Motorcycle roadcraft: the police rider's handbook

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Robin Gwinnett, Training Manager, South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation Trust and Chair, Driver Training Advisory Group (NHS Ambulance) Expert guidance - with input from trainers in the emergency services, Motorcycle Roadcraft is recognised internationally as the 'gold standard' for riding. It includes updated information on safe cornering techniques and a new chapter on emergency response riding This new and fully updated edition of Motorcycle Roadcraft is the result of sustained consultation with experts in the theory and practice of advanced riding. The system of motorcycle control explained in Motorcycle Roadcraft is a methodical approach to hazards which increases your safety by giving you more time to react in complex situations. What machines does Motorcycle Roadcraft cover? TSO and the Police Foundation are pleased to announce that Roadcraft and Motorcycle Roadcraft have been updated for 2020 and due to publish in late October.

Roadcraft Online contains the same content as the hard copy, as well as a series of quizzes and video resources designed to ‘bring key concepts to life’.

Roadcraft: the Police Driver's Course on Advanced Driving

Roadcraft:The Police Driver’s Handbook and Motorcycle Roadcraft: The Police Rider’s Handbookhave become the essential guides for better, safer driving and riding. Incorporating current best practice, they are recognised as the gold standard in advanced police driver/rider training and are used by all police forces, other emergency services, the armed services and the general public . The Police Foundation would like to thank the many individuals and organisations who gave so freely of their time and expertise in the preparation of this new edition of Motorcycle Roadcraft. Particular thanks go to Dr Lisa Dorn, Associate Professor of Driver Behaviour and Director of the Driving Research Group, Cranfield University; Dr Gemma Briggs, Senior Lecturer in Psychology at the Open University; Dr Julie Gandolfi, Driving Research Ltd; and Craig Arnold, Forensic Collision Investigator, Merseyside Police. Some sections of material in Chapters 1 and 3 are adapted from Human Aspects of Police Driving by kind permission of Dr Gordon Sharp and Police Scotland. More detail can be found in HTBABR p26 and Roadcraft p27. What happens once I’ve passed my Advanced Test? Expert guidance - thanks to input from trainers in the emergency services, Motorcycle Roadcraft is internationally recognised as the 'gold standard' for riding Extent

Prepared through close consultation with the police, other emergency services and driving instructors, readers can look forward to: Become a better rider – the techniques outlined in Motorcycle Roadcraft will help you become a safer and more skilful rider in the most demanding situations. Administrator access: the administrator for each organisation will have access to a full audit trail of each student's progress. Motorcycle Roadcraft is the police handbook for rider training. It's used by all the emergency services and forms a key reference for riding instructors. Key features:

Inform the injured party’s partner without causing undue alarm. If police have attended, liaise with dealing officer as they may wish to relay this news. It was undertaken with the dedicated help of a Reflective Practitioners group of senior police, fire, ambulance and civilian instructors, whose contribution to the detailed editorial and updating process has been invaluable. Reflective Practitioners

Access the content anywhere: the e-learning platform is internet-based and compatible with any device. Interactive quizzes - at the end of each section there are interactive quizzes for the students to take and test themselves. Understand the four-phase system of car control and how you can apply it to all driving situations. Learn about the core riding competencies and how to develop self-assessment skills to continuously improve your riding abilities. Additionally, the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA) National Riding Standard is specifically designed to capture the key insights of the GDE framework, with a similar emphasis on the need for new riders to continue to reflect on their skill, knowledge and understanding as they progress through their riding career, and take the necessary steps to close any gaps.Your observed rides to pass the Advanced Test will be conducted by York Advanced Motorcyclists Observers who have not only taken and passed the Advanced Test themselves, but have consequently improved their own riding to an even higher standard and have been trained as Observers, to effectively pass on that knowledge to others. I’ve noticed there are different categories of Observers, what is the difference?

Be safer on the road – with a focus on self-assessment, the Motorcycle Roadcraft system of bike control provides you with a systematic decision-making tool that enables you to deal with hazards and respond to new ones safely and efficiently. Updates for this new edition include a new overtaking chapter with separate sections on passing stationary vehicles, single stage overtakes, and multi-stage overtakes and new explanations of advanced concepts, such as limit points on left-hand bends.

First major re-write of Roadcraft since the 1970s

Full text and images: the e-learning platform contains the full text and images from the latest edition of both Roadcraft and Motorcycle Roadcraft. The new versions include a revised chapter on overtaking – with separate sections on passing stationary vehicles, single stage overtakes and multi-stage overtakes – and new explanations of advanced concepts, such as limit points on left-hand bends.