney airport yesterday. A 29-year-old man died in hospital from head injuries after violence erupted between to rival biker gangs, as one group disembark...
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Scotland faces tough new drink-drive laws
By Visordown News on 07/12/2010 11:47:39
Proposed lowering of drink-drive limit and vehicle seizure initiative for first-time offenders
's announcement by Scotland Secretary Michael Moore over proposals to give lower the drink-drive limit from 80mgs per 100mls of breath to just 50mgs. Last year, 8,505 people in Scotland were caught driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs.
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Fred Hill - Man of Unshakable Principle
By Visordown on 18/06/2010 09:26:59
When the compulsory helmet law came through in 1973 this man opposed it
Fred Hill died from heart failure in Pentonville prison aged 74. He was halfway through a 60 day sentence for refusing to recognise the 1973 compulsory helmet law. Fred had been jailed a staggering 30 times before for exercising what he saw as a
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Bad Boy No.4: Mick Doohan
By Stuart Barker on 06/12/2010 16:29:16
Doohan was a hardman even when the Arai came off, here is a chronicle of his brush with the law
won five consecutive world titles on NSR500 Hondas between 1994 and 1998. Doohan’s dominance of the premier class was so complete, and his rivals so far out of his league, that he once claimed racing was ‘boring as shit.’As well as his ultra
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