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WishayKillie
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PostPosted: 06:46 - 16 Apr 2006    Post subject: THINK!!! Safety Campaign Reply with quote
Just seen the advert this morning Thumbs Up It's really good. It shows a biker on a typical Sunday ride and all of the hazards are pointed out to him that would otherwise not be seen, ie "Fresh Cowpat Ahead", "About to turn right" on the back of a van, "Tractor About To Pull Out on You" and manages to get home safely but then get's shat on by a bird for some reason Laughing Confused

https://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/motorcycles/perfectday.htm

https://www.thinkroadsafety.gov.uk/campaigns/motorcycles/motorcyclesmedia.htm#video
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PostPosted: 13:25 - 17 Apr 2006    Post subject: Interesting link Reply with quote
WishayKillie wrote:
a biker ... manages to get home safely but then get's shat on by a bird for some reason Laughing Confused




I think the message there is that while things can occasionally go wrong through sheer chance and bad luck, the thinking rider can lengthen the odds in his or her favour by using some judgement and consideration about what they're doing while riding.

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PostPosted: 13:48 - 17 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
It sounds like the same advert that was on last year, is it ?
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PostPosted: 13:56 - 17 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
They used this in the Bike Safe course we attended the other week Thumbs Up Laughing
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MarkJ
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PostPosted: 13:58 - 17 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Mr.Everready wrote:
It sounds like the same advert that was on last year, is it ?


Certainly looks like it. The biker reminds me of Jasper Carrot.

https://homepage.eircom.net/~wastedyouth/pas_jas.jpg
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Fruit'n'nut wrote:
WishayKillie wrote:
a biker ... manages to get home safely but then get's shat on by a bird for some reason Laughing Confused




I think the message there is that while things can occasionally go wrong through sheer chance and bad luck, the thinking rider can lengthen the odds in his or her favour by using some judgement and consideration about what they're doing while riding.

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Or that birds like to shit on bikers? Laughing
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PostPosted: 17:17 - 17 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
I think the bloke is the Russian President Putin, so thats what he does on a Sunday.
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PostPosted: 17:21 - 17 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
God thats like 1000th time that vid has been posted Laughing
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PostPosted: 07:57 - 19 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
Obviously some can't be prevented, but the cow pat one is a common enough problem. Not cow though but horse. Dog owners get fined for leaving a mess on pavement, but not horse riders and their mess actually can kill!

Now I DO like horses and believe all users have equal right to use the road. Horses in fact may have more right than some as after all the roads were only Tarmac'd thanks to them in the far gone past..... but it's all very well telling us bikers to watch out for the hazard's but it seems to me that adverts of that kind put the blame on us for making the hazard become a problem.....

They don't need to do anything about it then. Notice mud on the road wasn't featured?
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PostPosted: 13:24 - 19 Apr 2006    Post subject: Reply with quote
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Dog owners get fined for leaving a mess on pavement, but not horse riders and their mess actually can kill!


Agree...all horse riders should carry a large plastic bag and have to clear their mess up of the road should their horse take a dump on it...it would make the roads a safer place Thumbs Up
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