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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

Volvos voted most hated car by British bikers
By Visordown News on 10/10/2008 00:01:00
Bennetts survey shows Swedish manufacturer still rates as the most disliked by UK motorcyclists

VOLVOS HAVE been voted the most hated car on the road in a survey of British motorcyclists. The Swedish car manufacturer topped the Bennetts poll with almost a third (28%) of UK bikers dreading an encounter with a Volvo. The survey released today

School uses 3D illusion to slow speeding drivers
By Visordown News on 09/09/2010 10:00:55
Good use of optical trickery or a recipe for disaster?

, is using a 3D optical illusion of a young girl crossing the road to try and make drivers slow down.The clever design, which employs the same optical illusion techniques used on many sporting venues for advertising, jumps out of the road, hopefully making

Honda’s smartphone anti-congestion system
By Ben Cope on 21/03/2013 12:56:55
Clever gadget or just another driver distraction?

– particularly the sort that just appear on motorways without any apparent reason – are caused by just one or two cars slowing down. That creates a knock-on effect as following vehicles react, and perhaps over-react, and before you know it there’s stationary

Private security 'police look-alikes'
By Andy Stevens on 19/07/2010 11:30:36
Fake Coppers. Are they getting carried away?

On two occasions this morning I had to filter through overly slow moving traffic only to find a silver Volvo at the front marked up to look like a police car with a single oversized roof bar in the middle of the roof with "DOG SECTION" written down

Problem with Simoncelli 'can be solved'
By Visordown News on 05/07/2011 14:12:39
Ferrari's Luca di Montezemolo would hire Stoner and Simoncelli for F1

. This applies to both cars and motorcycles," the typical solution is teaching a rider the adage of 'go-slow to go-fast', "If you are slow, it's much harder to catch up. Eventually he will learn to avoid crashing, he just needs more experience and patience." One

Is MotoGP about to get even more boring to watch?
By mark forsyth on 22/07/2011 16:50:03
Traction Control - The Future

The future of Traction Control is about to take another turn for the better. Or worse, if you're a fan of bike racing.Take a look at the car world first: If you've already mastered fast-processing ABS hardware then applying the same rationale to TC

Police appeal for witness information after biker
By Visordown News on 20/02/2007 09:22:01
Head on smash in Kirkbymoorside kills biker

injured when his bike was in a head-on smash with two cars on the A170, between Kirkbymoorside and Pickering, at about 2.30pm on Sunday January 14.He was airlifted to York Hospital but died later.He was riding towards Kirkbymoorside when his 1300cc Suzuki

I'm on a Goodwood Revival comedown
By Ben Cope on 22/09/2009 16:49:49
I'd been to the Festival of Speed but hadn't quite prepared myself for the Revival spectacle

I'm on a massive comedown after a great weekend at Goodwood Revival. The Revival relives the glory days of the 50s and 60s and that's not just marketing hype, almost everyone is dressed in perios clothing, the cars are all from 1948 to 1966

Blind driver on trial for biker death
By Visordown News on 25/09/2009 08:53:12
Registered blind restaurant manager couldn't even recognise his own staff, court hears

Mills, 27, after ploughing into the back of the motorcyclist as he slowed on his Kawasaki for a speed camera on the A647 Stanningley Bypass on July 12, 2008.Leeds Crown Court heard that Hussain has had two operations to repair detached retinas and has


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