Well done to all the bikers who took that step towards being safer on the roads. We had a great workshop in Abbey Autoline Ballymena on Friday 1 August. We covered the system police use as a foundation for motorcycling, followed by the main causes of motorcycle collisions and how we can reduce the risk. […]
I would like to start my July North Wales update with an observation on Killed or Seriously Injured (KSI) on North Wales roads for the first six months of the year. This is my set of observations, nothing is new it’s the same old problems. For KSI ‘rider to blame’ the main cause is bends […]
Thought I would get the June North Wales update in on the last day of the month. It has been another busy month for the team. Main call out is the North Wales Police National Volunteers Week celebration event at Coleg Cambria where we managed to get most of the Team together not only to […]
We had great feedback from attendees at the end of the day, after the first North Wales BikeSafe workshop of the year, delivered on Sunday 6 April at Llay, nr Wrexham. It was great to see a full workshop with so many attendees wanting to understand how to improve their riding skills. After an informative […]
Superb vehicle for teaching the basics of advanced motorcycle riding As a long-established Advanced Motorcyclist and IAM RoadSmart National Observer I have supported West Mercia BikeSafe for a number of years and watched it develop with great interest. BikeSafe is not only a superb vehicle for teaching the basics of advanced motorcycle riding – which […]
Encouraged to take the next step to advanced training Our PSNI BikeSafe Coordinator, Trevor Kirke, first met Stephen Mills five years ago when Stephen, a local riding instructor, attended a BikeSafe workshop to provide advice and information on how to access further advanced training. It was only after chatting for a while that it became […]
I came away a better rider” – feedback from RAF BikeSafe workshops is hugely positive “I came away a better rider” – feedback from RAF BikeSafe workshops is hugely positive Feedback from Royal Air Force personnel who have attended a BikeSafe workshop has been hugely positive since the collaboration was launched earlier this year. In […]
Guernsey – the jewel of the Channel Islands – sat in the channel between the English and the French coastlines, is 25 square miles of pure motorcycle riding delight, but of course I am going to say that as Guernsey is where I was born and where I call home, along with 63,124 others. What […]
Today An Garda Síochána Roads Policing Division (Dublin Castle) brought BikeSafe back to the beautiful roads of Ireland as a pilot motorcycle roads safety initiative aimed at addressing a disproportionately high number of motorcycle related fatalities on Irish roads. Whilst motorcyclists account for just 1.4% of vehicles registered in Ireland, they have accounted for 22% […]
Warwickshire BikeSafe team have been working with Norton Motorcycles to enhance the riding skills of the company’s test engineers. This shows the willingness of Warwickshire Police BikeSafe team to work with motorcycle groups in the motorcycle industry and those that use Motorcycles as part of their work with the aim to impart some extra knowledge […]