Just noticed that they are advertising on the Bike Safe website that they are doing a weekend event in Cheltenham racecourse.
Sat 31 march
Sun 1 April
If anyone is interested. I'll probably go along as anything that can help me stay alive whilst on the bike is welcome in my view.
Anyone else fancy it?
I quite fancy doing the "First Bike on Scene" course as well. This is first aid training geared towards motorcyclist who are the first on the scene of a bike accident. I think the main idea is to prepare you for the event to stay calm, collected and do the correct things in the correct procedure. I would hope to never use it, but just to be on the safe side I'd like to be in control of myself should the worst happen.
I'd be up for that - just down the road from here. Besides, I picked up one of their leaflets the other day and was thinking about going along. If nothing else, you get to know your local coppers, which can't be a bad thing if they ever stop you - miiiiight just give you an edge...
But the training I agree with for sure - it's the whole "look ahead and anticipate" way of thinking that's important - it's surprising how many people don't.
I did a spot of advanced training while I lived in Ireland and qualified as an instructor over there - involved the whole RoSPA assessment malarkey and getting tested by an ex-uk-police instructor. It's an eye-opener for sure - the things that that those guys notice and remember is quite startling. As was mentioned earlier, anything that helps me stay alive and improves my riding cannot be bad.
