It’s been a busy month for the North Wales Police BikeSafe Team, running three workshops and supporting other activities. On 7 September Sgt Medwyn Williams RCU ran the first of the September workshops at Llay Police Station – this was a particularly busy workshop with lots of great interaction from the attendees. Luckily the afternoon […]
My August update on North Wales Police BikeSafe (UK) activity is going to be a bit different as we stand down NWP BikeSafe Workshops in August. This is for many historical reasons – from increased traffic on North Wales roads and the subsequent workload increase, but also holidays (not just NWP Roads Policing staff but […]
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 […]
It’s been a busy day completing BikeSafe observed rides. Don’t be fooled by the weather in the picture – we’ve faced torrential rain and thunder whilst riding today and some really challenging conditions for the riders. All my feedback was taken on board and put onto a nice easy to read PDF for our clients […]
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 […]
Just to again extend my thanks to Shaun and Fletch (Warwickshire Police) for delivering my BikeSafe workshop back in April, which I have taken so much from.Particular highlights being how Police Motorcyclists observe the road ahead. The commentary ride behind Fletch was truly mind blowing. Spotting an HGV over the crest of a hill, probably […]
PC Glen McArthur, BikeSafe Coordinator for Sussex Police offers some helpful pre-workshop and general #motorcyclesafety tips in this four minute video. Whilst the content of this video relates to Sussex BikeSafe, it has value for riders booked to attend BikeSafe with other police forces.
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 […]
All-female BikeSafe workshop On 20 September 2019 the PSNI BikeSafe team welcomed riders from the Celtic Sisterhood Motorcycle Club to Transport Training Services at Nutt’s Corner, Co Antrim for an all-female BikeSafe workshop. Throughout the morning, time was spent in a classroom environment looking at some advanced riding theory, including aspects of cornering, junctions and […]