Overview

• Colin Brown’s campaign calls for a UK-wide rule granting motorcycles automatic access to bus lanes, challenging the current patchwork of council permissions.
• The petition has gathered over 25,000 supporters with 17 days left to hit the 100,000-signature mark required to trigger parliamentary debate.
• In its March response, the government declined to back a national policy, saying local authorities better understand their road networks and highlighting insufficient safety data.
• Currently, motorcyclists’ bus-lane rights vary by area, with some councils permitting access and others maintaining exclusion zones.
• Under UK e-petition rules, any petition reaching 100,000 signatures by the deadline must be considered for debate in Parliament, offering the initiative a clear route to influence legislation.