Advanced Driving Hub

Nice and 'advanced' ride Mike. Difficult for me to see the 'clunky gear changes' at low speed but I believe you! Crikey automatic bikes - whatever next?

And in today's news:

https://fleetworld.co.uk/government-to-clamp-down-on-e-scooter-safety-issues-in-legalisation-plans/

That paints a rather different story to the ROSPA report...doesn't it?

I'm confused - the report says 1 fatality whereas I thought I'd read 9 fatalities already reported but I can't remember where...dammit. Some people around Bristol ride them responsibly but many don't with 2 people on the same e-scooter, or on pavements (which is illegal) and others ignore red traffi...

https://www.rospa.com/getmedia/f29815f4-53e3-40fe-9459-db293df2fd4b/RoSPA-UK-eScooter-Report-Summary-v6-250422.pdf

Interesting and very surprising to me...what do others think?

Hmmm...what was he doing with his left hand?

Biggest single thing for me was following distance...I was never a close tailgater but since AD in 2001, I've kept a much large gap in front and more recently even larger unless I'm thinking about an overtake. It's better for all the reasons people here know so I won't repeat them.

What a problem - I imagine it's going to be a very significant cost to fix...or perhaps they don't bother and close that route permanently?

So Hir that's one of the best quotes I've read here - well done Sir and lets hope IAM RoadSmart read and act on it.

sussex2 wrote:Many moons ago when I took the IAM test I remember being underwhelmed by it as opposed to Rospa.

How long ago and why underwhelmed?

I've just had a call from Rebecca Ashton @ IAM RoadSmart and she has taken the page down...and apologised. Apparently they missed the 'killed or injured' bit.