June 2003

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Theft Survey 2003
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Young Pillions
Searching for Parking Bays in London
Motorcycle Single Vehicle Approval Delayed
Research on A-Pillars
Hard Shoulders
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Mode Hierarchy Powered Two Wheelers

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WEBSITES OF THE MONTH – Cathy Phillpotts

Four useful websites this month!

http://www.motorcycleparking.com/

Although this website is about parking in London it has some really useful guidance about parking problems and a table of where you are allowed to park a PTW in the different London boroughs (the rules vary from borough to borough - eg in some you can park a PTW in a residents parking bay without a permit and for no charge as long as you park at 90 degrees to the pavement whereas some boroughs don't allow this at all).

The website could come in handy if you are visiting London as it gives information about car parks which allow PTWs in as well as links to various maps of bike bays in the Central Zone.

http://www.bopcris.ac.uk/

BOPCRIS is the British Official Publications Collaborative Reader Information Service. BOPCRIS currently contains 23,279 references to key British Official Publications 1688-1995. You can search on subject keywords and it can be useful for tracking down official reports that you don't know the exact title of. Some of the official publications have been digitised and BOPCRIS gives access to the fulltext version online, so it can save a visit to the reference library.

http://www.tso.co.uk/bookshop/bookstore.asp?

Is the website of the Stationery Office's online bookshop. It can be useful for tracking down more recent official publications. It is possible to buy things online and to register for e-mail alerts about new publications.

http://www.parliament.uk/

This is the official website of the UK Parliament.

This has a link to the transcripts of Parliamentary Debates (Hansard) which are available online in full text from 1988 onwards. You can search Hansard (or the entire Parliamentary site if you want) for terms such as "motorcycles" to see transcripts of debates, select committee meeting minutes etc. If you search Hansard the results are sorted by date so the most recent appears at the top of your list of results. The website contains a directory of MPs, Peers and Offices.

You can also use it to find more detailed information about the work, membership and remit of Parliamentary Committees, as well as pages explaining the role and work of the House of Commons Commission

 

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