Motorcycle Roadcraft - the Police Riders Handbook : The Police Riders Handbook.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Police Foundation, Police Foundation.

Series:

Police Foundation

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Motorcycling.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (154 pages)

Place of Publication:

London : The Stationery Office Ltd, 2020.

Summary:

Motorcycle Roadcraft - the Police Rider's Handbook has become the essential guide for better, safer riding. Incorporating current best practice, it is recognised as the gold standard in advanced police rider training and is used by all police forces, other emergency services, the armed services and the general public.

Contents:

Intro

Copyright Page

Contents

Acknowledgements

Foreword

Preface to the new edition

About Motorcycle Roadcraft

Chapter 1 Becoming a better rider

Becoming a better rider

What makes a good rider?

Competences for police riders

Your vulnerability as a rider

What are the commonest causes of motorcycle crashes?

Critical learning from experience

Develop awareness of your personal vulnerability

Defensive riding

Conspicuity - ride to be seen

You are especially vulnerable at junctions

The right clothing and protective equipment

Human factor risks for emergency services riders

Distraction due to multi-tasking

Riding stress

Operational stressors

Time pressure and the purpose of your journey

'Noble cause' risk-taking

'Red mist'

How you learn

Training, practice and feedback

Overconfidence after training

Self-assessment will help you continually improve

Be honest

Check your understanding

Chapter 2 The system of motorcycle control

The need for a system of motorcycle control

Integrating a range of competences

What is the system of motorcycle control?

How the system works

The importance of information

Mirrors, rear observation and signals

The system of motorcycle control

Information

Position

Speed

Gear

Acceleration

Use the system flexibly

Applying the system to a left-hand turn

Applying the system to a right-hand turn

Applying the system to a roundabout

Re-applying the system to leave the roundabout

Applying the system to a potential hazard

Overlapping braking and gear changing

Brake/gear overlap - an example

Incorrect use of brake/gear overlap

Chapter 3 Information, observation and anticipation

Processing complex information

Improving your information processing.

Tips to improve information processing

Why observation and anticipation are essential for better riding

What is a hazard?

Planning

Anticipate hazards

Prioritise hazards

Decide what to do

Forward planning beyond the next hazard

Improving your observation

Scanning the environment

Look where you want to go

Drivers who look but fail to see you

You see what you expect to see

Rear observation

Peripheral vision

Zones of visibility

Your choice of speed

Keep your distance

Human factors that affect observation and anticipation

Alertness

Tiredness

Other physiological factors

Chapter 4 Anticipating hazards in the riding environment

Night riding

You

Your machine and equipment

Your lights

Following other vehicles at night

Information from other vehicles' lights

Dazzle

Reflective studs and markings

Other ways to improve observation at night

Weather conditions

Riding in bad weather

Using lights in bad weather

Observing when visibility is low

Anticipating the effects of windy weather

The road surface in winter

Micro climates

Road surface

Road surface irregularities

Riding through water

Road signs and markings

Local road knowledge

Making observation links

Chapter 5 Acceleration, using gears and braking

Developing competence at controlling your bike

The tyre grip trade-off

Balance and tyre grip

Technology to help keep control of the machine

Using the throttle

Acceleration and machine balance

Develop your competence at using the throttle

Acceleration sense

Using the throttle on bends

Key points

Factors that affect acceleration and engine braking

Using the gears

Moving off from stationary

Accurate use of the gears

Braking and changing gear.

