Free bike parking for motorcyclists could be scrapped nationally because information needed to oppose the move has been kept from riders, according to campaigners.

Under law people have six months to object to new parking charges for motorcycles becoming permanent. But public notices telling riders vanished within days of the charges being introduced.

A campaign group says motorcyclists across the country will lose long-standing free bike parking bays and urges riders to sign the group’s petition on Number 10’s website at

Deadline to sign up by: 06 March 2009

http://petitions.number10.gov.uk/bikeparkingfees/

Cheeky how they just try to quietly slip that one across the line.

In Melbourne we can park on the footpath (or "anywhere you want" according to instructors - true story), but in most of the rest of Oz it's the same parking as cars.

Kudos for sharing the petition.