The Government KNOWS Motorcycles Fix Traffic… So Why Ignore Them?

Motorcycles reduce congestion by 40%. Cut pollution. Take pressure off public transport. The UK government has known this for years. So why does every real-world policy decision make riding harder, more expensive, and more dangerous? In this video I investigates the growing gap between what the government knows about motorcycling and what it actually does about it, using parliamentary evidence, MCIA data, and the government's own published figures. What this video covers: The parliamentary evidence showing a 10% modal shift to motorcycles eliminates 40% of congestion submitted directly to a Transport Select Committee inquiry and largely ignored Why motorcycles pay the same £12.50 ULEZ daily charge as cars despite producing around 30% less CO2 and being exempt from the Congestion Charge How vehicle theft charge rates have collapsed from 9.2% to between 2.4% and 4% — and how that feeds directly into rising insurance premiums for every UK rider The £18.62 billion road repair backlog, roads resurfaced once every 93 years on average, and why that is a specific safety risk for riders that four-wheeled drivers simply don't face The one genuine positive signal, and why it's taken 30 years to get there This is the fourth video in a connected series examining what's going wrong with UK motorcycling. The industry, the manufacturers, the dealers, and now the government. Links to the companion videos below. ALSO IN THIS SERIES: ▶ UK Motorcycle Dealers Are Closing — And Nobody's Being Honest About Why:    • UK Motorcycle Dealers Are Closing and Nobo...   ▶ Experienced UK Riders Are Quietly Quitting Motorcycling:    • 4 in 5 UK Motorcycle Riders Quit Riding… Why?   ▶ We keep getting sold the wrong bikes — The Industry Expects You Not To Notice:    • The UK motorcycle industry keeps selling n...   References 🔗 MCIA Parliamentary Evidence URB0051: https://committees.parliament.uk/writ... 🔗 2025 ALARM Survey — Road Repair Backlog: https://www.asphaltuk.org 🔗 National Motorcyclists Council — ULEZ Position: https://www.uknmc.org 🔗 House of Commons Library — Potholes and Road Maintenance: https://commonslibrary.parliament.uk/... LINKS MENTIONED: 🔒 LiteLok X1 — Angle Grinder Resistant Motorcycle Lock: https://www.litelok.com/JACKTORQUESBIKES TIMESTAMPS: 0:00 - THE REALITY OF UK MOTORCYCLING 01:43 - THE EVIDENCE THEY IGNORED 04:10 - THE ULEZ CONTRADICTION 06:32 - GET INVOLVED 06:59 - MAKING THEFT CONSEQUENCE-FREE 10:33 - SPONSOR SLOT: LITELOK 11:25 - ROADS THAT ARE ACTIVELY DANGEROUS 13:25 - ONE POSITIVE SIGNAL 14:07 - OUTRO SUBSCRIBE for weekly UK motorcycle industry analysis every Sunday. Jack Torques Bikes — Rider-first. Evidence-based. No press releases.