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 […]
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% […]
As pandemic restrictions continue to ease, so more BikeSafe workshops will become available. Of our 34 BikeSafe enabled Police Forces, 22 already have wheels turning. More will follow over the coming weeks. For a summary of current workshop availability, please see: https://bikesafe.co.uk/availability
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 […]
I can advise that there is now a phased plan to resume workshop delivery. This will be significantly governed by regional Covid-19 restrictions and the impact these restrictions have on our ability to safely resource workshops. Resumption will therefore be phased on a Force-by-Force basis and you will be advised in a timely way regarding […]
Cessation of National BikeSafe workshops Following Monday’s announcement by PM Boris Johnson, with guidance on restricting non-essential travel and engagements, I have taken a national decision to suspend all BikeSafe workshops until the current health crisis has passed. Riders already booked onto workshops will be updated via email and text. Those who are booked on […]
To show their support for International Women’s Day, PC Peter Stone at Gloucestershire Police has organised a free-of-charge WOMEN ONLY BikeSafe event on Sunday 8th March at Completely Motorbikes (Meteor Park, Gloucester). This ‘exclusively for female motorcycle riders’ mini-BikeSafe offers x2 one-hour taster sessions where riders will have the opportunity to experience the value of […]