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Road & Track Riding Skills

19th August 2011

Phillip McCallen & Jeremy McWilliams Road & Track Riding Skills Event Ride It Right – www.rideitright.org – the motorcycle safety initiative reports that as part of their tenth anniversary celebrations, Phillip McCallen motorcycles is pleased to announce that they will be running a unique road and track day riding skills event on Sunday 11th September, […]

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Pillion Luggage Tyres

16th July 2011

Pillion passengers and luggage can add ‘pressure’ to biker safety Motorcyclists are being advised by TyreSafe not to let their tyres land them in a whole ‘load’ of trouble as they set off on their summer holidays. The extra weight resulting from a pillion passenger or pannier loads means that tyre pressures should be checked […]

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Blue Light Aware

8th July 2011

You can hear the siren you can see the blue lights approaching – what do you do? A NEW video, ‘Blue Light Aware’ has been launched by the GEM Motoring Assist Road Safety Charity. The five-minute video seeks to offer advice to members of the public on how best to help an emergency service driver […]

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First Aid For Riders

20th June 2011

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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Crash Cards NI

2nd June 2011

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

28th May 2011

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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iBiker for NI?

20th May 2011

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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NW200 – Do It Safely

12th May 2011

Police are urging motorcyclists travelling to and from the North West 200 next week to use all their road craft to stay safe and stay alive on roads across Northern Ireland. Motorists can expect increased number of traffic patrols on our roads across the North Coast area during race week, with the aim of ensuring […]

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Other Road Users – See Us

21st March 2011

Ride It Right has launched – “See Us – Get It Right” – an advisory and warning leaflet for other vehicle drivers. The leaflet asks other vehicle drivers to – Just Think! – See Us and Get It Right! – at: Junctions When Turning Right When Emerging Onto Main Roads When Overtaking When Changing Lanes […]

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Road Safety Strategy To 2020

16th March 2011

On Tuesday 15th March Right To Rides Trevor Baird and Elaine Hardy attended the launch of the new Road Safety Strategy for Northern Ireland at Stormont – On The Hill. Alongside the launch of The Road Safety Strategy to 2020 – Vision: Driving Road Safety Forward, by the Environment Minister Edwin Poots, was the announcement […]

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