See my earlier comment above. It is pointless protesting to the UK Government over this - they cannot do anything about it. In fact, there is no avenue for a protest to be made any more. If you want to define 'democracy' as the ability for people have their desires considered by government, then this has now been completely lost....
I have to disagree with you, we aren't protesting to the I'm government, but to the uk MEP's, it's the MEP's that have the ability to stop this, the uk government has no direct power but that doesn't mean the uk as a whole has no say.
As for the slow loss of freedom, that's exactly my point, hiviz may be a good idea, (I'm still not entirely convinved, every colour stands out against certain back grounds) but taking away our right to choose is wrong, chips arent healthy, so maybe we should close all chip shops and macsonalds etc
And the anti-tampering, it was proposed for cars but rejected, so they're trying it on a smaller group, namely bikes, once they've got it done for bikes, they'll bring the car laws inline with the bikes laws. Not to mention the loss of thousands of jobs as hundreds of businesses close, when it becomes illegal to sell aftermarket exhausts, tyres, bulbs, spark plugs, filters, brake pads, you name it. If it's fitted it has to be manufacturer, and we all know about the price of genuine parts.
On a lighter note, there were plenty of people out to protest, in excess of 150 at my local ride, bikes of all types, people of all backgrounds, united against over restrictive eu legislation bein made by those who don't ride but think they know best.