Diesel Spills Kill          Diesel Spills Rally 2006

As motorcyclists, we all know the danger of diesel spills and the tragic death of a rider has prompted action calling for government to deal with the problem of diesel spills.

MAG is offering it’s full support to a diesel spill campaign and petition and has produced “Diesel Spill Stickers” for lorries and diesel pumps.

Background

The campaign, “The Road Users Campaign to Kill diesel Spills - KillSpills”, was launched on 22nd October by a joint team from the www.CBR600.org.uk and www.mcnninjas.co.uk websites

Action

The campaign is in two parts:

1. A petition to the Government asking for action to be taken to prevent diesel spills

2. A campaign to educate lorry, bus and van drivers, of danger of overfilling their diesel tanks.

The petition can be found on Here

Petition Wording

To: Government

"We the undersigned are deeply concerned about the complete and utter lack of responsibility shown by the operators of some lorries, vans and buses in allowing diesel to be spewed over the road.

This represents a complete and utter disregard to the safety of other road users, in particular motorcyclists. Diesel left on the road is the cause of countless deaths and injuries.

The Government has set targets to reduce the number of deaths on the road; a simple modification to diesel tanks could prevent a significant number of deaths.

It is time the Government introduced legislation to combat this ever increasing danger"

Posters - Fliers

Posters, advising riders of the petition are to be displayed at bike shops, bike meets and pubs.

Download the poster in pdf format Here

The support the petition has received from the biking community has been phenomenal, with over 2.500 signatures gathered within 5 days.

With regard to educating drivers, they have designed a flyer which will be e-mailed to all companies together with a copy of the poster.

Download the flier in pdf format Here

MAG is offering full support to the campaign and asks to you to please help publicise this problem, it is time that the Government took action.

Visit the campaigns website for all the latest details at www.killspills.org.uk

You may also wish to visit the related websites:

www.CBR600.org.uk 

www.mcnninjas.co.uk