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- Fri Aug 11, 2023 10:05 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: IAM forget motorcycles again
- Replies: 8
- Views: 12961
Re: IAM forget motorcycles again
Finally! IAMRoadsmart has produced something sensible for motorcyclists. The charity proposes airbag jackets should be exempt from VAT like helmets: https://www.iamroadsmart.com/media-policy/media-enquiries/news-details/2023/08/08/i-wouldn-t-be-alive-today-without-my-air-jacket-how-axing-vat-from-a-...
- Wed Aug 09, 2023 4:13 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: Search for understanding
- Replies: 18
- Views: 14763
Re: Search for understanding
GTR1400MAN wrote:Cue big debate about legality of standing up on the road
What's wrong with standing up? Was it frowned upon in Hendon?
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 1:46 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Unsigned speed limits
- Replies: 13
- Views: 13137
Re: Unsigned speed limits
Another Bill wrote:if you ‘know’ from local experience or by examining the Traffic Regulation Orders that the limit changes at a certain point, how do you act at the invisible transition?
I can only speak as a motorcyclist, and a wheelie is the correct response
- Fri Jul 14, 2023 8:46 am
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Driving to the conditions?
- Replies: 30
- Views: 51351
Re: Driving to the conditions?
Do you think that this judgement might have implications for candidates on 'L' or advanced tests? Perhaps some recalibration of 'safe' progress? “Making progress” on advanced tests – not least the finely judged overtakes that can help influence gaining higher grades – is increasingly at odds with t...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 5:01 pm
- Forum: General Chat
- Topic: Driver Instructor 'teaching' cycling
- Replies: 2
- Views: 7379
Re: Driver Instructor 'teaching' cycling
What are his cycling qualifications? Is he a Bikeability-certified instructor? I didn’t have the strength to watch this video, as he can come across as a know-it-all. And don’t get me started on his pronouncements about what is and isn’t safe in motorcycling, considering he hasn’t got a bike licence...
- Thu Jun 08, 2023 4:45 pm
- Forum: In The News
- Topic: Highway Code Review for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders
- Replies: 80
- Views: 575226
Re: Highway Code Review for cyclists, pedestrians and horse riders
The revised Highway Code and road user hierarchy are going well, then
Has anything changed in reality?
Has anything changed in reality?
- Sun May 07, 2023 1:07 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10452
Re: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
[devilsadvocate mode=on] The trouble is with all safety standards, they start off as a no brainer, sensible idea and quickly descend to this being required by some ;) I thought the same but was wrong. It transpires quality of materials trumps weight, which is where test results are very revealing. ...
- Fri May 05, 2023 11:35 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10452
Re: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
With AA, testing in Zone 1 is conducted at 70kph/43.5mph. Originally, however, the AA settings were 75kph/46.6kph, but these were reduced to the lower setting when it was discovered materials in common use in motorcycling garments could not withstand the 75kph starting point, but passed at 70kph. L...
- Wed May 03, 2023 11:49 am
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10452
Re: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
[mode=devilsadvocate] Clothing choice is personal, and nobody's suggesting otherwise. However, the new Gold/Platinum/Diamond ratings solve several problems: • You can pass the AAA test with gear that provides only around a second (1.3s) of abrasion resistance on a typical British road surface. • If...
- Mon May 01, 2023 8:47 pm
- Forum: Advanced Driving - Bikes
- Topic: High-Performance Award for bike clobber
- Replies: 13
- Views: 10452
High-Performance Award for bike clobber
Considering how many manufacturers have blocked better standards for motorcycle clothing, I was delighted Bennetts took the initiative to encourage higher safety standards with its new High-Performance Awards: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QcWajVTfB4 Could the IAM and RoSPA endorse it? There’s be...