BikeSafe NW 200

2012 Bikesafe Partnership As the riders, teams, organisers and volunteers make final preparations ahead of the 2012 Relentless International North West 200, Police have joined forces with Coleraine Borough Council and the NW200 organisers to promote Road Safety at this year’s event. From Tuesday 15 May through to race day on Saturday 19 May, highly […]

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First Aid for Riders – Booking A Course

First Aid For Riders can now offer the chance for riders, in association with St John Ambulance (NI), to attend a First Aid Course in various locations across the province. Locations for these courses are: Belfast Ballymena Coleraine Londonderry Omagh Enniskillen The cost of these courses will be a minimum of £63 per person – […]

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Swedish Medical Cards

According to the Swedish Riders Organisation (SMC) information in motorcycle helmets can save four lives per year! This week, 65 000 members of the Swedish Motorcyclist Association, SMC, get a Medical Card kit. The Swedish medical card follows the UKs Ambulance Motorcycle Club Crash Card, the Rider Alert scheme in the US with a CRASH […]

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First Aid Busy Week

The First Aid For Riders courses delivered by St John Ambulance (NI) last weekend was the start of a busy week for the initiative. Two of the courses attended by individual riders and members from the Quay Vipers MCC drew positive comments from the participants, “The course was excellent and very worthwhile.” “Really enjoyed the […]

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First Aid Beyond Belfast

Members of the Top Dead Centre MCC www.topdeadcentremcc.com took part in the latest First Aid For Riders course to learn and practice First Aid specific for motorcycle casualties. The course was delivered by the St John Ambulance at their Belfast Headquarters at Knockbracken Healthcare Park Training includes emphasis at the scene of a collision that […]

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BikeSafe Dates 2012

BikeSafe NI is an initiative run by the Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI), with support from motorcycle industry partners, aimed at reducing the number of motorcycle related casualties. Right To Ride supports the BikeSafe Initiative. By passing on their knowledge, skills and experience, police motorcyclists can advise you on how to become a safer, […]

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Interesting Worthwhile First Aid

The First Aid For Riders courses commenced on the 11th February at the St John Ambulance facilities in Belfast at the Knockbracken Healthcare Park. The first group of riders completed the course conducted by St John Ambulance trainer Alan Irwin. Alan took the riders attending through the course details of rendering first aid for:  Bleeding; […]

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First Aid Video

The First Aid For Riders promotional DVD is in production with Bluebird Media and a big thanks to the Quay Vipers MCC guys for a cold days filming up at Dundrod. Some comments from the Quay Vipers MCC: “What a great Day-!! Started off a bit crap for me as the battery was dead but […]

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How It Was! – Ride It Right

Over at Ride It Right www.rideitright.org we have picked up that motorcycle safety campaigns or initiatives are nothing new and often, it looks as if they have all been done before. These “Public Information Films” featured are from the UK and across the world from Australia and are a few generations distant from the youngest […]

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First Aid for Riders Launched

First Aid for Riders has officially launched its website www.firstaidforriders.org and the first of the tailored First Aid courses, which are delivered by the St John Ambulance for riders whether on two wheels – motorcycles and scooters or three wheels – trikes. First Aid for Riders has now become a reality with the involvement of […]

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