TfL - Motorcycle Safety Action Plan

[Lutin]

It appears that TfL (Transaport for London) have decided to do something about the number of incidents involving motorcycles in London. To this end they have come up with a Motorcycle Safety Action Plan.

Hope it does some good.

 

[hotbulb]

Interesting !

 

[jasonbc]

Rear facing camera's, that will upset a few wonder what the maximim speed you can get up to lin london is? not that i will ever be able to try it.

 

[Alba]

Interesting of the top 5 incidents classed as serious collision 3 are due to 'other vehicles' however out of the top 5 classed as fatal collision one stands out 'loss of control'.

One says be aware of other road users at all times and the other is know your limits.

 

[Ysbytymike]

Not sure if this represents a national picture, but speaking to a motorcycle policeman a while back and he stated that 80% of incidents involving motorbikes, were not the riders fault. "No surprise there then".

 

[Boris]

Not sure if this represents a national picture, but speaking to a motorcycle policeman a while back and he stated that 80% of incidents involving motorbikes, were not the riders fault. "No surprise there then".

Sounds feasible based on the numbers I saw a few years back. However just because it's not out fault that a situation arises doesn't mean that with a of training we could have possibly avoided a collision. At the end of the day it still hurts regardless who's fault it was.