Skills and Safety

Skills & Safety

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Bike Safe

• An initiative run by police forces around the United Kingdom.
• Local force contact information.
• Top tips, protective clothing and defensive riding.

Brake – The Road Safety Charity

• Advice on staying alive and looking out for other road users.

Department for Transport – Think! – Motorcycle Academy

• Articles on skills, training, gear and bikes.

Handle it or lose it

• Getting more out of your bike.
• Helping to limit the numbers of bike casualties – particularly on rural roads.

Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM)

• Sign up for advanced rider training here.
• Tips and advice on advanced motoring skills.

Motorcycle Safety – Tips and techniques

• Safety tips, videos, forums.
• Information to reduce motorcycle accidents.

Ride to Arrive – Avon and Somerset Constabulary

• Recognise the skills to enjoy motorcycling and stay safe.
• Developing techniques and advice on further training.

Royal Society for the Prevention of Accidents (RoSPA)

• Promotes safer motorcycling through work.
• Helps learner drivers, as well as advice for parents.
• Information on avoiding the five most common motorcycle accidents.
• Motorcycling safety policies.

Right Gear

• What to wear to increase your safety.

Sharp – The Helmet Safety Scheme

• The new helmet safety scheme for motorcyclists.

Twist and go for it

• Information for scooters.
• Help dealing with hazards.