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New advert urges drivers to Think Biker!
By Visordown News on 05/03/2012 15:30:02
Government campaign aims to tackle road deaths
A NEW advertising campaign has launched, urging drivers to Think Bike! Think Biker!The idea for the campaign was based on survey data that suggests drivers are more likely to notice a motorcycle if they know a biker themselves.The adverts show
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'When will you need a biker...?' campaign
By Visordown News on 26/03/2012 11:29:05
Somerset campaign aiming to get drivers to think who is the biker beneath the helmet
SOMERSET are to launch a local ‘Think Bike, Think Biker’ road safety campaign to remove the anonymity behind motorcyclists.The ‘Professionals’ campaign will feature riders from the area and highlight the work that each do for the local community
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Riding in groups
By Andy Stevens on 19/04/2010 12:04:00
More complicated than many non bikers may think
1300, Triumph Speedmaster, MT01, A Yamaha R1 and my Triumph Speed Triple.One thing we all had in common is that we are all fairly experienced riders, and on the way down with the belly rumbling I got thinking about the tactics and logistics
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Police biker stops traffic - but not how he intended
By Visordown News on 15/10/2009 12:53:54
Check out this video footage of a police biker trying to stop motorway traffic
PREPARE YOURSELF for quite a shocking video. This is a clip of a police biker trying to stop traffic in (we think) Germany. The poor sod manages to divert a lorry but gets taken out by another driver. The policeman in question ended up with severe
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Charles to the rescue
By Tim Skilton on 16/10/2007 09:10:30
Heir to throne helps injured biker
AN INJURED motorcyclist couldn't believe his luck last night after Prince Charles stopped to help.Sources say, Hugh Simpson, 52, thinks he hit a patch of gravel along the quiet country road near to the Prince's Scottish retreat. It's believed Mr
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Optical Illusions - New motorbike awareness video
By Visordown News on 20/03/2009 11:51:53
Fact: 96 per cent of us think smaller objects take longer to reach us than bigger ones
THIS IS the latest commercial from the Department Of Transport regarding the dangers of small moving vehicles, namely motorcycles.It's a minimalist, Tron-like production, but less is more, as they say.We still think the 1970's 'Think Once, Think
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Scottish bikers plan fuel price protest
By Visordown News on 24/06/2008 10:10:57
Show the government what you think of their fuel price strategy this weekend
BIKERS ARE planning a mass ride out into Edinburgh as a protest against rising fuel costs.The ride has been organised by the website fifebikers.co.uk. Their plan is to ride from the M90 Kinross services this Saturday and into the centre of Edinburgh
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What is it about Mulholland Highway?
By Ben Cope on 10/05/2011 12:47:16
A short stretch of road in California, that catches out its fair share of bikers
Americans can ride bikes, but there's something about the ones that head to Mulholland Highway that would make you think otherwise. I don't know a stretch of road in the UK that suffers as many crashes.Do as many bikers fall off on Snake Pass
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Biker-friendly central reservation
By Ben Cope on 11/08/2009 12:26:43
Spanish company design new central reservation that aims to lower threat to bikers
THIS CENTRAL reservation barrier could limit injuries and deaths to bikers if it were introduced in the UK.Developed by two Spanish companies, the barrier is designed to mount onto an existing central reservation.Instead of leaving the normal
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Motorists drive around biker's dead body
By Tim Skilton on 07/06/2007 15:59:24
Dead biker goes unnoticed in Jersusalem
the prone biker in a stream of traffic that continued for nearly two minutes before a driver stopped his vehicle and approached the body.An ambulance crew later pronounced Yisraeli, 63, dead at the scene."It's hard for me to think that no one helped him. I
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