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You’re putting into words how I’ve been riding for years. Good point about keeping left regardless of road direction though. I use Paul Ripleys advice on using telegraph poles and tree lines as an indicator of the likely direction of the road but it’s an aid not a slavish proof. I’ll wait till I actually see it.

Riding defensively is the doctrine I adhere to at all times. I have 27 years of no claims.

Thank you so much for this sir, this has to be the best safety video on this topic I've seen - should be mandatory viewing for any learner (car or motorcycle) in my opinion. I've been driving 20 odd years, looking at getting my bike licence next year all being well. Want to be as prepared and as safe as possible, I've a wife and 2 kids at home, this video has been a huge help. Really appreciate it, thank you once again. And you're not too far from me, who knows what the future holds, perhaps we could meet up one day for a ride and some additional guidance? Cheers and all the best, Tommy

Despite the fact I have taken the police bike safe course and DVSA enhanced rider test, I still like to watch your video content as its very well explained and a good reminder of the standard of riding that will help to keep you safe and avoid conflict with other road users. There is always something you can learn from listening to and watching others with experience and for me your content is spot on advice. ❤

What a brilliant sobering saying “Better 5 minutes late, than dead on time” 😮‍💨

A good example of where you might choose to sound the horn on approach (unless you're riding a R1300GS which kind of chirps) in addition to controlling your own approach position & speed.

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 😀😀😀

Brilliant. Well balanced and informative 👏🏻

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

Good example l am always cautious when junctions are around. Touch wood not been caught out yet.

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

I was going to do this, but the instructor I met only wanted cash, no receipt. I'm not convinced that DVLA should allow tax evasion in its name. There needs to be greater scrutiny of the accounts of these people, and a more consistent, structured approach. As a member of staff of HMRC I was unable to continue, as I would have an obligation to report them

Nice analysis. Agreed with most of what you said.

Just returning to motorcycling after a considerable amount of time. This channel is very informative and influential. I consider myself a safe rider, but always open minded to advance the skills and roadcraft needed to stay safe. Courses already booked for next year. Excellent channel, keep up the good work.👌🏻👍🏻

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 😠

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.

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.

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As usual educational and thought provoking.... As far as my view goes...... All poor manuvers.

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.

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.

Great video and advice, 👍

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. ✊🏻

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

Clip 1 it's a stop line, end of, it's there for a reason Straight fail just failing to feel the "stop rock"

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.

I’m an Advanced rider and I have also done Bikesafe, the head of GMP took me out and told me to always cover the back brake if in N or 1st so I always keep my left foot down when waiting in traffic, he also said that you should always know what gear you are in all the time, this is from a Police Advanced Rider

You could turn a corner with no brakes, all brakes, front brake or rear brake, but if you're snatching at it, you will obviously throw it down the road. Do what makes you feel comfortable, whatever "system" you feel works for you.

If I’m out on my bike, I don’t push my tyres to the limit. I rely on about 6/10ths of their adhesion ( I’m guessing) and keep the other 4/10 ths for recovery after hitting gravel diesel a manhole that I couldn’t see or couldn’t avoid. By the same token I don’t take every overtaking opportunity as I don’t see every vehicle ahead of me on the road to be a challenge that I HAVE to get past. Or indeed to ride at the speed limit. It’s a ceiling not a goal. Chill the fck out and enjoy the ride and hopefully have a bit of luck up your sleeve. I can’t see that standing right on the cliff edge all the time is an enjoyable or enviable position. That’s riding in a TT and that’s very ,very different

I am curious about the bikes passing through the chicane obviously this is a usual part of UK road infrastructure we don't have that where I am in New Zealand, well I can see a possible difficulty for the lead motorcycles to see that slowing chicane as anything other than a car stopped by the side of the road Im presuming that the car may be blocking the visual of the road feature, my opinion only but I think that as a slow feature is a really stupid idea who comes up with these crazy ideas! Once the first bike passes through the others would probably assumed that the car on the left in their line of travel was parked and the other oncoming cars we're waiting for them, to pass just my take on the situation i have never been through such a feature tho so i do t have the full story perhaps, hope no one in our road traffic division starts looking at videos of roads in UK we don't want those bloody thing's over here they do enough stupid things on our road infastructures. Enjoyed the vid!

Commenting before your views at 2:38 Clip 1: not safe, not legal. Horrendous perception wise. Clip 2: assuming speed limit wasn't broken, no issues with me. Looked like they had enough vision past the HGV. Possibly... Clip 3: awful entitled attitude, will affect drivers' attitudes towards other bikers Clip 4: a bit fast for my (safe) taste but other than that "not illegal", Advantage quite clear and no issue with perception Clip 5: not safe, awful perception Clip 6: no issues that I could see. Could have moved back in a little sooner perhaps but hard to tell from the video Clip 7: not safe, not legal, awful perception

Generally agree with your comments and the tone in which they were made. None of the maneuvers were ones that i would have made. After 50 years motorcycling.

I was "Tailgated" by a delivery van recently where I could see the driver in my mirror gesturing to me to speed up! It was a 60mph limit in a country road where the road was about a mile or so long between two villages. How this road was assigned a 60mph speed limit is beyond me. I was riding between 35 and 40 mph which I believe to the right speed for the conditions. I refuse to speed up and be intimidated, so decided to pull into a side road to let him pass. Though that to be the best and safest action to take.

Hello - Another excellent instructional video presentation, thank you very much. I'm slowly working my way through all your videos! It makes 100% sense to be able to stop within the distance you can see to be clear on your side of the road. Dare I say it! I wonder as to many of the dreadful accidents that have taken place this year that could have been avoided or the severity of the outcome being significantly reduced as a result of "defensive riding techniques" as demonstrated.

I’ve heard lots of people say, when asked what position on road they take, say, to the right. Off centre. Not wrong in itself but that seems to be the ingrained, default. Personally, I’ll say … all of it. For the very reasons you’ve outlined. I may have the wrong perception but I do think some riders are worried about using the road to their advantage, for whatever reason.

For 1 lane roundabouts or junctions im no longer going to move to the far left or right anynore when stopped at the edge when waiting. The amount of times drivers pushed in went beside me is gettin silly now.

Some De Ja Vu with some footage here but good advice as ever ..TY

Terrific video , full of life saving advice for everyone. I too try to ride in such a way that I won't hear Phil's voice saying, "That was a dumb move, why did you do that? "

Thanks Phil. When I’m now riding, I can hear your calm advice in my head. Great insights as always.

Thanks Phil. Very helpful.

Great video and thought provoking. It always surprises me how some riders, even those with advanced rider training will on blind left hand bends position to create a view around the bend (I believe it’s called off-siding). I was once riding with such a rider on country lanes when he very nearly had a bad day with the front of a very large tractor that was filling most of the road.

Just returned to riding after 40 years. So glad I did a back to biking course. I have gleaned alot from your videos thank you. Especially found the class of new/returning riders really helpful.

Valuable reminders in this video, not just information for new riders!

Thank you for another informative video. In my opinion the best available on UA-cam. Regarding keeping to the left on blind left hand bends which I totally agree with there is another danger to watch out for. Because you’re leaning into the bend depending on your speed you must look out for tree branches or posts etc sticking out into your path which you could come in contact with so don’t get too close in, they are not easy to avoid in that lean in position. A small point but important to be in your head while you’re thinking about your ride and looking after yourself. It’s all about the speed! Keep up the good work 👍

Excellent video as always.

Always good and thought-provoking stuff in your videos. Thank you. Les

No number plate and minimal kit - they have just stolen it.

Great thanks

Thank you.