Like I told my son when he was taking his license: Take responsibility for your own driving, behave so others can understand what you will do next while trying to see what they are likely to do BUT allow for others to do mistakes because we all do mistakes now and then.
Clip 3 - fast filtering. I will never forget during my 2nd year of riding, filtering down to the lights 2 lanes of traffic just like this clip, near Kingston end of A3. A passenger suddenly opened their door to retrieve their wallet, which had fallen down btwn their seat and the door. Such a small likelihood of probability, but it happened. Luckily, i was filtering at a slow speed in anticipation of the lights changing. Had i not been at a slow speed I would not have had anywhere near the distance to stop. Passenger would have lost his arm, and I would have broken many bones. That experience will never leave me, and I ALWAYS filter slowly in STATIONARY traffic. Account for the unexpected
A great video, thanks. What much of this tells us is that we must think and not just apply the ‘rules’ blindly. What might be the safest course of action for the same hazard is likely to change each time we negotiate it, so we must observe, anticipate and plan our riding each time 😀😀😀
Again, many thanks for all you do for safety and to save motorcyclist lives. Your careful consideration of these cases shows that it’s rarely simple to sort out what’s wrong and what is ‘correct’. Your work is much appreciated. On the “small bikes” clip, I wondered if the rider near road centre was trying to avoid the mud the farm had put on the road. He moved over in time… thanks again, Les
I can see a huge problem with clip 2. What IF Rider and Pillion pass the HGV 🚚 and while attempting to squeeze into the slip road collide with a vehicle which was hidden by the HGV and has changed it's mind about leaving the motorway and has decided to rejoin the motorway by means of out excelerating the HGV. Another idiot if you like, and when two idiots meet 😮 Imagine as the motorcycle tries to squeeze in front of the HGV another very fast motorcycle already on the slip road , behind the HGV decides to get back on the motorway, all he has to do is twist the throttle and race ahead of the HGV and BANG 😮 he collides with the rider and Pillion attempting to pull in. Madness 😠
Phil thanks for your thoughts. In your previous video I believe you said that it is in order to extend a view, rather than make a view. It would be helpful if you could demonstrate this in a future video.
Thank you, I did publish a video called Crossing the Line, if this doesn’t answer your question please let me know and I will do my best to get out and do a video for you. Cheers
@@MotorcyclePWRThanks Phil. I re-watched the video you referred me to. All is clear now. I don't recall my IAM course 25 years ago covering that, but I could be wrong. Paul
As usual a great video. From my perspective… excellent analysis of the clips. I know that some times my riding isn’t up to the standard I would have liked, for whatever reason. The anagram POWDERY (petrol/oil/water/drive/damage/rubber/YOU) that I was taught is always the check I go through before I get on my bike. The YOU element (are you ok to ride?) is very important! Are you up for it.? Biorhythms… etc., etc., Still, despite thinking about it all, I sometimes, if not often, make mistakes. I think sometimes ’sugar’… I didn’t read that situation as well as I should have. Perhaps applicable to a few of the clips? I still try to learn…. "Every day is a school day Chris” as the ‘copper’ said after he passed me on my advanced test. I try to remember that every time as I ride…. even after 50 plus years of safe riding…. My grand children still want to have fun with me… and they love the sound of the bike as I blip the throttle. Regards and safe riding, Chris
I find your videos very good advise , please keep up the good work , is it ok to share with my coach colleagues in the USA ? Im an expat so i fully understand your dialogue !
Interesting, food for thought. Haven't really changed my opinions. Unnecessary risk. The GS "taking a look". My first impression, I missed anything wrong. 2nd thought it might have caused doubt. OK pop out, take a look, My question. Why pop out to take a look in approach to a bend? Popping out exiting the bend as the road straightens makes more sense to me.
Clip 2 Police driving no longer, even advanced allows the "Derbyshire dive" any more and you have to give time to be in the lane 1 prior to exit well in advance of your exit
I was thinking that too! What if the rider had two seconds less time to do it, would he still perform the overtake? What if the truck driver hit the brakes hard and jackknived etc? The risk versus reward just isn't there for me.
Couldn't agree more. If I was his pillion the rider would have got a damn good talking to at the next stop. I don't condone slapping the rider's helmet when they do something stupid, tempting though that would have been as well.
I wondered what that rider would have done had he got near to passing and found the lorry was hard-up against the back of another (out of sight to the rider) vehicle, thus cutting drastically the amount of room he had to swerve across in front of the lorry.
C’mon man. That 2 up overtaking from a junction motorcycle being further away than ‘the camera’ ,it’s ,to me, so obvious he can actually see up three roads to his right. A good judgement in my opinion. The rest are levels of ‘iffy’. I enjoy your vids sir. ✊🏻
I know that junction and it was definitely an extremely dangerous manoeuvre. Legally he has to stop at that junction. Idiots like that give motorcyclists a bad name.
That first clip, the rider does not need to know what is coming from the left as the car is pulling out and also shielding the left side, all he has to worry about is the right to the corner, from a standing start there is plenty of room and time. Depends if the overtaken car was being a pita with comfort braking and general faffing about which takes up far too much of a rider's attention. Breaking the law at the stops sign yes, but making good progress, its a good move for me. Would have been a bad move if a traffic cop saw it maybe, but maybe not, bikers use the advantages or size and power otherwise we may as well drive a car.
Like I told my son when he was taking his license: Take responsibility for your own driving, behave so others can understand what you will do next while trying to see what they are likely to do BUT allow for others to do mistakes because we all do mistakes now and then.
