KillSpills Rally Saturday 9th September 2006

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WE NEED YOU! At the 3rd annual KillSpills rally, 11am Saturday 9th September 2006, from the Ace Cafe London to Westminster.

Last year we had over 2,500 bikers show there support for KillSpills at the 2nd KillSpills rally. Together we've helped highlight the dangers of diesel on our roads and prevented unnecessary harm. BUT we want to make this years rally even bigger and make our message even stronger and we cant do that with out you.

So join the KIllSpills team as we lead 1,000's of bikers to Westminster. Reply to this email and let us know you coming and bring as many of your biker friends as you can. For more information see the KillSpills website ( www.killspills.org.uk ) or the KillSpills forum for the latest on the rally ( https://s2.phpbbforfree.com/forums/killspills.html ). ON THE KILLSPILLS FORUM, you will find organized rides to the Ace Cafe London from around the country, plus loads more, ask a Team member any questions you have about the campaign and we promise to reply.

ALSO ENJOY THE ACE CAFE REUNION - Focusing on bikes and their riders, whatever your style, Ace Cafe Reunion attracts people from all over the world who share the spirit of the Ace Cafe. Starting on Friday 8th September through to Sunday 10th, the weekend will inject a party atmosphere at the cafe, with bands, DJ's and special guests plus the KillSpills Motorcycle Demo Ride from the cafe to Westminster. Sunday includes our hugely popular rally on Brighton's famous seafront, with club stands, stalls, displays and some of that brill rock n' roll music!

COME TO THE RALLY AND GO HOME WITH £900 WORTH OF RIDING KIT - On the day of the rally Through our sponsors, the BMF, the new monthly bike paper Motor Cycle Monthly is putting up a reward of Richa Warrior leathers, a Shark helmet; Oxtar boots and Richa Supersport gloves for a protest rider who they snap at random in rally ride! All you have to do is come down to the Ace Cafe London, join in the KillSpills Rally to Westminster and return back to the Ace Cafe afterwards.

SHOW YOUR SUPPORT WITH A KILLSPILLS T-SHIRT - KillSpills t-shirts are now available from the BMF shop (www.bmfshop.net) and will also be available on the day of the rally for only £9.99.


KillSpills progress over the past 12 months:

Since the last KillSpills Rally, the KillSpills Team has been working very hard on your behalf lobbying industry, politicians and the media.

This work and your support means we now sit on two of the four groups tasked with delivering the government’s National Motorcycle Strategy.
After the second KillSpills Rally in 2005, we were invited to join the Department for Transport’s Motorcycle Technical, Engineering and Environmental Group to give advice on the dangers diesel spills represent to all road users. In addition, we have been asked to sit on the National Motorcycle Council’s Traffic Management, Planning and Transport Policy Sub-Group.

We have also responded to the Driving Standards Agency public consultation on the Highway Code, proposing four additions to the Highway Code that would cut diesel spills. As part of this year’s report, we will be asking the prime minister to ensure these amendments are adopted!

KillSpills is represented on the Lancashire Road Safety Partnership’s Ridesafe Backsafe Group, chaired by Lancashire Police. The group is looking at ways of engaging motorcyclists with the aim of reducing rider fatalities.

We have written to over 100 big household name companies to ask them what they do to prevent diesel spills. We have received some very encouraging responses, and the KillSpills/BMF award for Achievement in Reducing Diesel Spills will continue.

Media coverage has included several news articles and editorials in Fast Bikes magazine.

We have agreed a sponsorship deal with the BMF for the second year running. We appreciate all the support the BMF gives us, as we could not continue to organise the rally without it.

As they say, it’s good to talk, but after three years of campaigning we need ACTION! KillSpills will ensure that the dangers of diesel spills are not forgotten, and will, at every opportunity, push civil servants, politicians, ministers and industry for a solution to this dangerous problem. And for that we need YOU.

The BMF political team has arranged for an Early Day Motion to be tabled in the House of Commons about diesel spills. 110 MPs have already signed this – urge your MP to join them by visiting www.killspills.org.uk or www.bmf.co.uk and follow the link to email your MP. The more that sign, the greater the chance that the diesel debate will receive parliamentary time.

Also when you are on the above websites, follow the link and sign the KillSpills anniversary card which we will take to Number 10.

Most of all, come and join us at this year’s KillSpills Rally. It is designed to be a fun filled day where we deliver a hard hitting road safety message to the government. When you take 2500 bikes to Westminster, its amazing how politicians and civil servants look up and say, “better do something about this.”

The part YOU play in supporting US at the rally is just as important as all the hard work we do. Standing outside Downing Street, clapping as YOU all ride past, makes everything we do worthwhile.

Thanks for your support and we look forward to seeing you at the rally.

Stephen Edwards
Campaign Leader

A group of us went to this last year and it was great fun. You get to ride through central London with a police escort with the roads closed off to traffic and go through as many red lights as you like

All this while thousands of bemused tourists stand and stare at the thousands of bikes making an absolute racket.

Come along and show support for a very important campaign