VIDEO: Police instructor shows how to ride a motorbike safely

Police bosses have created an innovative new video to give motorcyclists an insight into advanced riding techniques.
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Thames Valley Police has teamed up with Hampshire Constabulary and Thames Valley Police to mark ACPO National Motorcycle Week of Action for the release of the film shot from a police motorcyclist’s perspective.

The film shows an advanced police motorcycle trainer from the Joint Operations Unit (JOU) on a police bike. The rider is can be heard talking through what he is observing, considering and doing as part of his journey on the road, with the camera placed in different places around him so that the film comes from his viewpoint.

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The idea is that riders can watch the film and get an appreciation of what an advanced ride entails as the police rider encounters potential hazards and dangers while riding, thus providing an insight into advanced riding techniques.

ACPO week is designed to improve rider behaviour, improve road safety, and contribute to a reduction in the number of killed and seriously injured motorcyclist casualties.

Inspector Bob Jarrett, of the JOU Roads Policing Department, who is responsible for the unit’s motorcycles and BikeSafe scheme, said: “The main aim of the film is to give riders a flavour of advanced riding techniques through being ‘on board’ while a police rider talks his way along some of the roads where the motorcycling public have been involved in crashes.

“Some of the riders may not consider some issues and features to be hazards worthy of caution or action in the same way that a police rider will perceive them.

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“The film which is aimed to be the start of a series of similar features covering various aspects within motorcycling will not turn you into an instant riding expert. Instead we are hoping this and other films will provide a potentially life-saving insight, not just for motorcyclists, but for all motorists.”

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