Clip 3 - fast filtering. I will never forget during my 2nd year of riding, filtering down to the lights 2 lanes of traffic just like this clip, near Kingston end of A3. A passenger suddenly opened their door to retrieve their wallet, which had fallen down btwn their seat and the door. Such a small likelihood of probability, but it happened. Luckily, i was filtering at a slow speed in anticipation of the lights changing. Had i not been at a slow speed I would not have had anywhere near the distance to stop. Passenger would have lost his arm, and I would have broken many bones. That experience will never leave me, and I ALWAYS filter slowly in STATIONARY traffic. Account for the unexpected
Brilliant. Well balanced and informative 👏🏻
A great video, thanks. What much of this tells us is that we must think and not just apply the ‘rules’ blindly. What might be the safest course of action for the same hazard is likely to change each time we negotiate it, so we must observe, anticipate and plan our riding each time 😀😀😀
Again, many thanks for all you do for safety and to save motorcyclist lives. Your careful consideration of these cases shows that it’s rarely simple to sort out what’s wrong and what is ‘correct’. Your work is much appreciated.
On the “small bikes” clip, I wondered if the rider near road centre was trying to avoid the mud the farm had put on the road. He moved over in time… thanks again, Les
Nice analysis. Agreed with most of what you said.
I can see a huge problem with clip 2.
What IF Rider and Pillion pass the HGV 🚚 and while attempting to squeeze into the slip road collide with a vehicle which was hidden by the HGV and has changed it's mind about leaving the motorway and has decided to rejoin the motorway by means of out excelerating the HGV.
Another idiot if you like, and when two idiots meet 😮
Imagine as the motorcycle tries to squeeze in front of the HGV another very fast motorcycle already on the slip road , behind the HGV decides to get back on the motorway, all he has to do is twist the throttle and race ahead of the HGV and BANG 😮 he collides with the rider and Pillion attempting to pull in.
Madness 😠
Phil thanks for your thoughts. In your previous video I believe you said that it is in order to extend a view, rather than make a view. It would be helpful if you could demonstrate this in a future video.
Thank you, I did publish a video called Crossing the Line, if this doesn’t answer your question please let me know and I will do my best to get out and do a video for you. Cheers
@@MotorcyclePWRThanks Phil.
I re-watched the video you referred me to. All is clear now. I don't recall my IAM course 25 years ago covering that, but I could be wrong.
Paul
As usual a great video.
From my perspective… excellent analysis of the clips.
I know that some times my riding isn’t up to the standard I would have liked, for whatever reason. The anagram POWDERY (petrol/oil/water/drive/damage/rubber/YOU) that I was taught is always the check I go through before I get on my bike. The YOU element (are you ok to ride?) is very important! Are you up for it.? Biorhythms… etc., etc., Still, despite thinking about it all, I sometimes, if not often, make mistakes. I think sometimes ’sugar’… I didn’t read that situation as well as I should have. Perhaps applicable to a few of the clips? I still try to learn…. "Every day is a school day Chris” as the ‘copper’ said after he passed me on my advanced test. I try to remember that every time as I ride…. even after 50 plus years of safe riding….
My grand children still want to have fun with me… and they love the sound of the bike as I blip the throttle.
Regards and safe riding,
Chris
Great video and advice, 👍
I find your videos very good advise , please keep up the good work , is it ok to share with my coach colleagues in the USA ?
Im an expat so i fully understand your dialogue !
Thanks James, glad you like the videos. Yes please, share away to anyone who they may help. All the best
Clip 1 it's a stop line, end of, it's there for a reason Straight fail just failing to feel the "stop rock"
Interesting, food for thought. Haven't really changed my opinions. Unnecessary risk.
The GS "taking a look". My first impression, I missed anything wrong. 2nd thought it might have caused doubt.
OK pop out, take a look,
My question. Why pop out to take a look in approach to a bend?
Popping out exiting the bend as the road straightens makes more sense to me.
As usual educational and thought provoking.... As far as my view goes...... All poor manuvers.
Clip 2 Police driving no longer, even advanced allows the "Derbyshire dive" any more and you have to give time to be in the lane 1 prior to exit well in advance of your exit
Lol we've all been to a few Derbyshire dives🤭 actually I quite like Marsden!
Clip 2 was a discrace, IMO. Overtaking a heavy, or any vehicle, through the exit you want to take. You'll only get away with that for so long.
I was thinking that too! What if the rider had two seconds less time to do it, would he still perform the overtake? What if the truck driver hit the brakes hard and jackknived etc? The risk versus reward just isn't there for me.
Couldn't agree more. If I was his pillion the rider would have got a damn good talking to at the next stop. I don't condone slapping the rider's helmet when they do something stupid, tempting though that would have been as well.
I wondered what that rider would have done had he got near to passing and found the lorry was hard-up against the back of another (out of sight to the rider) vehicle, thus cutting drastically the amount of room he had to swerve across in front of the lorry.
😎👍
C’mon man. That 2 up overtaking from a junction motorcycle being further away than ‘the camera’ ,it’s ,to me, so obvious he can actually see up three roads to his right. A good judgement in my opinion. The rest are levels of ‘iffy’.
I enjoy your vids sir. ✊🏻
I know that junction and it was definitely an extremely dangerous manoeuvre. Legally he has to stop at that junction. Idiots like that give motorcyclists a bad name.
That first clip, the rider does not need to know what is coming from the left as the car is pulling out and also shielding the left side, all he has to worry about is the right to the corner, from a standing start there is plenty of room and time. Depends if the overtaken car was being a pita with comfort braking and general faffing about which takes up far too much of a rider's attention. Breaking the law at the stops sign yes, but making good progress, its a good move for me. Would have been a bad move if a traffic cop saw it maybe, but maybe not, bikers use the advantages or size and power otherwise we may as well drive a car.