New data shows that as the number of miles ridden by motorcyclists climbed in 2021 following the Covid pandemic, sadly so did the number of riders killed. The Government figures show 310 motorcyclists were killed on Great Britain’s roads during 2021. This is compared to 285 in 2020. However, with fewer lockdown periods, 2.53 billion miles...
Month: October 2022
“Ignoring tyre safety is inexcusable”
Tyres are all too often overlooked even though they may be the decisive factor in whether a collision can be avoided or not. That’s the message from TyreSafe during this year’s Tyre Safety Month. New figures show there were 491 casualties from collisions related to tyre defects in 2021, including 12 fatalities. TyreSafe says the figures...
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Concerns from motorcyclists about self-driving cars “are entirely valid”
As the first vulnerable road user group that will interact with self-driving vehicles, motorcyclists need to play an influential role in their introduction. That’s the view expressed by the Motorcycle Action Group (MAG), in response to a Government consultation on the safety standards of the emerging technology. In August, the Government announced plans to roll...
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Met reduced ‘speed tolerance’ threshold in 2019
The Met Police says posted limits “are the maximum speed that road users should travel at any time”, on the back of reports suggesting it quietly reduced its ‘speed tolerance’ threshold back in 2019.