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21-02-05, 03:29 PM

I attended a BikeSafe day at the Ace café yesterday and I cannot recommend it strongly enough to anyone on the board who hasn’t already done one.

When a work colleague suggested it I must admit that I was a bit sceptical and when you first get out on the road the feeling of riding with police (fully uniformed and on police pans) can be a little intimidating to say the least! However, their emphasis is very much on spotting and anticipating hazards early and reading the road in order to make smooth fast and safe progress 'within the law' and that includes plenty of filtering and overtaking whenever safe to do so (even if a safe overtake means temporarily exceeding the speed limit).

The class based presentations where a lot more informative than I imagined – especially the final ‘Accident Analysis’ session, which included four astutely chosen (and sadly fatal) accidents, every one of which could have been demonstrably avoided using the skill learned.

All in all it really was a very good day, fun, informative, a great PR exercise for the police and the skills imparted are genuinely useful in day to day riding (and could even save your life).

Without a doubt the best £30 I’ve spent on biking.

21-02-05, 03:29 PM	#1
mrbizzy Guest Posts: n/a	Bikesafe I attended a BikeSafe day at the Ace café yesterday and I cannot recommend it strongly enough to anyone on the board who hasn’t already done one. When a work colleague suggested it I must admit that I was a bit sceptical and when you first get out on the road the feeling of riding with police (fully uniformed and on police pans) can be a little intimidating to say the least! However, their emphasis is very much on spotting and anticipating hazards early and reading the road in order to make smooth fast and safe progress 'within the law' and that includes plenty of filtering and overtaking whenever safe to do so (even if a safe overtake means temporarily exceeding the speed limit). The class based presentations where a lot more informative than I imagined – especially the final ‘Accident Analysis’ session, which included four astutely chosen (and sadly fatal) accidents, every one of which could have been demonstrably avoided using the skill learned. All in all it really was a very good day, fun, informative, a great PR exercise for the police and the skills imparted are genuinely useful in day to day riding (and could even save your life). Without a doubt the best £30 I’ve spent on biking.