Motorcyclists Matter

[hornett]

Can't see this posted anywhere else

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Motorcyclists account for 1% of all road traffic in the UK, but shockingly account for 20% of fatalities.

What is even scarier is that prospective car drivers can currently pass their test without answering a single motorbike-related question.

Bennetts have launched a Government petition to ensure bike-related questions are made compulsory in all UK driving tests.

To have this matter raised in the House of Commons 100,000 signatures are required. We need your help.

Please sign the petition now: http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/26272 and share this link with your family and friends

 

[hornett]

To be honest I haven't been riding long enough to have an opinion from a bikers point of view.

But I do think it would be a good idea for new drivers to have a better understanding of the "other" forms of transport. Having driven for 13 years and ridden to work for the last 2 and now finally riding a motorbike. There does seem to be a lack of respect from people in cars.

I didn't even know bikes where allowed to "filter" until I read about it as a biker