Met pull out of Bikesafe
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Agree. All Forces with a motorcycle dept should do this.
1. Stats show bikes are the most vulerable road user as regards deaths/serious injury
2. A good way to communicate positively with at least one section of the 'community' for an 'always in the shit for one thing or another' Police.
1. Stats show bikes are the most vulerable road user as regards deaths/serious injury
2. A good way to communicate positively with at least one section of the 'community' for an 'always in the shit for one thing or another' Police.
Totally agree with Davey B , these courses allow the Police to show “ what they do well” . They adopt a “ we suggest you do this approach “ based on 100,000 of ridden hours. Their feedback is concise and too the point and lastly other than advice they have nothing to sell. Its an excellent day of learning and critical thinking bout the way you ride.
I’ve done three of these over my biking career - thoroughly worthwhile! 
Are we surprised (I do not put the blame on the Met - to be clear)?
When the number of response cops is also being reduced, it’s hardly a surprise.
The Met won’t get dragged over the coals for not providing motorcycle courses, but will over response times.
It’s all gone to rat shit, pun intended.
The Met won’t get dragged over the coals for not providing motorcycle courses, but will over response times.
It’s all gone to rat shit, pun intended.
Both ...please
Yeah it will be an "operational" decision.... someone in New New Scotland Yard or Empress State Building has realised having a small group of cops proactively saving lives is less important than sitting on London's arterial roads and dishing out tickets.
Perhaps they do not have enough volunteer officers to carry on? They are all volunteers aren't they.
Probably more bigoted than cynical to be fair but hey this is UK GSers!
I thought they did it as an attachment from their local traffic operational command unit.... but I know a lot of things have changed over the last 10 years or so. Met management never liked the idea of their officers have a "cushy little number", more treat them mean, keep them keen!
I convinced my then boss that as a significant proportion of his workforce used motorcycles for commuting and leisure that they should cover the cost of a Bikesafe course as a proactive H&S measure. It was a well crafted 728 and quoted sickness rates and recovery times as a cost saving measure, not to mention he could use it as 'evidence' to climb the greasy pole 
Subsequently 20 odd of us went on a jolly from the Ace, lunch included.
Subsequently 20 odd of us went on a jolly from the Ace, lunch included.
I don't know about the MET Bikesafe, but when I did mine in Cambridgeshire years ago the officers volunteered and did it in their own time.
Haha sounds familiarI convinced my then boss that as a significant proportion of his workforce used motorcycles for commuting and leisure that they should cover the cost of a Bikesafe course as a proactive H&S measure. It was a well crafted 728 and quoted sickness rates and recovery times as a cost saving measure, not to mention he could use it as 'evidence' to climb the greasy pole
Subsequently 20 odd of us went on a jolly from the Ace, lunch included.
in many areas, IAM observers are involved as well for the riding assessment and feedback
Is it a funding issue?
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