Collision
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We’ve got the breathalyser – next up is the textalyser, possibly
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We’ve got the breathalyser – next up is the textalyser, possibly. Drivers who drink and drive have to face a breathalyser test by the side of the road and now the police can use a TEXTALYSER to be able to instantly check the last time when a mobile was used. The device, highlighted in a…
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas?
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MotoGP Wings – to be knifed in the back this weekend in Texas? Marc Marquez has said that he and other riders are going to talk to the MotoGP Safety Commission this weekend over whether or not the ‘Wings’ on current machines are to continue – after Marquez was hit in the back with one…
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Video: Intelligent Cranium helmet run through… is this the ultimate helmet near-future?
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Intelligent Cranium Helmets is an American company that’s developing a prototype helmet for what looks like being the daddy of this sort of thing. With more functionality than any other smart helmet seen so far, the iC-R features twin full-color heads-up displays, twin rear-facing cameras, a LiDAR rear collision alert system that warns you when a…
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VIDEO: Low sun glare catches out biker (it’s a pretty big impact)
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Ooof! Here’s the moment a British biker gets is all wrong when dazzled by a low-setting sun. The glare is obvious, the chap didn’t slow down enough and paid the price. Amazingly, he’s OK. There’s a post on the original footage saying that he suffered bruising and a sore back after this collision. He got…
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Charley Boorman breaks leg at Triumph Explorer press launch
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Charley Boorman breaks leg at Triumph Explorer press launch. Popular adventurer Charley Boorman has reportedly broken his leg in a crash on the world riding launch of the new Triumph Explorer in Portugal. Boorman has been at the event as ‘Triumph Adventure Ambassador’ and has apparently been involved in a collision with a car…
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SCOOP VIDEO: Russian biker rides through horrific truck crash fireball (everyone’s OK)
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How about this for a hairy morning commute then? This footage comes from a Russian biker’s onboard camera during his morning ride to work, the incident happened in St Petersburg, Russia. Amazingly nobody was inured in the crash that saw two trucks collide, burst into flames and throw wreckage all over the snow-and-ice-covered road.…
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Side view assist from Bosch gives you eyes in the back of your head (kind of)
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This technology has been available in cars for some time, but now Bosch has unveiled what they call the world’s first side view assistance system for motorcycles. According to Bosch, the system uses four ultrasonic sensors that monitor your bike’s surroundings. The sensors cover a distance of up to five meters in areas that are…
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Rhys gets to Ireland – almost home for 2mororider
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Our Rhys Lawrey, aka 2mororider, is almost at the end of his world-record-smshing global ride after 15 months of riding on his Triumph Tiger 800. Riding more than 56,000 miles through 70 countries, he has survived a collision with a car in China, food poisoning in Kazakhstan, extreme bureaucracy and terrible roads in Turkmenistan and…
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Huge delay for today’s TT schedule
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Huge delay for today’s TT schedule. Clerk of the Course Gary Thompson was forced to announce a two hour delay to today’s schedule following a Road Traffic Collision on open roads. The incident took place at Ballacrye minutes before roads were due to close for the start of Monday’s schedule. Just after 1030 Thompson announced…
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Breakdowns are the biggest causes of road closures in England
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The Institute of Advanced Motorists (IAM) has discovered that more than 40% of all motorway and major A road lane closures in England in 2014 were caused by vehicle breakdowns – and 122 unsupervised children caused them to be shut too. In total there were 443,590 lane closures on motorways and primary A roads…
