I think paradoxically roads can be made safer by making them more dangerous. If we feel unsafe then we take more care and attention. There is a village close to where I live that has extensions coming out at 90 degrees to the pavement with plant tubs on them that must weigh at least 1/2 ton. They force you out closer to the oncoming traffic so you take more notice, or you could just try to drive / ride straight through them, they might also divert attention away from the school that they are next to though
I don't have a problem with 30 mph limits next to where people live. There are numerous villages and settlements strung out along Weardale, some with 30 mph limits and others at the national limit. To my eyes there is no logic to some not being 30 mph. It does break the rhythm though, which is why I prefer Teesdale
In my opinion its not. The founding principles remain the same and remain highly relevant, especially concidering the state of the roads and the amount of traffic now using them
In all honesty I never read it, I was just quoting a bike cop I knew. I bought a copy when I was 17 - it had been out for decades even then - and I've still got it, but I've never managed to get past the intro before falling asleep. PC Kerr reckoned that alot of the book bore no relation to riding in modern traffic conditions (and it was 30+ years ago when he was telling me this), and only the basic technique of riding a bike was relevant. I'm not even sure that's true these days. Still, it was PC Kerr that made me buy the book. He said that most people only needed a couple of hours decent tuition to become a safe rider. That's how I came to meet him; he nicked me for dangerous riding and offered me a choice, get booked or turn up round his house on sunday for a bit of riding tuition. Good bloke was PC Kerr.
no we don't need any more lower speed limits, what we need is proper policing and enforcement of the exisiting limits with visible police on active patrols seeing first hand the poor driving standards displayed by many road users, this includes cyclists whom are apparently exempt from enforcement of any road rules I live in a small viillage posted at 30mph, people routinely drive through it at 60 plus and people routinely lose control of said vehicles and take out brick walls and sides of buildings, to date only 1 person has been killed that i am aware of and until a certain death threshold is reached nobody is really interested
More policing ain't gonna happen, simple as that. Ealing police are talking about moving into WH Smiths and selling off the police house, ffs!
The level of policing has had a serious impact on how many folk are driving around on mobiles, these have really surprised me in the last three years or so. I had a copper follow me, or ride alongside I should say, as I rode my 1949 ariel sidevalve up the hill approaching the m4/m5 split at almondsbury, its not really steep but I struggled to maintain 35 up the hill after forgetting to leave the motorway after crossing the old severn bridge to use the B road route to work. He ushered me into the hard shoulder and rode alongside with his rear blue lights going, he followed me as I left the motorway, we had a chat in the layby and said while I was not breaking the law, he had seen a series of RTCs in similar circumstances, foreign hgv driver hitting slower m/cycles up the chuff, in the prior few months and was concerned for my safety. Nice guy, I got his point and feel as they become thinner on the ground, the lack of such actions may well cost lives. I did discuss the Highway Code, it used to have the advisory note that unless you are capable of maintaining 50mph, you should not use the motorway on safety grounds. Again, this was an ADVISORY passage.
Niet. PC Ian Kerr will be known to some as a guy who started up a self-funded rider training scheme in the Surrey area, in his own time and completely free. The only concession he got was unlimited use of his company bike. He was a top ,top bloke, and directly responsible for me still being alive to enjoy riding today, I'm convinced of it.
Oh! I get it! Heh. And in unrelated news ... this. Yes, it's a real business. I know a funny story about it, too
Roadcraft has been revised and updated many times over the years. It might not have the pace of a Dan Brown novel but the content is much better. It might just save your life. Really.
The local IAM mafia have been trying to assimilate me for years, but as I point out to them as often as I can, they've all crashed more often than I...
What I want to know is who instructs / examines the instructor; and who instructs / examines them; and who wrote it in the first place; and on what grounds..and who instructed / examined what he done ritted? AL
........and, I'll add a footnote........... ....who says the bloke wot done ritted it was right in the first place...............because all it could have been in the first place, was an opinion. AL
