Riders Rights in Northern Ireland
Just a bit of light relief from the issues we have been dealing with over the last two days on Right To Ride EU – www.righttoride.eu On the regulation proposal vote at the Plenary session of the European Parliament in Strasbourg. We did laugh – you will get it. It Is Funny – You Will [...]
In May the French authorities launched a new motorcycle safety video which highlights for their country that on a motorcycle, it’s not what you think: that most fatal accidents take place, not in town when it rains, but in open country, on dry roads in fine weather. The new road safety film by the Sécurité [...]
Ride It Right www.rideitright.org has received a press release from the Motorcycle Council (MCC) of New South Wales (NSW) in Australia that has released its “Rider Risk” video series: a ten part series of videos aimed at improving rider skills. They are very informative and give sound advice. Don’t stop reading! – Don’t delete this! [...]
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 – [...]
A video is spreading like wildfire through the various motorcycle web forums and shows a German TV company allegedly filming the advantages of a motorcycle fitted with crash proof “warning” systems. The system fitted to the bike includes a computer that monitors the motorcycle’s environment using video feeds and distance data. The system constantly searches [...]
The Department for Transport (DfT) in Great Britain have launched a “bold” new THINK! campaign to cut motorcyclist deaths. The new £3.5 million campaign marks a radical departure for THINK! after research showed drivers are more likely to notice motorcyclists on the roads if they personally know them. The THINK! adverts put motorcyclists at the [...]
Interactive and Videos – Lack of Coordinated Safety View videos and interactive websites from GB and Australia including probably the best motorcycle safety video made, GB’s “The Perfect Day”. But where are specific training and safety messages for Northern Ireland riders? There was a limited TV advert running up to and after the North West [...]
A new “safety” video produced by the Norsk Motorcykkel Union (NMCU) in Norway. The video has a comedy slant on the serious issue of car drivers that never see a motorcycle. In Norway, 8 out of ten collisions are caused by drivers that never see the motorcycle, similar to the issue that we face here! [...]
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