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Safety Campaign Urges Drivers to Look for the Bike Again
Injuries to motorcyclists are far out of proportion to their presence on our roads: Motorbikes are just 1% of total road traffic, but account for around 20% of all
In
As the clocks changed on 29 March and the evenings are now getting lighter, this is the time when bikers traditionally start to take their bikes out on the road again. The South Yorkshire Casualty Reduction Partnership is urging drivers to ‘look for the bike again’ at junctions.
The road safety campaign consists of radio adverts running across the whole of the county and other advertising materials encouraging the drive to look for the bike again. Materials have also been produced specifically for bikers, reminding them of how they can stay safe on the roads
Andy Male, Chief Inspector for roads policing in
“Collisions involving motorcyclists fall into two main areas, rider error including excessive speed and those where another road users fails to see or plan for the possibility of a motorcycle being on the road, the other motorist performs a manoeuvre such as pulling out from a side road, turning right or left of the main carriage way they then hit the motor cyclist.
“Junctions are a constant danger for bikers and I urge all road users to look for the bike again and help make
For further details please visit the website www.safetycamera.org/biker
