First Aid For Riders

Ride It Right is the only initiative in Northern Ireland that focuses – through a partnership of organizations that have the same common goal – on reducing motorcycle casualties. One of Ride It Right’s goals is to involve riders in First Aid Courses that specifically cater for motorcyclists. This goal is starting to evolve into […]

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No Wrath In Parking

While new Regional Development Minister Danny Kennedy is urgently reviewing a proposed policy of introducing new car parking charges for towns and villages throughout Northern Ireland, the Ulster Section of the BMW (Motorcycle) Club has been looking at motorcycle parking in Belfast City Centre. Through their industrious hard work, the BMW Club Ulster Section reports […]

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Mid-Ulster Bikers Motorcycle Club

Ride It Right welcomes on the scene a new web forum, the Mid-Ulster Bikers Motorcycle Club, for riders to discuss and chat about motorcycling. The Mid Ulster Bikers public motorcycle forum at www.midulsterbikers.com was set up to aid the formation of the club. However the forum, (they also have their own Facebook page), is free […]

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Big Tick Award

ADELAIDE RECEIVES PRESTIGIOUS ‘BIG TICK’ AWARD FROM BUSINESS IN THE COMMUNITY Out of hundreds of entries, Adelaide was honoured in the UK’s leading awards for their road safety programmes. Adelaide is among a small group of businesses to receive Business in the Community’s (BITC) coveted National Big Tick for their “motorcycling and young driver road […]

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Mammuth – Road Trip Film

The Queens Film Theatre in Belfast are screening the film Mammuth, which is the story of a man, a mission and a motorbike starring Gerard Depardieu at the QFT in Belfast from Fri 3 – Thurs 9 June. Serge (Depardieu) is an abattoir worker who retires only to find that he doesn’t have a pension […]

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Crash Cards NI

Ride It Right is supporting a new motorcycle safety initiative, the Motorbike Crash Cards for Northern Ireland (MCCNI) which aims to introduce a CRASH Card scheme to Northern Ireland. The CRASH Card scheme, which was created by the committee of the Ambulance Motorcycle Club, has been in use for nearly two years in England, Scotland […]

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Stay A Hero – Stay Safe

Ride It Right www.rideitright.org reports that, ‘Stay A Hero, Stay Safe’ is the new campaign from the Sussex Safer Roads Partnership (SSRP) in England aimed at reducing the number of motorcyclists casualties on Sussex’s roads each year. The new film which is available on: You Tube, on www.stayahero.co.uk and on the Stay A Hero – […]

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Bangor Car & Motorcycle Show

Ride It Right which has been working hard to promote bike safety in Northern Ireland and to gain acceptance by agencies that are involved in road safety, heads to the Bangor Car & Motorcycle Show at the Elim Church tomorrow, Saturday 28th May 2011. Event organisors promise a great day out for the whole family […]

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iBiker for NI?

An exciting new smartphone app designed to reduce the number of motorcyclists killed or seriously injured on the UK’s roads is now available. The ‘iBiker app’, which has been funded by the DfT (Department for Transport in Great Britain), is available on the iPhone and Android mobile phones. In addition to featuring ‘myth busting’ equipment […]

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Motor Tax Reminder Notices

From the The Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) The Driver & Vehicle Agency (DVA) has advised customers with motor tax discs which expire this month that the reminder notices they have received may be wrong. Incorrect duty rates Rates of duty changed on 1 April 2011 following the Chancellor’s Budget in March but some of […]

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