Ne we had talked here: The new law on bike racks is making many citizens angry.
On the well-known Change platform, there is a petition from a user who wants to unite as many signatures as possible in order to make our voice heard by the Minister of Transport. These new regulations represent an additional economic burden and limit freedom of movement given that these regulations would affect, and are already affecting, many citizens.
Further insult: the new rules are totally different from those in force in the rest of Europe. In fact these rules apply only to Italian citizens, not to foreign ones. Sign this petition if you also believe in the need to change this legislation.
PETITION AT THIS LINK
UPDATED
UPDATE 9 JANUARY 2024: Good news, ithe Italian distributor of Thule, Co.Ra Spa communicated that the COUNCIL OF STATE accepted the request for precautionary suspension (N. 10042/2023 REG.RIC.) regarding circular 25981 of 6 September 2023 and subsequent supplementary notes, which imposed restrictions and obligations relating to testing at the Motorization Office Civil of the bicycle and ski rack structures, applied cantilevered at the rear or on the ball tow hook on M1 category vehicles.
The order suspends the validity of the aforementioned circular as a precaution, effectively reinstating the conditions pre-existing on 6 September 2023.
Consequently, all the provisions contained in the circular in question must be considered at the current time without any regulatory value, restoring the freedom to install the aforementioned structures without impositions or sanctions.
CO.RA.spa, together with the main companies in the sector, which jointly brought forward the request, welcome this decision with satisfaction, recognizing the value of the precautionary suspension and the restoration of previous freedoms.
It is underlined that, at the moment, it is possible to proceed with the installation of the ski and bicycle rack structures according to the methods and characteristics previous to the contested circular.
CO.RA.spa famac@famac.ind.br
