Advice
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12/12/22 Safety driving tips for winter weather conditions
With snow impacting many of us in the UK this week, now is a good time to remind everyone how to drive safely when the temperature drops below zero.
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07/03/22 Don't Drive or Ride Tired
While driving and riding when tired isn't in the top fatal five causes of crashes it has a huge impact on your ability to focus and react. Find out the effects and how to combat them. Learn about some tips and countermeasures you could start employing today. From erratic driving behaviours to low tolerance levels and much more.
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03/09/21 The History of the Electric Car
Inspired by a letter in the IAM RoadSmart Magazine Peter McCree was keen to share his passion, enthusiasm and knowledge on the history and development of the electric vehicle. This first article looks back at the development and transition from steam.
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04/08/21 A 25-year tribute to IAM RoadSmart
Geoffrey Salt, has been an IAM RoadSmart member for 25 years. Keen to share his enthusiasm, and everything he has gained from the experience, he produced a blog. He is proud of each and every one of the associates he's met and trained as he tells us in his own words 'it’s been quite a journey'. It was November 1996 when I was walking around the NEC bike show when I spotted the IAM RoadSmart stand. I got chatting to Mike Barker, who happened to be the Chief Observer for my local IAM Derby Group. I explained to him that now that the family had grown up and I’d come back into biking, I felt I needed some additional help to cope with the volume of traffic that had built up over the previous 27 years.
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29/07/21 Travelogue of IAM RoadSmart Motorcyclist Jim Merryfield
Jim Merryfield, from the IAM RoadSmart Somerset Advanced Motorcyclists Group shares his travelogue Iberia by Bike detailing his adventures from Work Desk to Wild Camp. Find out more about his two- month journey through France, Spain and Portugal on a motorbike.
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