Key points

Automatic transmission

Slowing down and stopping

Releasing the throttle - engine braking

Using the brakes

Getting the best out of your brakes

The safe stopping distance rule

Overall safe stopping distance

The two-second rule

Chapter 6 Manual handling and manoeuvring at slow speeds

Manual handling

Before you start

Removing a bike from the centre stand

Placing a bike onto the centre stand

Removing a bike from the side stand to get on it

Applying the side stand to get off

Wheeling a bike in confined spaces

The risks of paddling

Problems that may need practice

Developing your competence at slow-speed riding

Observation

Balance

Machine control

Manoeuvres to practise

Chapter 7 Cornering, balance and avoiding skids

Developing your competence at cornering and balance

The system of motorcycle control and principles for safe cornering

Five key principles for safe cornering

You - your riding position and balance for cornering

Your machine - roadworthiness

Cornering forces

Forces that help stability

Steering

Counter-steering (positive steering)

Leaning, tyre grip and stability

The rider's actions

Camber and superelevation

Summary of factors affecting cornering

Assessing the sharpness of a bend

The limit point

The double-apex bend

How to use the system for cornering

Avoiding skids

What causes a skid?

How does a skid happen?

Causes of skidding

Minimising the risks of skidding

Your machine

Observation, anticipation and planning

Recognising and removing the cause of a skid

Rear-wheel skid

Front-wheel skid

Machine design developments.

Anti-lock braking systems

Linked, coupled or combined braking systems

Traction control systems

Aquaplaning

Chapter 8 Rider's signals

Developing your competence at using signals

The purpose of signals

Interpreting signals given by others

The range of signals

Using the indicators

Cancelling indicator signals

Using hazard warning lights

Using your brake light

Flashing your headlight

Using the horn

Using arm signals

Using courtesy signals

Responding to other people's signals

Chapter 9 Positioning

Developing competence at positioning your bike

Positioning for advantage

Safe positioning on the approach to hazards

Roadside hazards

Improving the view into nearside road junctions

Following position

Position on bends

Position for turning

Position at crossroads

Position for stopping behind other vehicles

Position for approaching the brow of a hill

Chapter 10 Overtaking

Developing your competence at overtaking safely

Passing a stationary vehicle

Overtaking moving vehicles

The vehicle in front

The vehicles behind

Other hazards to consider before overtaking

A single-stage overtake

A three-stage overtake

Stage one: following position

Stage two: overtaking position

Stage three: overtaking

Overtaking vehicles in a line of traffic

Other overtaking situations

Overtaking on a single carriageway

Overtaking on bends

Overtaking on single carriageway roads marked with three lanes

Overtaking on multi-lane carriageways

Filtering

The range of hazards

Cyclists and horses

Road layout and conditions

The road surface

Human factors in overtaking

Helping other road users to overtake

Overtaking: key safety points.

Check your understanding

Chapter 11 Riding on motorways and multi-lane carriageways

Riding on multi-lane carriageways

Layout of the carriageway

New motorway layouts

Joining the motorway

Use the system

Riding on the motorway

Overtaking

Motorway junctions

Using the hard shoulder

Leaving the motorway

Bad weather conditions on fast-moving roads

Fog

Rain

Snow, sleet and ice

High winds

Bright sun

Other hazards

Debris

Lane closures

Additional hazards on fast-moving multi-lane carriageways

Human factors in motorway riding

Chapter 12 Emergency response

What is an emergency response?

Risk assessment

Responding to an emergency

Use of emergency warning equipment

Speed limits

Approaching traffic light-controlled junctions

Approaching traffic light-controlled pedestrian crossings

Contravening keep left/right signs

Positioning to see and be seen

Approaching and passing vehicles

Interpreting other road users' signals

Stationary vehicles at or near an incident

Responding on multi-lane roads

Approaching roundabouts

Passing on the nearside of other vehicles

Vehicles responding in convoy

Vulnerable road users

Appendices

1 Are you fit to ride?

I AM SAFE checklist

2 Is your machine fit to ride?

Roadworthiness/pre-riding checklist

POWDDERSS checklist

Testing the brakes

3 Fuel-efficient riding

Key principles of fuel-efficient riding

4 Goals for Driver Education

Bibliography

Index

Back Cover.

Notes:

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Other Format:

Print version: Police Foundation, Police Foundation Motorcycle Roadcraft - the Police Riders Handbook

ISBN:

9780117083929

OCLC:

1314631082