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US motorcycle fatality rate drops 16 per cent
By Visordown News on 22/04/2010 10:31:04
Good news for American bikers
period in 2008. The welcome drop has been partly attributed to the country's slowing economy, which has seen a decline in motorcycle sales.In 2008, 5,290 motorcyclists were killed on the country's roads - the worst year in US history.It makes you wonder
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Suffolk police proactively targeted bikers over Ea
By Visordown News on 16/04/2007 10:33:42
Riders stopped for their own safety
MORE THAN 170 motorcyclists were stopped by traffic police in Suffolk during the Easter break for safety checks to be carried out.The crackdown was designed to help reduce the number of motorcyclists killed and injured on the county's roads and saw
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Slowing car causes biker's death
By Visordown News on 07/08/2008 12:24:50
Inquest hears how motorcyclist is killed after the car he was following braked to avoid speed camera
A MANSFIELD biker died after he ran into the back of a car as it slowed down for a speed camera, an inquest was told. John Andrews (21), of Eddery View, was thrown from his Honda motorbike after colliding with the rear of a Subaru as he travelled
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Chase police suspended over biker's death
By Visordown News on 08/08/2008 15:08:14
Officers suspended from driving duties after Dad-of-five is killed in hour-long pursuit
EIGHT TRAFFIC police officers have been suspended from driving duties after a motorcyclist was killed in a 50-mile chase.Alan Long, 54, failed to stop after police tried pulling him over for a routine check, says the Daily Mirror's website.The hour
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Children, 10, allowed to see biker's dead body
By Visordown News on 07/10/2009 11:13:31
Funeral Director allows unknown children to view biker's corpse
THE FAMILY of a biker killed in a motorcycle accident have spoken of their disgust after children were allowed to view his body at a local funeral directors.Daniel Trott, 22, from Bransholme, Kingston upon Hull, was killed last month, after his bike
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BBC's anti-bike bias on their website
By Visordown News on 23/05/2008 09:04:03
Visordown spots wayward reporting that paints a bad image of bikers to the wider public
balanced and fair job about the THINK! campaign in the area.So why then do the BBC put the headline: Motorbike deaths increasing?And then why do they put: The number of people killed in motorcycle crashes is increasing, safety experts have said, under
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93-year-old driver arrested after biker dies
By Visordown News on 13/10/2008 13:18:13
Ageing motorist arrested following the death of retiring 65-year-old biker
A NINETY-THREE year-old driver has been arrested on suspicion of causing death by dangerous driving after he was involved in a crash that killed a 65-year-old motorcyclist.Jeffrey Bennett, of Stanley Road, Lymington, Hampshire, was in a crash with a
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Kent Police target bikers with dedicated speed cameras
By Visordown News on 24/08/2010 11:03:27
"We don’t want to catch bikers, we just want to slow them down"
the cameras has been prompted by the organisation's claim that almost 200 motorcyclist have been killed or seriously injured on the region's roads between April 2009 and March 2010.The biker-only cameras are being used alongside existing mobile speed traps
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Biker jailed after 150mph Police chase
By Visordown News on 09/01/2009 09:43:16
Court slams speeding biker after he sped from Police in high speed chase
A 150MPH Police chase which continued across two counties has resulted in a biker being jailed for 12 months.Camera footage taken from a police helicopter showed 44-year-old Cameron Stalker undertaking motorists, weaving in and out of traffic
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Drunk driver jailed over charity biker death
By Visordown News on 22/04/2008 08:57:58
Fund raising motorcyclist killed on last stretch of 500-mile charity trip by driver with previous drink-drive conviction
A DRINK-DRIVER who killed a motorcyclist while he was on the last leg of a fund-raising motorcycle trip has been jailed for three years.Guy Henderson Reed was more than double the legal alcohol limit when his Mercedes ploughed into Andrew Groves
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