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I've been busy the past two days attending the BikeSafe course run by South Wales Police. Both days followed a similar format. Classroom theory in the morning followed by lunch then an observed ride which lasted around three hours. 14 attended the course and there were around 6 instructors who did the observations. The instructors were police officers, paramedics and civilians. All had RoSPA Gold.
The observations were really useful. As I have a 125 I couldn't go out with a group so I had the benefit of having one instructor for both days. He worked for the fire service. I didn't even know they had bikers.
The observations were relaxed and they didn't mind speed providing it was safe to do it. I couldn't really go fast anyway on a 125 lol. I would ride for say 30 minutes and then stop for a briefing on how the ride went.
The biker cops were a friendly bunch. And some of the stories they had.
I said to one have you been involved in any accidents he said no but a year or so ago he was riding along and some stupid bint pulled out and almost pushed him into traffic on the other side of the road. He pulled her over and said what the heck was you just playing at, you almost pushed me into the other lane and her response was "I'm from Crickhowell (village around here) I have the right of way". She was booked lol.
The biker cops said they don't mind people speeding but there's a time and place. Only this morning he was following someone on the M4 a guy on a CBR600 doing 130. He had the blue lights on trying to pull him over so pulled along side him to tell him to pull over. Instead of doing a lifesaver the guy pulled straight across almost taking him out. The cop said if he pulled over in a sensible manner I would have given him a slap on the wrist but he ended up getting a speeding ticket.
All in all I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone. And to boot we got given a few goodies. Mug, bag, book (Motorcycle Roadcraft) and a few other things.
The observations were really useful. As I have a 125 I couldn't go out with a group so I had the benefit of having one instructor for both days. He worked for the fire service. I didn't even know they had bikers.
The observations were relaxed and they didn't mind speed providing it was safe to do it. I couldn't really go fast anyway on a 125 lol. I would ride for say 30 minutes and then stop for a briefing on how the ride went. The biker cops were a friendly bunch. And some of the stories they had.
I said to one have you been involved in any accidents he said no but a year or so ago he was riding along and some stupid bint pulled out and almost pushed him into traffic on the other side of the road. He pulled her over and said what the heck was you just playing at, you almost pushed me into the other lane and her response was "I'm from Crickhowell (village around here) I have the right of way". She was booked lol. The biker cops said they don't mind people speeding but there's a time and place. Only this morning he was following someone on the M4 a guy on a CBR600 doing 130. He had the blue lights on trying to pull him over so pulled along side him to tell him to pull over. Instead of doing a lifesaver the guy pulled straight across almost taking him out. The cop said if he pulled over in a sensible manner I would have given him a slap on the wrist but he ended up getting a speeding ticket.
All in all I really enjoyed it and would recommend it to anyone. And to boot we got given a few goodies. Mug, bag, book (Motorcycle Roadcraft) and a few other things.